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I have very little room on my lanyard so I am a bit picky on what call goes on it. And to be honest most of them end up on my shelf to look pretty. Just like about every duck hunter out there every year I buy the newest and latest calls to see what they are about.

I am by no means a candidate to win any duck calling contest but I can change a ducks mind when he passes by my spread to give me a second look. I’m your average duck hunter that is obsessed with duck hunting. I would like to leave a two part review, my initial thoughts on the call and another one when I put the call through it paces on a cold Northern Maine hunt and see how it holds up. Slayer gives 10% from each purchase to organizations that protect the environment and wildlife, support conservation efforts and preserve America’s hunting heritage. And with its gorgeous acrylic barrel, the Drake Slayer is ready to go wherever adventure takes you. From its ringing hail call to its quiet timber call, you’re ready to find waterfowl in any terrain. This American-made call has a superior tone from the high end all the way to the bottom. Fine control over highballs, bouncing hens and refuge feed calls is within your grasp. The Drake Slayer’s design practically begs for a good Cajun squeal. We agonized over the single-reed construction until we found the perfect back pressure, which creates just enough hold for a range of squeals, whines and calls. Even our CEO, Bill “Duck Slayer” Ayer, says he’s among the vast majority of hunters who couldn’t blow a single-reed - until he created the Drake Slayer. Whether the Drake Slayer is your first single-reed call or your 50th, slayers say this call is the easiest-to-blow single-reed call on the market. Wood ducks in captivity have the potential to live well into their teens.You’re not a truly obsessed duck hunter without a single-reed on your lanyard and a ringing highball in your repertoire. They have a high mortality rate, especially when young. Wood ducks typically do not live past the age of four in the wild. This means very young ducklings must jump out of the high tree cavities onto the ground to make their way to water. The ducklings will not be raised in the nest, but on the water instead. The ducklings are born with feathers and leave the nest quickly. A single nest can hold more than 40 eggs if some of the eggs are laid by other females.Īfter a few weeks, the eggs hatch. If a female cannot find a nest of her own, then she will lay her eggs inside another wood duck's nest. Sometimes there will be as few as six eggs in the nest and, on occasion, as many as 40. The nest may have approximately 15 eggs lined with feathers from the female.

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(Learn how to build a duck nest box and the best location for setting it up.) If they cannot find a tree cavity, wood ducks will readily use nest boxes built by people. Trees with cavities are becoming rarer and rarer with wetland loss and competition from other species. They prefer trees that hang over water or are close to a water source. The cavity can be natural or a hole abandoned by a woodpecker. The males attract females with their call and attractive, colorful breeding plumage.Īfter the pair breed, they build a nest in the cavity of a tree. Wood ducks pair up in late winter and begin breeding in early spring. Wood ducks are about 19 inches (48 centimeters) in length and have a wingspan of about 28 to 39 inches (71 to 99 centimeters). The head also has a crest of feathers at the back and white feathers on the throat and chin. The head is gray with a white ring around each eye. The most noticeable characteristics of the females are found on the head.

The back is dark gray to brown and the sides are a lighter shade. You can still recognize the bird as a wood duck by its red eyes and bill.įemale wood ducks have grayish-brown bodies. In the late summer, they grow gray feathers with blue markings on the wings and white markings on the face and neck. They use the colorful markings to attract females during the breeding season, which runs from autumn until the early summer. The males do not have the decorative markings all year-round. The wood duck's belly is white, its tail and back are black, and its wings are black and blue. The chest and the rump are dark red, and the sides are a drab yellow with black and white stripes at the edges. A small white stripe also extends up each cheek. The sides of the face are black, and a white stripe runs along the neck. The top of the bird's head and crest are a metallic purplish-green.

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The markings of the male wood duck include red eyes and a red bill with a yellow patch at the base. The male wood duck is one of the most recognizable birds in the United States.