Recent Examples on the WebDon’t help them out by allowing them to zero in on a duck call.—T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023 So, the standard-issue duck call is designed to imitate the sounds of a Suzie, which is the universal nickname for a hen mallard.—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023 In other words, the miniature flutes could have produced Stone Age duck calls.—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023 Every Slayer duck call is finished and hand-tuned by Mr. Ayers himself.—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023 The coach’s duck call. • Kocur’s beer-league jersey.—Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2022 Duck hunters have been infatuated with mallards since the dawn of the duck call.—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 3 Dec. 2020 But much of the time, alas, our best duck call is a jerk cord.—T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 26 Nov. 2020 Some of the best days of my life have been spent waist-deep in a marsh holding a shotgun and blowing a duck call.—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
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