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Any one have one of their speck calls? I just baught one and it constantly locks up! I'll be calling birds and all of the sudden it will hit one super high pitch note and then wont make a sound until i take it apart and dry it off a bit. But then sometimes it will blow flawlessly! I just dont get it. Could it just be that its new and the reed is stiff?

my duck call and a buddies does the same thing. I had to take mine to bill daniels to get it tuned up. moisture and cold dont do well with those calls. been blowing my duck call for 5 weeks now and it still locks up.

dont have any experience with the goose calls though. call em up... I would try bill before james. after 5 pm.

Mine has never locked up. My riceland duck call is a different story though, it sounds awesome but like your speck call it locks up constantly.

I'll try calling Bill...If they can't fix the problem I guess I'll try a chien caille.

Do you have the wood, acrylic, or poly???

Mine has done it before. Take the barrel out and put your fingernail behind the reed. lightly pull it away from the trough and let it go. It will make a plucking sound. Do it lightly though. If you do it too much it will mess up the sound. I'm not sure what causes them to do that

Polly...I blew the polly and the wood. I dont think they had any acrylics in stock where I baught it from.

Bill is located in Hayes.... may be a shorter drive for you. James is located in Sulphur.

I am going to try calling Bill this afternoon and see what he says.

Mine never did that ever. I have a poly with an acrylic gut. The acrylic gut is more stout I believe

Reed thickness which also the reason they are so easy to use, can't have it boof ways.

I think the moisture causes it. Mines done it as well and just McNabb said fixes it, a lot of time I think it's when dust gets in your call or sugar any kind of food or tobacco don't help

I just got a poly Riceland call for Christmas. Took it hunting Saturday in the rain and cold and it didn't stick but I didn't care for the sound. I was in a layout and it was difficult to use both hands to call, so I just switched back to my Chien. People claim the wood calls sound better but I don't know. I know I didn't personally care for the sound I was producing with it. But it didn't stick.

It was prolly that layout blind muffling the sound, have you tried calling out in the field, or with your top open?

Nope. That was the 1st time I had it hunting. It probably also has a lot to do with the person blowing into it.

Lol same here but the more you blow it the more confidence you'll get in it I love mine and its done well for me this year. I've never tried the Chene caille before I know they've been proven and been around for a long time so I don't think any one can knock'em

Are the Chien Caille's as easy to blow?

Nope

if you have 3 lungs...lol

I did hear Ol Mervis shaved one down for a guy with one lung to blow. That's just what I heard. I do know that you can take your call to Mervis and Kendall and they will tune it to you.

I had an issue with a call doing it not a Riceland but what I did was clean it and soak the reeds in warm to hot water for 20-30min and it helped. I was told that by an old timer he said its like fitting a mouth piece right after you soak it blow it a bit and see what happens. Let it dry and put it to the test maybe put it in the freezer a while after and let it get cold and see if you can simulate cold weather and see if it helped. It was a duck call and it seemed to help a bit. But it may have been a quinceidence. Cheinne caille are hard to blow but like previously stated the guys will help you and tune it to your lung capacity and ability.

Most chien calls come a little harder to blow than other calls. But you can go see mervis and he can make it blow how ever you want it. Personally I like the ones that take more air because I use a lot of air when I call. But he can make it for your preference. Can't say bout a riceland I've never blown one.

I had a buddy that called in a Banded Spec with one. AND I SHOT IT!

That wasn't a Riceland Custom...That was a cheap a$$ Primos!

But is still did the JOB!

AW Yeah!

I have one and I love it. Doesn't lock up and sounds great!
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Don't be afraid to take the reed and guts out and experiment tuning it different ways. If you look on you tube they have a video on how to clean there call and it shows you how to tune it also.

I would be a little Leary of doin that, but your skill set may be higher than mine.

Don't know if this will help

How much do these calls cost

Keep a dollar bill on you and slide it betweeen the reed and the trough

40 and some change for a poly speck. Only issue I had is poly insert fell out and a buddy had the same thing happen... Called James Myers sent me brand new call with acrylic gut for free just had to send body back to him. First class service...

My Oldest son has a poly and I have an acrylic and neither one has had an issue yet. For $165 the acrylic should blow itself. I had been using a Chien Caille for about the last 7-8 years, the first time I blew the Riceland I sounded better than I ever had with the Chien Caille. It was pretty much the same with my son, he had been blowing a Hydel. Besides sounding great the Riceland is sooo easy to blow.

i been blowing a riceland for four years if u cover it up too much it will stick because its not letting the spit come out an they do echo alot when u hunting a layout muffle it down some to stop the echo an u will see the diffrent

I'm going to try this tonight. Thanks for the video!

The Polly was right at $70 after tax but the Acrylics and the wood calls are around $160 to $180.

I have the poly and i'm gonna get a wooden for next year. I love my riceland poly.

If anyone is having issues with their call.We will fix them.Not everyone calls the same and sometimes they need a little adjustment.Speck calls should not stick.Duck calls depend on how much moisture you put in but should not stick often.Just email me and we will take care of it.billdaniels@ricelandcustomcalls.com
Thanks

glad to have you on board!

Thanks. I just emailed you about it.

welcome aboard and get Garrett off his ***.

Man Those things are high I make Wood Poly and Acrylic. All my calls are handmade and my highest call is 80.00 and that is for the acrylic. Speck, mallard and also make a wood duck.

At g&h in gueydan they have wood for 140 and poly for 60.

I highly recommend the Riceland Custom Calls! Top notch customer service. I gave them a call and Bill Daniels told me that I could mail it to him or bring it myself so I went today. He hand tuned it for me and made sure that I was completely satisfied before I left. You can't beat service like that! The last thing he told me before I left was "thats why the name says CUSTOM!"

Can't beat that. I need to take mine to James Meyers and see if he can tune it for me. Good luck wit yours.