
1918
Bobby Hayes Select Calls Milestone Collection "1918" Call Barrel: Padauk with Hand Wrapped Black Cord and Hand Painted Accent Line Insert: Padauk Sleeved with Green Acrylic and Hand Painted Accent Line Band: Brass Tone Board: Loud Timber Hand Cut Finish: Hand Polished Oil & Wax 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act The “1918” call is a tribute to that turning point. A reminder that hunting and conservation have always been tied together. It’s easy to look back now and see the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act as a law that saved waterfowl, but the truth is, waterfowlers needed it just as much as the birds did. Before the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, there were no limits, no seasons, no guarantee that ducks would return next year. Market hunting was emptying the skies, and if nothing changed, waterfowling as we know it would have disappeared. That law didn’t just protect the birds, it protected the future of hunting and laid the foundation for everything we stand by today, conservation, eth