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These were the times market hunters could supply grocers or restaurants with their daily needs of wildfowl for the table. These were market hunting times, days when ducks flew in enormous flocks filling the skies on their spectacular annual migrations. Names such as Glodo, Beckhart, Herter, Ditto and Perdew often come to mind from this era. Many collections revolve around antique calls, rarer and mostly pricey hunting calls made in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Calls are not inexpensive either, some reaching into the many thousands of dollars, thus sometimes limiting our pursuit of those rarer and unique duck calls if one can even find them available! As a passion, some collectors have spent a good part of their life searching, acquiring, and building one. Yet one thing keeps coming up everyday in conversations, duck call collecting! One of the fastest growing hobbies around and yet it can take years upon years to amass a great collection. I live in a world dominated by ducks, duck calls, duck hunting, and everything associated with it! Everyday is a new adventure for me as I talk to great people from all over the country about all kinds of things. Maybe we are talking over the fishing trip we had, swapping hunting stories, talking of old bird dogs or laying plans for tomorrow, perhaps just talking about the great outdoors. I call it a little feel good chat amongst friends, one like we would have at a campfire, bonfire, or even in the comfort of that rustic cabin in our favorite leather chairs, smack dab in front of a roaring warm fire, sipping on brandy or hot apple cider. Hello to everyone and a great heart felt welcome! This is what they say is a blog.