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Calling ducks

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Hunters call ducks using callers that imitate quacking ducks. Combined with the use of decoys on a pond, this can attract flying ducks to come in to land.

Film clip courtesy of Geoff Thomas, http://www.geoffthomas.co.nz

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Reference: Duck calling secrets. Safari Productions, 1993.

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Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, Duck shooting – Equipment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17126/calling-ducks (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Harvey C. Perkins and Bob Gidlow, published 1 March 2009.