After the "Year of the Gadwall" last year, I was curious who's going to carry a gadwall call this year? Obviously not necessary, just curious... Anyone used one with much luck previously?

I carry one. It works for me.

no thanks

I would be very surprised if it would help at all.

I have one on my lanyard and love it. Worked many times last year and the year before

Never had to worry about one when I duck hunted. In fact there were times we said "more stinkin gadwalls".

No need for one, they will decoy to a mallard call all day long!

they will come in while standing in the decoys playing the theme song to bonanza

I here ya..... it seemed like we passed on thousands last year. But when 10 o'clock rolls around and there's a little room left on the stringer.....

Just curious to learn how effective or ineffective those with calls actually were.

I've got 2 of em, when we used to hunt the rice more I used em pretty often. There's alot of pressure out there and they've heard alot of mallard calls and whistles. Later on season just tatting on a gadwall call has worked great for me...last year I was so covered up in em it didn't matter what I used. But a gadwall call does have its place on the lanyard...well, at least in the bag.

Just huff a lame quack into your mallard call. It makes that real plain Jane quack of a gadwall. Enjoy

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Just say Tat Ta in a mallard hen call and you will get the same thing

After sitting next to a flooded field full of em. I went out and bought one and love it.

Can't say it worked BETTER than a mallard call but definitely didn't flare any.

I bought one a couple years back on an impulse buy...its still sitting on top of my fridge...thinking about making a pipe out of it

You keep calls on top of your fridge? I guess that is one way to call your family to dinner, or are you trying to call the gadwall into the kitchen?

As for me, I like to keep goose call on the couchside table...gets the wifes attention real quick!...

+1

Really!!

I have one because I like to hear it when they respond all the way to the decoys.

thats where you went wrong

Touche.

He leaves his waders on top of the fridge as well. You don't know who you are dealing with.

I'm that hardcore

deffinetly good to switch up your calls. ducks are smart animals every duck hunter in the world blows mallard hen calls. making a more realistic spread is important and i dont know about yall but theres more gadlwalls in my area then mallard hens. think about it. they are even more productive at the end of the year when they are shying away from people blowing calls at them because they have heard more mallard hen calls through the past few month then you could imagin.