Duck Calling Instructional | How to Blow a Duck Call | Part 1

On this video Joel gives a duck calling Instructional. On part 1 "How to Blow a Duck Call", he will cover proper form, air control, and teach the quack and feed call. Whether you are a beginner duck caller, or if you've been calling for years, you'll pick ups some tips to make you a better caller.
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Here are the video markers:
How to Hold Your Call 2:37
Positioning Your Call 3:06
Air Control 3:31
How to make a Quack 4:55
Quacking Demonstration 7:40
How to make Feed Call 9:12
Feed Call Demonstration 10:43
Another Feed Call Demonstration 11:33
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[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Time markers for the different sections are in the description. Thanks for watching!

[@coleB779]

I can get it correctly probably because I’m a kid but I don’t know

[@coleB779]

But you have a great examples

[@brokefisherman4557]

I was being told to say hoot

[@BassAndBbqShow.]

thank you for the wonderful content God Bless

[@DaddyDuck365]

The quack is the most underrated call......seems like everyone wants to sound like they are on Main Street....

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Right you are!

[@JohnnyUnderscore1981]

Everyone here is daffy. But, hey I'm a loon

[@MrPublicexposure]

This channel has been very valuable to me, as a new hunter from a non hunting family. Thanks brother, I appreciate it.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Great! Thanks for letting me know!

[@dkmiller8420]

I have been listening to these videos as I drive around and every time I hit a stoplight I grab my duck call and practice. Had a guy this morning who yelled out his window and asked me what flavour I was vaping. Light turned green before I could yell back "Mallard!"

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

LOL great!! 👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻

[@hellosugaree]

You're a legend. I'm prepping for my first duck season. Without a real life mentor, I have found your videos immensely helpful and entertaining. Been blowing the call every day--I'm sure my neighbors hate me by now.

[@sae6bluj6]

Same here. Thanks a million dude

[@nickyramone2]

Diddo

[@WildFaith]

Thanks brother! I've been hunting ducks for years and have slowly perfected the art of decoy spreads and blind building but never could blow a call. I come from a family of tone-deaf non musicians and just didn't seem to have it in me. THIS VIDEO explained calling in such a simple, step by step manner that I can now FINALLY perform simple "quack" and feed calls with some level of confidence. I was in the blind this morning and successfully called several groups INTO my spread. Can't thank you enough ! God bless and happy hunting 👍

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

That’s great! Keep it up 👍🏻Thanks so much for sharing!

[@ashleyhebert2219]

I've been listening to this video in my car on drives the last few days, been hunting 20 years but never learned to call.. boy my husband's buddies don't know whats bout to hit em 😂😂

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Right on!!

[@cbrochu22]

This is probably the best instructional video on calling I’ve ever seen. I’ve been duck hunting for years and I have friends who are excellent callers, even competition callers, but they just could never explain it in a way that was easy to translate for me. So I would say I’m an OK caller. But I’ve been trying to get my technique improved so I can be a GREAT caller. This was a great help

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks Colby, I’m glad it’s helping you! 👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻

[@RC_Outside]

I use this video every year while I’m practicing. I have it on a duck calling playlist along with the art of flight control series. Y’all are awesome brother. 👍🏻

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks!

[@westtexashuntingguys]

This was SUPER helpful!!! Long-time deer and hog hunters, but rookie duck hunters! Thank you so much! Looking forward to using these in upcoming hunts and videos!!!

[@lindseyolsen5071]

My dad use to duck guide in Stuttgart, AR and I’m just learning and picking up a call! I’m super excited!

[@gregHePilots]

3:59 I sound like the huff. The neighbors hate me. Kids hate me. Dog tried to chew up the call.

[@christopherkwasny5333]

That feed call was absolutely awesome

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks 💪🏻👍🏻👊🏻

[@Bergie-mm7uy]

I hunt with guys that have that constant machine gun feeder call style and they told me that’s where I need to get to.... walking the park the other day they sanded EXACTLY like what you were doing. That was awesome. Gonna tell my buddy’s to pound sand and watch this video.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

lol 👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@groton5376]

I have pet ducks so I kept listening to them and practicing and trying to match them I think I got the hang of it thanks👍

[@NorthBBQRoss]

I appreciate this video. I’m very new to hunting, just got my first duck call. Thanks for teaching me how to use it. Happy hunting!

[@Wmnhntr]

Looking forward to practicing this weekend. I'm new to duck hunting and am hooked. LOVE it!!

[@joeihlenfeld6221]

love the all the positive videos. will be watching all year long to keep me pumped during off season!

[@WhatupG]

agree with other comments here... great video Joel.... I used to carry a duck call with me all the time... listened to real ducks, listened to other callers in the blind... no better way to learn that to learn than to listen and practice every chance you get until you figure out how to make the same sounds that a duck makes ;) Like a musician, there's always more skills and techniques to learn... and you have to practice, practice, practice.... used to drive my mom (when I was younger), and my wife... and my kids crazy with practicing all the time... a really good time for me was in the truck, but, enclosed spaces are NOTHING like calling in the blind, or in the flooded timber.... call outside... your neighbors will love it!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks for sharing! Yeah, I still blow my calls often... just for fun. Drives my wife nuts. I like the acoustics in our great room- tall ceiling so it rings pretty good haha!

[@cfoutdoors243]

Awesome vid with great instruction. You are a great teacher and explain things simply. A lot of times I try to mimic what I hear the birds doing out on the water and it seems to work well. Thanks for such a great vid👍👍👍👍

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tntpfs]

Looks and sounds like JP Sears got a haircut and took up duck hunting!

[@CE-vd2px]

Lol the comedian?

[@micahbaker6750]

It’s official, there’s no hope for me😂

[@mikekowal4051]

Dude,practice more listen to live wild mallards. Practice alot,It's easy. If I can do it anyone can.Did I mention practice . Good luck, Mallard Mike

[@joec9472]

Just wanted to say thank you, my duck calling is getting better and my buddy is now learning to call off this video series. Extremely helpful as are all your videos

[@jeremybreeden77]

Thanks for another great instructional video. I was definitely a grunter for a couple of years and once I broke that habit I am more successful and sound a lot better. Still working on my feed call but getting better with practice every day. Thanks again!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

You're welcome... and thanks for sharing!

[@JabbaTheGrub]

Super new to duck hunting, these videos have been very helpful. Thank you sir!

[@tjkennedy380]

My quack just sound like a 2 stroke

[@briansewell6346]

Same

[@AlisOutdoorAdventures]

Lol me too

[@waveoglesby2920]

I like your videos and training ones. Please keep them up!!!!

[@mythbustersreddead299]

just got my first duck call today and this video is really helpful

[@robertgoodwin2787]

Crazy that the duck hunting is so different from where I'm at (missouri) than one state to the south in Arkansas. I kinda wish we had some good flooded timber to hunt but where I'm at it's a public lake unless you wanna take a drive to go to a managed marsh

[@alexmeza2118]

The feeding quack really helped (Just started duck hunting)

[@Goosemaster1810]

Another gem brother. My calling stinks other then feed call.I have killed lots of ducks not calling at all.Your calling is very good. Keep em coming an GOD BLESS

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks bro!

[@mgergo5]

This helped me out massively. Thanks for the great video.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Outstanding! Thanks for letting me know 👍🏻

[@AdrenalineTurkeyCall]

Your videos have helped tremendously. Soundboard orientation made a lot of difference in my calling. Thanks Joel.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

You’re welcome... glad it’s helped!

[@brianlundy8844]

Joel! Thanks for the great video! Greetings from Brian and Jacqui!

[@ryanwilliams6496]

Thanks for the video. Trying to learn as much as possible and everyone seems to have slightly different techniques or tips.

[@RuckusOutfitters]

Good video man, that feed Sequence was some very realistic ducky stuff!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Thanks 👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻

[@christopherkwasny5333]

New to the channel but glad I found it, I’m planning to buy a 737 tomahawk cut down

[@jamesdavies231]

Great vids mate hunting and fishing all da way

[@pastp3805]

I agree with reed down for less sticking ! In freezing cold Minnesota I’ve found that wood calls don’t freeze up as bad as acrylic in late season. Another great video !

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Right on, Thanks!

[@calvinwalls4995]

This guy is the Luke Combs of duck calling. Awesome video!

[@WILDEATS]

Thanks for all of the great tips!!! I always find myself coming back to this video and many other of yours

[@bretthensley8420]

Great video! Thanks for making it. Very helpful!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Great! Glad it helps you.

[@stevej00]

Great video!

[@justhoundstv4851]

Thank much needed I’m new to duck hunting and find your channel to be very informative..

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Glad it helps out!

[@macshatchetman13]

Great video. Thank you for the detailed work. I was having no luck trying to figure it out with other instructive videos but after watching this one on repeat, I sound a little bit like a duck.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Outstanding!! It WILL come together for you👍🏻💪🏻👊🏻

[@idshoot4ya]

Excellent video! Very helpful. Thanks so much.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

You're very welcome!

[@morganyoder4277]

Hopefully the old double nasty treats me well this upcoming season. Keep em coming Joel.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Right on!

[@billywright13jr]

How did I go from party horn to mallard in one video? Great stuff. Thanks fir the tips!!!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Glad it helped!

[@JamesTorrey]

Very helpful thank you

[@daltonromanowski4229]

Great video, very informative. What call were you using for your feed call in the video?

[@Paratroopin]

9:58 When you grunt too much calling.

[@paulwelhouse4161]

Great video! I always seem to have trouble with my calls freezing up on cold weather here in Wisconsin. I will try that tip on keeping the reed down so the spot doesn't build up.

[@mikeries8549]

You need to run two identical calls. One for in your pocket warming up and one to blow on. The "arkansas style" call was first patented and manufactured in pekin, illinois by a guy named PS Olt.

[@REMYSCH]

Awesome video

[@adrianlouviere7650]

Very nice THANKS Old Louisiana Duck Hunter Love it!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks 👍🏻

[@aimkhan83]

It was very helpful, I practiced along with it. Will be looking forward to a similar video on goose call!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Coming soon!

[@mikeries8549]

Canada geese in arkansas that's a good one.😅

[@wackyguns]

Thank you for your videos they have helped me out big time for calling being that I'm still a noob at it

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

I’m glad you find them helpful. Thanks.

[@gavinlegan8965]

thank you so much you are the best

[@russiantroll1590]

Do you have any experience with an elite call? If so what ones do you prefer? Also if you could only have one call what would it be?

[@isaaccrumpton8686]

Got me a new duck boat love the videos keep me entertained on the off season you should go crow hunting

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

I used to go crow hunting quite a bit... not in several years though.

[@brucerudd69]

Thanks for the tips, Joel. I’ve been successfully blowing double read calls for several decades (actually the same call) and now trying to get better with the single reed. You made the comment about not grunting and I’ve seen that in another video by a prominent call manufacturer. I have always added a sub-vocalization, like saying “oot” or “uut”. I think there may be slight amount in yours as well. The problem is that in both your video and the other I mentioned, you guys only say don’t grunt and that one should learn to control air better but there aren’t really any details on HOW one does that better air control. So, how about some details on exactly what is meant regarding this air control?

[@Taters5566]

What call do you recommend for a noob ? Never hunted duck, this year will be first. Super excited , help me out guys 👍🏼

[@mythbustersreddead299]

good luck you got this

[@burtreynolds1988km]

....i.......a......pumped.....

[@jasonwaldon7438]

You should do a video or several videos on the off season managment practices of the outfitter you work for. That would be very interesting

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Great idea!

[@The_Bigs]

Oh hey I live in Arkansas as well killed 13 today

[@mallardhunter8362]

This video is awesome I won hundred percent recommend to use it for a beginner I just got my first call today it is so much fun to use now that I understand it way better and I don’t sound like a fake duck

[@Dopey_Fudd]

So, I am wondering.. People learning to call these days seem different from when I learned. For instance, the quack as I learned it was "quack" or "quick" or "quit". Feeding was "dig-ga" or dug-ga". In addition, the come back and greetings ate "tiiich tick tick". What gives?

[@staceystrom709]

Joel, which call do you prefer more, single reeds or double and why? Thanks and love your videos..

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

I use single reed calls. There is more flexibility with single reed calls- you can manipulate them to do more. Changing pitch, and making them louder or softer. Check out this video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3iroqmBZZySa68

[@vonvonkarmz]

everyone else is watching to hunt ducks, while im just a dungeon master whos going to put my players against a giant duck monster

[@chasepeterson4549]

That’s dedication. Better have the boss be the goose god

[@vonvonkarmz]

@@chasepeterson4549 no need to encourage me

[@grizzlydean91]

Anymore of them hoodies in stock?

[@kaydenglynn7068]

I’ve been trying to feed call for about 8 months now and I practice about 30min every day and still can’t even come close

[@brucerudd69]

Keep practicing. It’s the same technique we use when playing wind instruments and as a former teacher I can tell you it can take a long time to be able to move your tongue that fast, either the singe tut-tut-tut or the double tongue tutu-tuku-tuku. Try going slow and when you can control that, gradually work on speeding it up.

[@Raevenswood]

it took me quite a long time to figure it out and then one day I was just doing it without even realizing it. muscle memory takes time. keep practicing.

[@canos26]

Excellent video. I've been hunting for about 10 years. I'm not an expert by any means. This video helps me fine tune my technique. What kind of calls are you using in the video?

[@matthewmurillo362]

what call did you use during the feed call

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

DC Mondo, from RNT

[@bpeterson3270]

I go voot to make a raspy sound

[@aaronchilders8365]

Hey man I’m new to duck hunting and I don’t have calls or anything and I don’t know what calls are good do you have any advice

[@austinvanhorn331]

Start cheap until you get basics down. DR-85 on Amazon is a really good start. Easy to use and cheap. Sounds good too

[@briansewell6346]

Ok cant so the feed call been trying to learn for months

[@terrysemple1815]

How do you make the call sound more raspy mine sounds more like canadian goose!

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

It’s probably the call itself. Which call are you using?

[@eastonvanover6431]

@@SurvivingDuckSeason I use a primos wrench double reed and I can't get any rasp out of mine unless I grunt hard.

[@williamwiechert3030]

I have such a hard time doing a “fast” feed call to mix things up. My “tikka” or “tukka” just doesn’t work fast. Lol. Any advice on how to get “faster”? Or easy way to be faster?

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

You may just need to take baby steps... start out doing it slow. Progress only a little faster at a time. If you start getting tongue tied, just slow down. You may try doing it for a while without the call. Then once you are able to go faster, reintroduce the call. Main thing is don't get impatient. It sometimes takes a long time. Let me know how that works for you.

[@aimkhan83]

Awesome video, wife and kids are asleep, I'll definitely watch this video again tomorrow and practice. I need to master this.

[@mikeries8549]

Dont bother. Flying ducks do the ticka thing. On the water is different. If you hear ticka ticka its ducks asking to be called imo. They fly right over the spread and do it where I hunt. Theyre asking for instructions. The biologists say that call is used to determine spacing in the flock. Im not so sure.

[@CE-vd2px]

@@aimkhan83 wife and kids? 9:58!!

[@aimkhan83]

@@CE-vd2px ??

[@kurtmatheny3411]

Do you like that echo call

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Yes, great call. I mostly blow a cut down now while hunting, but I do use that echo sometimes.

[@zachhaselhuhn981]

So I guess where my frustration and confusion is coming from is the grunt no grunt, voice no voice debate. 90 percent of videos I've watched say not to add voice or grunt into the call but as you pointed out at the start of your call you have a slight "throat noise" as well most other people that I've watched. I'm on board with not grunting but where my issue is what noise is at the start of your call if your not grunting or using voice? This will be my second full season and I'm by no means a good caller but I'm trying. I have my girlfriend stand across the yard and listen too me call and I go to a local pond and call at mallards and I've been successful with getting responses from birds. When I call my call gets condensation from hot air I can feel hot air exting the call so I'm confident I'm drawing air with my diaphragm but I don't have that "throat noise" am I doing something wrong or am I getting frustrated for no reason? Thanks for the content as a newbie who has never bird hunted you seem to have most insite for explaining to the inexperienced. now I'm that guy that wants his truck diagnosed over the phone lol.

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

There’s no debate lol. No grunt no voice. A little throat noise is ok when your blowing backwards through the call. But when you’re blowing as you should, there won’t be any noticeable voice in your call. Grunting into the call impedes the natural sound of the call and just muddies it up.

[@zachhaselhuhn981]

@@SurvivingDuckSeason OK thanks. I think I'm getting in my head too much.

[@evanbamford8782]

how do you get the right sound though? I am sure the quality of the call matters. I am worried I am not making the correct tune/sound with my breathing, still in the early stages. Is the call the only thing that matters as far as the accuracy of the sound and everything else the skill of the caller? Like the feed call or such?

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Most decent brand calls should be adequate to produce a good sound. It’s going to be mostly the caller and NOT the call, provided it’s not defective. Once you are proficient with a call, then you can choose calls based on subtle differences in tonal quality. It’s nearly impossible to do that when you are still learning to call. Patience young Padawan.

[@evanbamford8782]

@@SurvivingDuckSeason thanks so much

[@941boltsfan7]

You should start a duck call band or get with someone who makes beats and record your notes

[@chased7839]

Could you recommend me a good all around duck call under 30 dollars

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Check out this video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3iroqmBZZySa68 But depending on the type of call you want to learn on there are several available made by Echo and RNT. You might look at the Echo's- Poly line of calls they are about $30.

[@chased7839]

Thanks for the quick feedback

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

Bob Builder you’re welcome!

[@christopherkwasny5333]

What mondo is easier to blow

[@SurvivingDuckSeason]

I’m not sure I have a suggestion on ‘easier’. They all blow similar to me, however some guys feel the LT is an easier version to blow.

[@Kristiansolis15]

I don’t even have one single call

[@klausholzer3241]

Oh geez. This guy has good information I wrapped inside TMI (too much information). As a beginner I want to know how to blow an effective quack. Maybe he should take some of his own advice and “take it slow”.

[@Sbudd07]

He has other videos on breaking down Individual sounds

[@DrDuckMD]

I like to use a gadwall call more than a mallard call. Especially if I’m in a blind with some one hammering their mallard call. I think it adds more realism and since everyone else is using a mallard call, the ducks will have confidence to fly over to me. I try to observe what everyone else is doing and try to be different. It usually works.