Shot guns, ammo, a reliable duck call, a good pair of waders, and a sturdy blind: duck hunters have created their own culture and community in the local area for decades and perhaps a generation or more. The oral stories date back farther than the written ones and tell of times when decoys were non-existent and a duck call consisted of a bunched-up fist operated with a blast of air that created chatter the ducks couldn’t resist.