Thread: Wooden duck caller

Hi I have just aquired a wooden marksman single reed duck caller,anyone know much about these look old but in good nick cheers guys

Who would want to call a wooden duck?

I would guess at 1950's - 60's production but Google doesnt produce any information.

if it goes quack when you blow through it....all is good and DONT muck around with it....if you DO pull it apart.PLEASE take photos as you go and mark the read/readboard relationship carefully..a felt pen line is pure gold if cleaning in maimai as bit of bacon n egg pie goes in it in mad rush....
little bit of cooking oil on the wood wont go astray,just to norish it a bit and stop it from drying out completely.

Thanks for the advice it was a friends , with it was a gamebird license from 1975 but I’m afraid it’s been in a cupboard the last 50 yrs or more and was taken apart before I go it, i found 2 brass reeds , I tried it but don’t get much bar dust !

clean it up....look at another caller to see...or do utube search for how to tune /reassemble it and keep tweaking in LITTLE adjustments till it works....it is after all just two materials vibrating against each other as you blow through it.