Patent Application
20250194582
The present application relates to hunting, particularly a game call for waterfowl.
A traditional waterfowl call consists of a barrel, an insert, a tone board, a reed, and a wedge. The barrel is a hollow piece in which the user blows. The insert couples with the end of the barrel opposite a user's mouth and consists of the tone board, the reed, and the wedge.
In conventional waterfowl hunting, a user blows into the barrel of a waterfowl call. By manipulating the sounds and air pressure entering the game call as well as by manipulating the insert, sounds mimicking hunted game can draw game into an area. This is a difficult skill and can take practice and time to achieve. If a hunter using the game call cannot create a seal between their lips and the barrel of the game call, air will leak out and prevent a convincing call. Current game calls use a barrel with a mouthpiece end with around a one-inch opening, which provides a seal between the barrel and a user's lips when producing many common calls (e.g., a mallard duck quack or deer grunt).
Certain sounds, like those of diver ducks and sandhill crane, are difficult to make correctly while using a standard game call as it is hard to blow air out of a user's lungs correctly without air escaping the sides of the mouth. Due to the mouth shape and size required to make these calls, it is very difficult for even an experienced game call user to form a seal with the mouthpiece of a traditional barrel while making these calls. Children, the elderly, beginners, and those with weak facial muscles struggle to keep a sufficient seal with the mouthpiece of a standard game call when attempting a diver duck or sandhill crane call.
An improved game call barrel is provided. The game call barrel may include a particularly sized and shaped mouthpiece, compression region, and a body region.
In use, one may insert a game call insert into the body portion of the improved game call. Then, a seal may be created between a mouthpiece and the user's lips. Then, a user can produce air and sound into the mouthpiece to mimic the sound of game.
The disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of the configuration and arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The disclosure is capable of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including,” “comprising,” or “having” and variations thereof are meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. Unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms “mounted,” “connected,” “supported,” and “coupled” and variations thereof are used broadly and encompass both direct and indirect mountings, connections, supports, and couplings.
In one embodiment the mouthpiece 5 may have an outer mouthpiece diameter Z between 1.5 inches and 2.5. The inlet diameter Y may be between 1.25 and 1.5 inches. Thus, the outer mouthpiece diameter Z may be large enough to surround a user's lips when the improved game call barrel 1 is entirely or substantially in use. This may allow a user to maintain a substantially airtight seal with the mouthpiece 5 while delivering the air and sounds required to make a call with the improved game call barrel 1. Specifically, this helps with making certain game calls, including that of a diver duck and a sandhill crane. The mouthpiece 5 can be sized to accommodate the mouth size of a variety of users. The compression region 15 may be defined on the proximal end 10 by the mouthpiece 5 and on the distal end 20 by the body region 25. The compression region 15 is preferably tapered to reduce the mouthpiece outer diameter Z on the proximal end 10 of the compression region 15 to an outer body region diameter V on the distal end 20 of the compression region 15. Additionally, the diameter of the opening 35 is preferably tapered from the from the inlet diameter Y at the proximal end 10 of the compression region 15 to an internal body region diameter X at the distal end 20 of the compression region 15. The outer body region diameter V may be between 1.0 and 1.5 inches and the internal body region diameter may be between 0.5 and 0.75 inches.
The outlet 45 may be configured to accept a standard game call insert (not shown), which may include a tone board, a reed, and a wedge. An outlet diameter W may be sized to accept a variety of inserts and may be between 0.75 inches and 1.15 inches. The internal body region diameter X and outlet diameter W are preferably sized to produce game call sounds when paired with an appropriate insert.
In another embodiment of the improved game call barrel 1, the barrel length J is 2.75 inches. The mouthpiece length L is 0.38 inches. The body region length K is 1.63 inches. The outlet length M is 0.61 inches. The outer mouthpiece diameter Z is 2.00 inches. The inlet diameter Y is 1.38 inches. The internal body region diameter X is 0.69 inches. The outlet diameter W is 0.90 inches. The outer body region diameter V is 1.25 inches. The compression region 15 has a gradient linking the inlet diameter Y to the internal body region diameter X.
In use, a user may insert a standard game call insert (not shown) into the improved game call barrel 1. Once inserted, the user may form a seal between the mouthpiece 5 of the improved game call barrel 1 with their lips. The user may produce air and sound into the mouthpiece 5 to mimic the sound of game animals. In some embodiments the game animals may be waterfowl, and more specifically may be sandhill cranes or diver ducks.
While the embodiments above discuss waterfowl calls, specifically diver duck and sandhill crane calls, the improved game call barrel 4 can be used to make any type of game call, particularly where a having mouthpiece 8 that surrounds or partially surrounds a user's mouth is preferable. This may include rabbit, deer, coyote, elk, moose, bear, fox, other animal calls, and other bird calls.
In other embodiments, other configurations are possible. For example, those of skill in the art will recognize, according to the principles and concepts disclosed herein, that various combinations, sub-combinations, and substitutions of the components discussed above can provide an improved game call barrel.
