You know... Back in 1936, Thomas Walsh won the national duck calling competition using only his own voice. So why are we spending $100+ on calls? It's humanly possible to sound like a duck... Just sayin

Asking what CNC was my attempt at poor humor. I know what it is and how it works. I just can't see a call costing that much. I don't blame them for charging what they want to charge. It is a free market society as of right now. Charge a $1000 for all I care, but don't get butt hurt when we declare it is too high. $115 bucks is a lot of money. You say it is worth it, some of us say it is not. There are a lot of calls out there. A lot of calls that work very well. I can't put down my old Faulks. I won't put it down. I won't put it down until the day it stops bringing them in. It is a very inexpensive call and I have killed 1 or 2 mallards with it over the years. Maybe even 3! I can say this. If somebody sat down in my blind and went to high balling, he is taking his future in his own hands. I'll redneck eye him from the left and my brother will redneck eye him from the right. The redneck eye is an early warning system for highballers. I have absolutely no problem with pulling a fast one on highballers. For example: I have been known to say "Oh wow! Nice call! Can I look at it". Of course the highballer who did not recognize the Highballer's early warning system falls for it and hands it to me. A 4 inch call slipped easily into the mud. I simply say "Thank you, now quit blowing that damn call" as I hand them back a barrel full of mud. I run a soft call and very rarely throw a cadence at a bird. In fact only if they are on the way out will I give a light cadence. I have found a bird that is choosing a spot but not decided will leave, I'll give a very soft cadence and leave it alone. MOre often than not a highballer will throw the kitchen sink at them at that point. I leave them alone. Often they will come back as I am giving them soft pops and quacks. A highballer will run them off and just say "Well its late season you know, they are jumpy" or "You can't call in every bird". We can all add to the list of stated reasons why a bird won't come in. #1 on the list is because somebody is trying too hard to get a bird in with only a call. Those people don't know what they are doing. Those people are the exact reason why I leased private in a mallard infested area, paid out the nose with only one other lease member on the lease. That one other is my redneck brother who feels just like I do about duck calls. As a matter of fact he sucks at blowing a call. He won't admit it but when birds are over head he will not touch his call. He is always saying "Get them in here Wayne" everytime. He has a great understanding of how birds respond to calls. They respond real well to very little calling.

So to end my early morning soap box I'll leave you with this. Expensive does not mean effective. You all have seen my posts about all of these new duck hunting products. Blackcloud is on top of that list. A company produces a product, they have to market it. How better to do that than use the human desire to be looked at as "In the know" to market that product. So they establish pro staffers. They post pictures to boost sales. Their pro staffers talk up the product. Prostaffers get free gear to push that product. I get it, it is sales they are after first and foremost. Great! Sell away. I just don't fall off of a turnip truck that easily. I sent a response to one of the guys pushing a duck call on here. Don't know who it was nor which brand of call. My response was "The call sounds like it is nice, send me one in the mail and if I like it I'll buy it". It is kind of humorous to think they never responded to my thread response. So here you go call makers, send me a call and I'll run it for a season. If I like it and see a grand improvement on the mallard activity, I'll send you the cash.

For your next post ask what mud motor is best.

Then shotgun.

Then ask about your local lake.