Depends on who you are calling.

I guess it depends on whether its a local, out of state, or international call.......

I was reading an article in a magazine, can't remember which one, on the DC. I was looking at one of the RNT's or Zinks, but right before I bought one, I read the article. DC said unless the call shoots, plucks and cleans the ducks for you, there's no need to spend over $30 on a call. I don't know how true that is, but it makes sense to me. Seems to me it's just one of those things that shows you've got money, not that you can call. I can't hear a difference and there are some $25 calls out there that are super easy to use and blow. I've called and killed ducks for 12 years with a Faulks's $12 wooden call from Academy. Just my opinion.

I was reading an article in a magazine, can't remember which one, on the DC. I was looking at one of the RNT's or Zinks, but right before I bought one, I read the article. DC said unless the call shoots, plucks and cleans the ducks for you, there's no need to spend over $30 on a call. I don't know how true that is, but it makes sense to me. Seems to me it's just one of those things that shows you've got money, not that you can call. I can't hear a difference and there are some $25 calls out there that are super easy to use and blow. I've called and killed ducks for 12 years with a Faulks's $12 wooden call from Academy. Just my opinion.

Seems to me it's just one of those things that shows you've got money, not that you can call.

No good single reed call is less than $75 period.

The only thing that costs less than $75-$80 a call is plastic. Plastic straight and simple does not produce sound like the dense woods and acrylics used in the higher end calls.

Depends. If you can control it enough to get the full range of what it can do. Spend the money on a call you like and can control. If all you want to do is quacks and the occasional greeting call. It doesnt matter. I have a $100 echo XLT coco that I hardly use anymore. My fav call this year was a $40 double reed echo poly/timber. Doesnt have the range of the XLT single, but its harder to make mistakes on that will cost birds. When I concentrate I can make the XLT sing all kinds of tunes, but in a real hunting situation, at least like most I experienced this season, I am thinking about way too many things at once. Besides, they were really only responding to a greeting call and single quacks to keep them on line most of the time this year.

I know nogeese is the 'you only need 4 academy decoys and a whistle' type of guy, though. You know, the 'fair weather waterfowler'

I've still got a few calls I want to mess with, one of them is the Double Nasty by Buck Gardner...still under $30 at most places and I have heard a lot of good things about it. I'll prolly always stay under that $30 when buying calls for hunting...I've always wanted some collectible calls just for the investment value, not to use, figured I'd put them in a display case on the fireplace mantle......