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Lots of great gear for a reasonalble price out there. For calls a DC200 duck commander is about as perfect a sounding duck call made, a haydel 85 and cajun squeal are good calls but the duck commander is a more simple to take apart and put back together call and it doesn't stick as much when cold.

Spinners can be ok for pulling ducks from a long ways but once they get close they sometimes flare ducks. I use a jerk string to add motion.

It can be as complex or as simple as you want, I like it simple. Instead of going to a large body of water and setting up 4 dozen decoys and calling like contest dumb azz I scout and find where they already want to be and set up there the next day.

The only time I use a single reed call is when I its windy or I'm forced to hunt big water. I use them then because I have one that is very loud. Any other time a double reed is fine.

For me, now some of these guys my disagree but I like big decoys. I had rather use 18 magnum decoys than 24 standard. And don't buy all the same brand. I buy half dozen at a time and different brands so a spread of 12 to 24 decoys have lots of different looking decoys not all the same.

Now on the gun spare no expense.