The 2008 Callmakers &
Collectors Association of America (CCAA) Working Call Contest
was held on October 11, 2008 at Reelfoot Lake in Samburg, Tennessee.
Sixty-five calls were entered into four divisions: A -
Metal reed calls, B - Natural wood calls, C - Acrylic calls, and D -
Open calls. This was a working call contest that was judged on the
calls ability to "bring in the ducks" and the quality of
construction. Injected molded and/or CNC made calls were not
allowed. For official rules and judging criteria visit CCAA
Working Duck Call Contest.
The 1st & 2nd place calls
in each division were awarded ribbons.
The 1st place calls
from each Division then competed for Best of Show Honors.
Dixie Land Calls won 1st place honors in the Acrylic
Division and 2nd place honors in the Natural Wood Division.
Dixie Land Calls was also Runner-Up for
Best of Show, missing out a repeat from 2007 by only 7 points.
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2008 NWTF
Grand National Call Making Contest
Hunting Duck and Goose Call
Competition |
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The 2008 NWTF Grand National Call Making
Contest was held in conjunction with the NWTF National Convention in
Atlanta, GA on February 22-24 2008. Dixie Land Calls entered two
duck calls in the Hunting Duck & Goose Call Competition, wood call
category and took top honors with both calls in the division. The
judges consist of five of the waterfowl industries leading "duck &
goose callers". Each judge must blow the calls themselves and score
the calls based on the: hail call, ease of use, feed call, and
overall quality of sound reproduction.
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1st place - Category 1: Working Duck Call
(Wood) |
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2nd place - Category 1: Working Duck Call
(Wood) | |
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Callmakers & Collectors Association of
America
2007 Working Call Contest - Reelfoot
Lake |
1st place - Natural
Wood Division
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Best of Show - All
Divisions
1st place - Natural Wood Division
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The 2007 Callmakers &
Collectors Association of America (CCAA) Working Call Contest
was held on October 13, 2007 at Reelfoot Lake in Samburg, Tennessee.
Thirty-five call makers entered eighty calls in four divisions: A -
Metal reed calls, B - Natural wood calls, C - Acrylic calls, and D -
Open calls. This was a working call contest that was judged on the
calls ability to "bring in the ducks" and the quality of
construction. Injected molded and/or CNC made calls were not
allowed. For official rules and judging criteria visit CCAA
Working Duck Call Contest.
The 1st & 2nd place calls
in each division were awarded ribbons.
The 1st place calls
from each Division then competed for Best of Show Honors.
Dixie Land Calls won 1st place honors in the Natural Wood
Division and went on the win Best of Show.
The following
sound clips were recorded during the Best of Show competition. The
contest was held on the banks of Reelfoot lake. This is the actual
call routine that won Best of Show. Enjoy!
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Dixie Land Calls would
like to congratulate Devlin Hodges on winning the 2007 H2XPO
Junior Duck Calling Contest. The competition was held at the
2007 AL H2XPO Hooter and Hollers Calling Classic and
Sportsman's Expo in Huntsville, Alabama.
This is
Devlin's second win this year also taking first place honors
at the 2007 Central Alabama Junior Duck Calling Contest held
earlier this year.
Competition routines consist of a
90 second routine where callers are judged on their ability to
simulate a hail call, greeting call, comeback call, and feed
call in hunting style sequence. Callers are judged and scored
during three rounds of competition with the highest cumulative
score awarded as the winner.
The H2XPO Junior Duck
Calling Contest was open to all callers from any state that
were 12 years old and under.
Devlin is the son of Amy
and Zane Hodges of Kimberly, Alabama. Devlin has a younger
brother named Duncan. |
Brian Phillips (Dixie Land Calls) and
Devlin Hodges (2007 H2XPO Junior Duck Calling
Champion). | |
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2007 NWTF
Grand National Call Making Contest
Hunting Duck and Goose Call
Competition |
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2nd Best of Show - Grand National Hunting Duck &
Goose Call Makers Competition
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1st place - Category 2: Working Duck Call
(Acrylic)
2nd Best of Show - All Categories |
3rd place - Category 2: Working Duck Call
(Acrylic) |
3rd place - Category 1: Working Duck Call
(Wood) | |
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Callmakers &
Collectors Association of America
2006 Working Call Contest
- Reelfoot Lake |
3rd place - Acrylic Call
Division | |
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| Publications: |
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Featured in Custom Calls
Volume II Duck & Goose Calls from Today's
Craftsman by Jim Fleming, pages 146-147
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