Antonio is an OUTSTANDING caller and person. He is a good buddy of mine and I have had the honor to hunt with him. No one in there right mind would ring hail calls like in a contest routine at a duck, but the rest of that routine is DUCK.... He is 'DUCKMAN"
All these haters hating on this guy for booming his call. I guarantee he would call in 10 times as many ducks as you any day of the week on any hunt. If you think he doesn't sound like a duck, you need to read between the lines or rather listen between the lines. Many times during his repertoire when he slows it down, he sounds just like a duck. The judges listen for extremes and realism. It's the right combination that wins.
It just seems logical to think a duck calling contest would be to see who can sound like a duck. Does the world champion bass fisherman win because he can cast farther than the other guys?
being able to push a call to its absolute limit, dragging out breaths for that long and chuckling that fast at feed calling is no accident, don't think that just because he is calling this way right now in a competition, that he cant call ducks. exactly the opposite, he has so much control and range over what he is doing it is unreal... you smack talkers need to learn your sport. its origins and honestly some humility and respect.
There are some ignorant people commenting on this video! Not only did Antonio win the World Duck Calling Championship but he also won $10 grand in Kansas City in the meat duck contest which is as close to calling real birds is you can get. Calling Treefrog a duck commander wannabe would be an insult to the duckmen
To All You Guys Saying Contest Callers Cannot Call Ducks, search an antonio jones meat routine once. Obviously he isn't hunting, he's trying to win a title, and half the people giving him grief probably can't get birds within 50 yards.
This is mainstreet style competition calling. This style of calling is not about who gets the duckiest on a call. This is about pushing a duck call beyond the limits. Anybody blowing at the Worlds level can run a call in a normal hunting style, but this isn't about that, this is about showing how far you can push it. If you want to hear more of a duck style competition then look into meat calling or live duck, that's the game there. It's kind of like hunting dog vs field trial dog...
@bandhunter31. I'm from Arkansas an I do know how good we have it. That's why we are called the duck capital of the world. But to this competition a duck sounds nothing like this but is different from regular calling. I can do both. It's just a fun challenge to try an do competition calling. It's tuff.
Hate to tell you but I never truely got better with my call until I learned all the comp stuff. It helps you understand all the tones you can actually make and teaches you air control. Its not like Ant Jones is out in the field calling like this.
If you actually hunt with these guys that are winning championships they dont call like this. They know exactly what they are doing. These competitions are just them showing what they can do with a call. I can guarantee you wouldnt be critisizing them if you were actually hunting with them. Period.
the rolling feed chuckle that the competition callers do is not what duck hunters refer to as a "feed call" that ducks do while eating.........just fyi
You guys are missing the purpose of these contests. They aren't trying to replicate a live duck. They are trying to show what they can do with the call. They are trying to get every sound out of the call that they can.
I've seen videos of this guy calling while hunting. I've heard him take a hail call out 11 to 12 notes. Now that would be a pretty talented duck to hold a hail call that long considering that a mallard duck has the lung capacity of a grapefruit. I've also heard him use a feed chuckle so fast that it sounds like a machine gun. I get it, it's a "duck calling contest" using duck calls. But a duck doesn't sound anything like that. Why not call it the loudest person blowing a duck call contest?
i hate when people get defensive over this like were trying to take something away from this guy....everyone agrees this guy is talented.....ive been duck hunting most of my life and yeh hes a better caller than me or anyone i know but thats not the point.....and duckslayer, its called a duck "calling" competition because they use a duck call to call ducks......hence your "calling" ducks so therefor the contests should change to reflect true duck calling.....
Hunting dog can pick up a bird in the decoys, can run clean blinds and every once in awhile picks up that long bird. Field trial dog charges 500 plus yds to nail a direct line on a mark. Is what field trial dog does impractical to duck hunting? Yeah for the most part, the fundamentals are there but those skills arent' required of your everyday college boy duck dog. But they've taken something and pushed it to it's limits to see what it can really do. Jones has some chops, awesome routine
Ok guys look they call this a duck calling contest because they are using duck calls. Duhh. They are using calls specifically for these competitions. They are trying to push a call beyond it's limits. The reason it doesn't sound like a duck is because it's not supposed to. That's the whole point of the contest, ringing hail calls super fast comeback calls and lightning fast feed calls. If you are going to jank on this you really don't have muck of a niche for duck calling.
No I was totally agreeing with your comment. I give you a lot of respect for calling in ducks that close and to that point. What I was trying to say that if you go duck hunting and you don't call ducks and shoot at them only, because you brought them in range or really, committed to your decoys and are about to land, then you are really not duck hunting. I take all sorts of shots. But my main goal, is to talk to the ducks, and get them to circle, turn, and commit based on my calling.
phil robertson didnt "sell out" to reality TV.....i have been watching the duck commander videos for years..... long before duck dynasty.......the great thing about DC hunts is that they show the "down time".....everyone else is all about killing and stacking unrealistic piles of ducks.......the DC videos show the scouting, set up, down time in the blind, cooking and camaraderie......what young hunters need to see.....
i don't understand how u can say there not supposed to sound like a duck. i understand what u guys mean when u say its pushing a duck call to the extreme and its a different style. but to me that's like saying the guy who wins the home run derby should get the MVP. he may or may not be the best ball player but either way he has to prove that in the games where baseball is baseball and not "pushing it to the extremes" by just hitting homers. he still gets a trophy but it doesn't mean a whole lot
for the 5th time no one is saying he cant call....this debate is over whether someone should be crowned world champion duck caller when there routines (for whatever reason) dont really sound like a duck - i doubt antonio jones does the exact routine he is doing in the video above when hes in the duck blind hunting....actually i know he doesnt because that wouldnt attract ducks.....i also know that this guy can call ducks better than anyone i know....for the 5th time thats not whats being debated
More like these are the guys the real duck hunters want to hunt with in the woods. They don't call like that in the blind, its main street comp calling all about showing the full range of the call and air pressure control. If he can do this image what he can do in the blind.
im a little confused with your comment..... i cant tell if your agreeing with me or not..... i always wait til they commit to my call...... hence 10-15 yards away - feet in your face close - idk how you could have taken my comment as if i dont allow them to commit, like i take passing shots at ducks from 50-60 yards.....if i mistook your comment i apologize.......
I understand the concept. I have been to the Wings Over the Prairie festival many times. But if you're having a "duck calling contest" and you're not trying to call actual "ducks" why not give em all a trumpet and call it a "blowing contest"?
@Treefrog1Tiburon5 Remember this is championship/competition style calling. You are right, a real duck could not win, but in a calling contest this is how you do it. Now, if you are hunting you do a different style of calling. Don't hate treefrog, just hunt.
i agree....i would rather hunt all day for that one close, cupped, in your face shot than take 100 shots at passing birds.....im a big fan of phil robertson for the record.... he even says duck calling contests are good for the sport but a real duck could never win one..... people can say what they want on here and bash me for my comments but i never said this jones guy cant call....im sure he would blow me out of the water but thats not the point im making......
one other point i want to say.....during this debate i was told several times that there's no way to judge "true" duck calling and in the same paragraph i was told that there's competitions called live duck and meat calling (which i have now researched) which judge on "true" duck calling.......i am not trying to say get rid of this style of calling but don't crown the guy who wins this style of calling "duck calling world champion"......
Alright for people out the talking bad about Antonio saying hes not a real caller because he just competition style calls why you look up some other videos like his meet calling and others like the man is freaken amazing at any kind of duck calling and by the way the kind of calling he is doing right here does not having anything to do with hunting and he does not that is does if your gonna talk shit at least get your facts straight
did you even read the discussion before you put your 2 cents in?? no one is talking bad about this guy......actually even people with an opposing view point as the one you obviously have, have gone out of there way to say this guy is very very talented.......the issue here is not the guy, nor is it the style of calling........its a free country, if these guys wanna get together and compete with one another they can do that.......the gripe is the fact that they crown themselves "WORLD CHAMPION DUCK CALLER" when they really don't sound like a duck in the wild........why is it that THIS STYLE OF CALLING GETS THAT TITLE???? i have heard guys say well if you want to hear real calling then go check out meat calling.........OK that's fine so WHY DON'T WE CROWN THE WINNER OF THE MEAT CALLING CONTEST WORLD CHAMPION DUCK CALLER!!!!???........are you following along now??
Cause it’s about how well you can control a call and the air you put through it this dude could still go into a live duck calling contest and still win
Competition calling is all about who can operate a duck call to its maxium potential, not about who can call in live ducks and they do have both live duck calling and meat calling championship's. But if your a "real" duck hunter than you know this allready. If you still have any doubts, than for about $200 a day, Jim Ronquest (2006 world champion) or John Stephens (1995, 1998, 2005 world champion) will take you out and demonstrate just how to "hunt ducks"
And thanks for showing all of us how articulate you are by slandering me for stating my opinion. If you think im an idiot then you must think Phil Robertson is too since he basically said the same thing!
the biggest problem is the hail calls - its just not realistic - i think they need to re-evaluate what the judges are judging these guys on in these championships and make them blow more realistic duck sounds - im sure every guy in these competitions is a hunter and probably have the skill to call in ass loads of ducks - so let them show there real skills - just my opinion - and if i spelled anything wrong i really don't care - lets stick to discussing the main points and not ridicule each other
you missed my point. The point was competition calling is ridicules. If you’re going to spend the time to become the best caller in the world, you should spend it learning to call right. To put in different terms for your tiny brain, they don’t give the bass fishing trophy to the person that gets the most snags. They give it to the best fisherman at the competition. So for the calling contest, the best duck caller should win. Not the person that is best at scaring birds away by blowing the call
i don't see why they dont have the competition being on success and quickness of attracting ducks, over like a few week period trying to attract different ducks... ducks clearly would be the better judge on the calls than the human ears... and why not have timing, loudness, and other factors play part, that ducks would pick up on, rather than humans? I know nothing about duck hunting or duck calling.... seems like they could go about it better
OMG YALL ARE MISSING THE POINT these competitions have nothing to do with calling live ducks it is all about who can be the loudest fanciest and most technical with the call it’s not about sweet talking a duck into the hole this is showing off what you can push through the call they don’t use hardly any of these loud techniques when hunting except for the machine gun feed call in a big big spread or a hail call on ducks too far away they are trying to traffic
just have to give my opinion on this argument and im not trying to start a fight but i do agree with tree frog on his original point......im sure this guy is great at calling in ducks because he obviously can blow a duck call, but i just don't understand how they call these duck calling championships when they don't sound like ducks.....i don't expect them to call in live ducks like blumpkinish says but we all know what a good duck caller sounds like in the blind
when young hunters see guys like this calling they try and learn to call like Jones and what that leads to is hunters who drastically over call birds, which in turn leads to birds getting pretty educated on hunters as the season and years go on - you see hunters now wailing on there calls when ducks are 50 yards away and committed - also that feed chuckle - get rid of that - all kids do now is try and sound like that, ducks only do that while flying and i have only heard it myself a couple times
I hunt duck and never heard a duck call for over 5 seconds a single quack I feel that's a unreal sound these long ass calls are not realistic wtf Hollywood calling
I hate the a "duck wouldn't win a contest" statement, no crap, that is no secrete. there is a routine involved to make it not completely unjudgeable, a duck wouldnt win because they are unpredictabel and they all sound a little bit diferently. The only guys that bash on comp calling are the ones that dont do it. live duck is alot diferent than comp duck. alot of guys on here arguing over nothing.
i agree with most of what u just said except for that last part i have heard ducks do the feeding chuckle while walking around actually eating i have heard it many times myself...the feeding part of his calling was good but all that loud ass hail calling i guess u could call it was just rediculous i cant believe thats what wins these championships
why because i actually hunt and realize that a duck sounds nothing like that?? Granted this guy does amazing things that i couldnt do in my wildest dreams lol im not disputing that! Just call it something else, since it doesnt sound like a duck! Its not really duck calling if you're cranking out noises at the top of your lungs.
there is no doubt guys like this that do competition calling are good but the reality is they should not be crowned world duck calling champion......why dont we call the person who wins the meat calling the world champion instead of this freestyle crap.....i think that would be much more appropriate..... that is really the argument i think most people are making on here....
OK... who in the "WORLD" did he beat?? Someone from Africa? Mexico perhaps? How about the UK? How can you call anyone a "World" Champion if you don't compete against the world?? Nuff said.
They aren't trying to sound like a duck they are trying to exhibit ultimate control of a duck call. Meat calling contests are about sounding like a duck. Phil Robertson wouldn't kill a duck if you put him in Bayou Meto on a Saturday where these guys hunt. So guys like Phil Robertson should stick with things he knows like teal whistles and killing trash ducks on private ground where there is no competition.
spent countless hours every year in the marsh since i was 1. .. in all that time i have NEVER herd ANY duck make 99% of thoughs sounds. do u know wat that means??? a duck could not win... and he probly dose not decoy anything calling like that
im not saying antonio jones wouldnt still be champion.....but if your gonna call him a champion for sitting there wailing on his duck call when those sounds would scare any duck withing 100 miles then its an insult to guys like myself who try and perfect there calling skills to get ducks 10-15 yards from them in the blind to take shots......
First of all... You should spend countless hours leaning how to spell. In the marsh since you were 1? Really dude? If that were even close to true, you would know that there is a clear difference between competition calling and actual duck calling.
Rest in peace to a legend. I will miss you old friend.
He dead?
Antonio is an OUTSTANDING caller and person. He is a good buddy of mine and I have had the honor to hunt with him. No one in there right mind would ring hail calls like in a contest routine at a duck, but the rest of that routine is DUCK.... He is 'DUCKMAN"
Great to see this young man win!!
All these haters hating on this guy for booming his call. I guarantee he would call in 10 times as many ducks as you any day of the week on any hunt. If you think he doesn't sound like a duck, you need to read between the lines or rather listen between the lines. Many times during his repertoire when he slows it down, he sounds just like a duck. The judges listen for extremes and realism. It's the right combination that wins.
great video. thanks for sharing this with us guys that could'nt go back to arkansa. Congratulations to antonio Jones.
A live duck couldn't even PLACE in a competition.
It's about call control
Hunted with this guy awesome In the field no questions asked
Antonio is a World Champion Duck Caller and killer! Get over yourself brother!
this is just blowing into a duck call as hard as you can, anyone can do that 😂😂 way different in a blind my friends
Gooseboy 783 i practice everyday buddy 😂
Andrew Cooper u go up on that stage and blow a routine as good as him if ur so good. he's the world champ and ur saying it's easy. dumbass
strokin' andy is like to see you do a routine like this and see how easy it is not just anybody can do this
It just seems logical to think a duck calling contest would be to see who can sound like a duck.
Does the world champion bass fisherman win because he can cast farther than the other guys?
pretty amazing! Cant wait to hopefully make it to the big stage some day!
Why are they popping pop corn during this video?
it's raining
being able to push a call to its absolute limit, dragging out breaths for that long and chuckling that fast at feed calling is no accident, don't think that just because he is calling this way right now in a competition, that he cant call ducks. exactly the opposite, he has so much control and range over what he is doing it is unreal... you smack talkers need to learn your sport. its origins and honestly some humility and respect.
This dude has more controll over that call than a formula one racer in his car
These are the people that real duck hunters make fun of in the woods
Has anyone ever passed out doing this...
There are some ignorant people commenting on this video! Not only did Antonio win the World Duck Calling Championship but he also won $10 grand in Kansas City in the meat duck contest which is as close to calling real birds is you can get. Calling Treefrog a duck commander wannabe would be an insult to the duckmen
Who in "The World" did he beat?? Contestants from which other countries??
My dad was real good friends with him in college and hunted together
To All You Guys Saying Contest Callers Cannot Call Ducks, search an antonio jones meat routine once. Obviously he isn't hunting, he's trying to win a title, and half the people giving him grief probably can't get birds within 50 yards.
This is mainstreet style competition calling. This style of calling is not about who gets the duckiest on a call. This is about pushing a duck call beyond the limits. Anybody blowing at the Worlds level can run a call in a normal hunting style, but this isn't about that, this is about showing how far you can push it. If you want to hear more of a duck style competition then look into meat calling or live duck, that's the game there. It's kind of like hunting dog vs field trial dog...
@bandhunter31. I'm from Arkansas an I do know how good we have it. That's why we are called the duck capital of the world. But to this competition a duck sounds nothing like this but is different from regular calling. I can do both. It's just a fun challenge to try an do competition calling. It's tuff.
Hate to tell you but I never truely got better with my call until I learned all the comp stuff. It helps you understand all the tones you can actually make and teaches you air control. Its not like Ant Jones is out in the field calling like this.
This sounds like my fire alarm.
If you actually hunt with these guys that are winning championships they dont call like this. They know exactly what they are doing. These competitions are just them showing what they can do with a call. I can guarantee you wouldnt be critisizing them if you were actually hunting with them. Period.
Competition calling is NOT the same as for in the field. Maybe watch some more videos
This guy would man handle ya'll in the field... this is all about control, something it sounds like you guys dont have...
the rolling feed chuckle that the competition callers do is not what duck hunters refer to as a "feed call" that ducks do while eating.........just fyi
He passed is that why he hasn’t answered my calls in year’s 🤦🏾
Contest calling and calling duck is about call, voice, air and mental control...and a lil bit more mixed in. It's no easy feat.
You guys are missing the purpose of these contests. They aren't trying to replicate a live duck. They are trying to show what they can do with the call. They are trying to get every sound out of the call that they can.
seems like they are just blowing on the call as hard as they can not even sounding like a duck
I've seen videos of this guy calling while hunting. I've heard him take a hail call out 11 to 12 notes. Now that would be a pretty talented duck to hold a hail call that long considering that a mallard duck has the lung capacity of a grapefruit. I've also heard him use a feed chuckle so fast that it sounds like a machine gun. I get it, it's a "duck calling contest" using duck calls. But a duck doesn't sound anything like that. Why not call it the loudest person blowing a duck call contest?
i hate when people get defensive over this like were trying to take something away from this guy....everyone agrees this guy is talented.....ive been duck hunting most of my life and yeh hes a better caller than me or anyone i know but thats not the point.....and duckslayer, its called a duck "calling" competition because they use a duck call to call ducks......hence your "calling" ducks so therefor the contests should change to reflect true duck calling.....
Contest calling isnt about sounding like ducks unless its a "meat" or "real" comp. This is about demonstrating the full abilities of a call.
never herd a duck sound like this...
You don't understand calling competitions
i hunt and call in those competitions and i see wat your saying a duck couldn't win won of those competitions but its still talent
competition calling and actual field calling are 2 different things!!!!
Hunting dog can pick up a bird in the decoys, can run clean blinds and every once in awhile picks up that long bird. Field trial dog charges 500 plus yds to nail a direct line on a mark. Is what field trial dog does impractical to duck hunting? Yeah for the most part, the fundamentals are there but those skills arent' required of your everyday college boy duck dog. But they've taken something and pushed it to it's limits to see what it can really do. Jones has some chops, awesome routine
Ok guys look they call this a duck calling contest because they are using duck calls. Duhh. They are using calls specifically for these competitions. They are trying to push a call beyond it's limits. The reason it doesn't sound like a duck is because it's not supposed to. That's the whole point of the contest, ringing hail calls super fast comeback calls and lightning fast feed calls. If you are going to jank on this you really don't have muck of a niche for duck calling.
No I was totally agreeing with your comment. I give you a lot of respect for calling in ducks that close and to that point. What I was trying to say that if you go duck hunting and you don't call ducks and shoot at them only, because you brought them in range or really, committed to your decoys and are about to land, then you are really not duck hunting. I take all sorts of shots. But my main goal, is to talk to the ducks, and get them to circle, turn, and commit based on my calling.
phil robertson didnt "sell out" to reality TV.....i have been watching the duck commander videos for years..... long before duck dynasty.......the great thing about DC hunts is that they show the "down time".....everyone else is all about killing and stacking unrealistic piles of ducks.......the DC videos show the scouting, set up, down time in the blind, cooking and camaraderie......what young hunters need to see.....
This guy can't hunt for shit, but he sure as hell can bring 'em back.
RNT MVP
i don't understand how u can say there not supposed to sound like a duck. i understand what u guys mean when u say its pushing a duck call to the extreme and its a different style. but to me that's like saying the guy who wins the home run derby should get the MVP. he may or may not be the best ball player but either way he has to prove that in the games where baseball is baseball and not "pushing it to the extremes" by just hitting homers. he still gets a trophy but it doesn't mean a whole lot
for the 5th time no one is saying he cant call....this debate is over whether someone should be crowned world champion duck caller when there routines (for whatever reason) dont really sound like a duck - i doubt antonio jones does the exact routine he is doing in the video above when hes in the duck blind hunting....actually i know he doesnt because that wouldnt attract ducks.....i also know that this guy can call ducks better than anyone i know....for the 5th time thats not whats being debated
Well oakimus pretty much summed it up so why can you not respect the talent it takes and the guts to get up in front of all of Arkansas
More like these are the guys the real duck hunters want to hunt with in the woods. They don't call like that in the blind, its main street comp calling all about showing the full range of the call and air pressure control. If he can do this image what he can do in the blind.
im a little confused with your comment..... i cant tell if your agreeing with me or not..... i always wait til they commit to my call...... hence 10-15 yards away - feet in your face close - idk how you could have taken my comment as if i dont allow them to commit, like i take passing shots at ducks from 50-60 yards.....if i mistook your comment i apologize.......
I understand the concept. I have been to the Wings Over the Prairie festival many times. But if you're having a "duck calling contest" and you're not trying to call actual "ducks" why not give em all a trumpet and call it a "blowing contest"?
Who judges these things??? Holy Cow!!!
Sounds like a sick VW horn.
i tried blowing my call like this guy and them ducks high tailed it out of there as quick as they could it almost sounds like a car horn or something
who ever does that the loudest they crown king but amazing calling
@Treefrog1Tiburon5
Remember this is championship/competition style calling. You are right, a real duck could not win, but in a calling contest this is how you do it. Now, if you are hunting you do a different style of calling. Don't hate treefrog, just hunt.
it is comp not out in the field
i agree....i would rather hunt all day for that one close, cupped, in your face shot than take 100 shots at passing birds.....im a big fan of phil robertson for the record.... he even says duck calling contests are good for the sport but a real duck could never win one..... people can say what they want on here and bash me for my comments but i never said this jones guy cant call....im sure he would blow me out of the water but thats not the point im making......
one other point i want to say.....during this debate i was told several times that there's no way to judge "true" duck calling and in the same paragraph i was told that there's competitions called live duck and meat calling (which i have now researched) which judge on "true" duck calling.......i am not trying to say get rid of this style of calling but don't crown the guy who wins this style of calling "duck calling world champion"......
Alright for people out the talking bad about Antonio saying hes not a real caller because he just competition style calls why you look up some other videos like his meet calling and others like the man is freaken amazing at any kind of duck calling and by the way the kind of calling he is doing right here does not having anything to do with hunting and he does not that is does if your gonna talk shit at least get your facts straight
did you even read the discussion before you put your 2 cents in?? no one is talking bad about this guy......actually even people with an opposing view point as the one you obviously have, have gone out of there way to say this guy is very very talented.......the issue here is not the guy, nor is it the style of calling........its a free country, if these guys wanna get together and compete with one another they can do that.......the gripe is the fact that they crown themselves "WORLD CHAMPION DUCK CALLER" when they really don't sound like a duck in the wild........why is it that THIS STYLE OF CALLING GETS THAT TITLE???? i have heard guys say well if you want to hear real calling then go check out meat calling.........OK that's fine so WHY DON'T WE CROWN THE WINNER OF THE MEAT CALLING CONTEST WORLD CHAMPION DUCK CALLER!!!!???........are you following along now??
I want to know why they sound nothing like an actual duck
Cause it’s about how well you can control a call and the air you put through it this dude could still go into a live duck calling contest and still win
yup
yes, but it is more to do with call control
ol boy
you can use the excuse "push the limit" on pretty much anything......
Competition calling is all about who can operate a duck call to its maxium potential, not about who can call in live ducks and they do have both live duck calling and meat calling championship's. But if your a "real" duck hunter than you know this allready. If you still have any doubts, than for about $200 a day, Jim Ronquest (2006 world champion) or John Stephens (1995, 1998, 2005 world champion) will take you out and demonstrate just how to "hunt ducks"
couldnt agree more
And thanks for showing all of us how articulate you are by slandering me for stating my opinion. If you think im an idiot then you must think Phil Robertson is too since he basically said the same thing!
the biggest problem is the hail calls - its just not realistic - i think they need to re-evaluate what the judges are judging these guys on in these championships and make them blow more realistic duck sounds - im sure every guy in these competitions is a hunter and probably have the skill to call in ass loads of ducks - so let them show there real skills - just my opinion - and if i spelled anything wrong i really don't care - lets stick to discussing the main points and not ridicule each other
Brave
you missed my point. The point was competition calling is ridicules. If you’re going to spend the time to become the best caller in the world, you should spend it learning to call right. To put in different terms for your tiny brain, they don’t give the bass fishing trophy to the person that gets the most snags. They give it to the best fisherman at the competition. So for the calling contest, the best duck caller should win. Not the person that is best at scaring birds away by blowing the call
i don't see why they dont have the competition being on success and quickness of attracting ducks, over like a few week period trying to attract different ducks... ducks clearly would be the better judge on the calls than the human ears... and why not have timing, loudness, and other factors play part, that ducks would pick up on, rather than humans? I know nothing about duck hunting or duck calling.... seems like they could go about it better
OMG YALL ARE MISSING THE POINT these competitions have nothing to do with calling live ducks it is all about who can be the loudest fanciest and most technical with the call it’s not about sweet talking a duck into the hole this is showing off what you can push through the call they don’t use hardly any of these loud techniques when hunting except for the machine gun feed call in a big big spread or a hail call on ducks too far away they are trying to traffic
just have to give my opinion on this argument and im not trying to start a fight but i do agree with tree frog on his original point......im sure this guy is great at calling in ducks because he obviously can blow a duck call, but i just don't understand how they call these duck calling championships when they don't sound like ducks.....i don't expect them to call in live ducks like blumpkinish says but we all know what a good duck caller sounds like in the blind
Choose the truth or fail
when young hunters see guys like this calling they try and learn to call like Jones and what that leads to is hunters who drastically over call birds, which in turn leads to birds getting pretty educated on hunters as the season and years go on - you see hunters now wailing on there calls when ducks are 50 yards away and committed - also that feed chuckle - get rid of that - all kids do now is try and sound like that, ducks only do that while flying and i have only heard it myself a couple times
I hunt duck and never heard a duck call for over 5 seconds a single quack I feel that's a unreal sound these long ass calls are not realistic wtf Hollywood calling
What the hell kind of ducks are these people calling.....I dont want them anywhere near where i hunt
i dont shoot em' until they commit to my call.. its just not duck hunting unless it is so.
I hate the a "duck wouldn't win a contest" statement, no crap, that is no secrete. there is a routine involved to make it not completely unjudgeable, a duck wouldnt win because they are unpredictabel and they all sound a little bit diferently. The only guys that bash on comp calling are the ones that dont do it. live duck is alot diferent than comp duck. alot of guys on here arguing over nothing.
i agree with most of what u just said except for that last part i have heard ducks do the feeding chuckle while walking around actually eating i have heard it many times myself...the feeding part of his calling was good but all that loud ass hail calling i guess u could call it was just rediculous i cant believe thats what wins these championships
There is a difference between calling a duck and this shit.
theres a difference between calling ducks during a real hunt, and trying to win a contest.
why because i actually hunt and realize that a duck sounds nothing like that?? Granted this guy does amazing things that i couldnt do in my wildest dreams lol im not disputing that! Just call it something else, since it doesnt sound like a duck! Its not really duck calling if you're cranking out noises at the top of your lungs.
Too many damn wannabe duck commanders on here.
i hope you know, duck commander isn't the only duck calling business.
I think there competition Val's
a duck could lose a calling contest
there is no doubt guys like this that do competition calling are good but the reality is they should not be crowned world duck calling champion......why dont we call the person who wins the meat calling the world champion instead of this freestyle crap.....i think that would be much more appropriate..... that is really the argument i think most people are making on here....
What the fuck was that?????? Damn sure wasn't a duck
are you fuckin kidding me. That makes me sick
OK... who in the "WORLD" did he beat?? Someone from Africa? Mexico perhaps? How about the UK? How can you call anyone a "World" Champion if you don't compete against the world?? Nuff said.
I just had a stroke.........I sound better with a kazoo
They aren't trying to sound like a duck they are trying to exhibit ultimate control of a duck call. Meat calling contests are about sounding like a duck. Phil Robertson wouldn't kill a duck if you put him in Bayou Meto on a Saturday where these guys hunt. So guys like Phil Robertson should stick with things he knows like teal whistles and killing trash ducks on private ground where there is no competition.
That sounds nothing like a duck! How can they even call that a Duck Calling contest when it sounds like a dieing duck?
spent countless hours every year in the marsh since i was 1. .. in all that time i have NEVER herd ANY duck make 99% of thoughs sounds.
do u know wat that means??? a duck could not win... and he probly dose not decoy anything calling like that
Duck Dynasty Fan boy...
wtf this is deafening..........this aint what ducks sound like
Sounds like he's in a traffic jam and everyone is blowing their horns
WORLD Champion? ya right... who in "The WORLD" did he beat?!?
USA Champion maybe... NOT World Champion
im not saying antonio jones wouldnt still be champion.....but if your gonna call him a champion for sitting there wailing on his duck call when those sounds would scare any duck withing 100 miles then its an insult to guys like myself who try and perfect there calling skills to get ducks 10-15 yards from them in the blind to take shots......
Yeah... Nothing to do with hunting...🤣
what the fuck
First of all... You should spend countless hours leaning how to spell. In the marsh since you were 1? Really dude? If that were even close to true, you would know that there is a clear difference between competition calling and actual duck calling.
SMH 🤦♂️