Cut Down calls

I've owned a good number of cut downs and hunted them the 2012 season. I have had, a bsod colt 45 and original, DFB 50-11 and original, Bryce deck black monster, Kirk Mc Cullough ps olt.

They all run a little different but cut downs take a heavy lung person to run efficiently, well at least from what I have seen. Using your hand to create back pressure and then poping your hand will help in being more efficient in not running out of air after 3 quacks, and also getting the notes that you want out of the call. Its like running a J frame but over doing the hand motion on cutting notes off. This will also make barking the call a lot easier. But you mainly just gotta let the thing rip. Everytime you quack you are almost fulling closing and re-opening your hand. The better your lungs get then you wont always have to lock your hand, but you use a lot more air when you aren't popping your hand on each note. The more your lay on it, your lung will adapt. Your not trying to string out a long hail with cut downs. Its all about the shorter quacks. 3 to 5 note sequences.

I have found after watching a handful of people run cut downs that a lot of people just don't have the lungs to do it. Those people who prefer a really heavy tune on there duck and goose calls have done better than those who like a lighter tune. I do not own any cut downs anymore, once I found lares calls I sold them all. A lares call with a long reed can do everything a cut down can.