Went to first calling comp. tonight

[Richie]

Well i went to my first calling comp tonight at the easern outdoors sportsmans show in harrisburg. I must say i am hooked even more than ever. After watching these guys do their thing tonight especially Big Sean and Mitch Hughes(i know not a foiles guy) i was impressed. Sean took second which i dont know how but it kinda stank how they had to judge 30 guys in 1 round. Time had alot to do with that. Anyhow i am def. gonna try to get into some duck comps by the end of this year if not the beginning of next. So i will be asking for help of thise who have called in comps.

[Silver Webfoot]

ill be glad to help ya,i specialize in duck calling,,its my passion

[Richie]

well i will be using that SS i got from you if i do it. I cant call geese for crap. Ducks would be about all i do anyway. I can pretty much do everything needed for calling.......a routine is what i would need to do. I watched some guys tonight and i know i could have done just as well if not better. But they already did better than me......they were up there blowin while i was watching.

[Silver Webfoot]

yup that ss has a win under it so keep it rollin,and just get in one and compete youll be fine and let me tell ya once you compete its an addictive ordeal!!!!!!!

[Richie]

how do you keep it from sticking, you use anything like armour all or car polish

[Silver Webfoot]

armour all wipes is what i use but i never had a problem with it stickin,,specially when ya get on stage yur mouth dries up

[Terry B.]

I was sitting in the stands somewhere with you Richie. I was at the sportsman show watching the duck and goose contest tonight as well. I think Mitch did a really good job, but man when Sean got on stage and started calling my brother and I looked at eachother at the same time and said he won without a doubt. It's not hard to figure out who the best call maker is out there. It seemed like everywhere you looked people were walking around with Foiles shirts on and low and behold the bag I had sitting beside me contained my new Showtime (blue/clear) and DMM (teal). I cant believe how both of those calls sound. Think my brother is deaf now lol I made him drive home (2hrs) so I could play the calls all the way home.

Terry

[rushcreekganderlander]

I have to agree. I've heard Big Sean, Wade, Hunter,.. ect. call and I think Big Sean is on a whole nother level. He can f#*k up a goose call. I guess it just depends on the judges. Even listening to Sean on a Zink compared to the Foiles you can tell such a quality difference. Just my opinion.

[lm_2424]

anywhere i can look at results of that contest? my buddy was blowin in it id ike to know how he did.

lucas

[IowaMigr8tor]

I would try callingducks.com if it was a sanctioned event.

[Gooseblitz]

Mitch Hughes 286.5
Sean Hammock 285
Jacob Stanley 284
Justin Culver 283
John Taylor 282
Ed Roe 281
Ryan Leonard 281
Al Dager 280
Darv Gebhart 279
Bobby Kenton 278
Bill Morrison 277
Jared Wilson 274
John Leager 274
Jason Dodd 270
Bill Rhine 268
Jake Steppe 268
Teddy Hoover 268
Josh Taylor 267
Jason Wilt 267
Brent Fietone 266
Steve Figiel 266
Rob Warner 260
Ryan Reynold 259
Chris Thompson 257
Eric Sweiderk 257
Josh Trainor 255
Jason Crmer 253
Matthew Kreider 251
Carl Wirtz 251
Roger Shirkey 244

Lots of good callers....kinda makes you wonder when you see the score sheet and really look at the numbers....I certainly finished where I should have. I thought it was clear as a bell Mitch Hughes and Big Sean were in a league of their own...but I see one judge scored 9 different callers ahead of Big Sean and even more ridiculous was one judge scored me ahead of Mitch Hughes....don't get me wrong I think the scoring was pretty on with the placings...just when you see stuff like that it is very weird.

[lm_2424]

im not sure of your name gooseblitz, so if u dont mind me asking where did you finish? just curious , the lad i knew was in the bottom half


lucas

[Gooseblitz]

#24 I have been in a handfull of contests and so far that is where I normally place....bottom half.

[Jayson Wilt]

The BIG man brought it last nite not sure how he was second but sitting behind the curtain not really paying alot of attention but when he started to roll it was on!!!!

[nor'east honker hunter]

yeh i was there what a show, i was gonna compeat in the jrs but didnt get there till late and i had to have big sean put a new reed in my smm befor i could and by that time they were already calling. that place was freaking huge i went to the bass master classic expo last year and that wasent close to the size of this

[Richie]

anyone know the standing of the duck......i would like to see the overall scores....

[Jayson Wilt]

1st Jacob Stanely
2nd Allan Stanley
3rd Greg Hood
4th Scott Bauswell
5th Joe Palumbo

[luker]

hey gooseblitz do u think u could put up a soundfile of ur routine i should would like to hear it

[Gooseblitz]

I htink one of my buddies taped me, Big Sean and Mitch Hughes if I get the video I'll post it...quite a difference between me and them.

[Terry B.]

Dont sell yourself too short Gooseblitz. I was at the contest and I think everyone in it did one hell of a great job. I know after listening to you guys I wanted to go home and either practice my butt off or throw away my calls :lol:

Terry

[luker]

anyone that has a recording of ur best routine post it up i would love to hear some of the contest callers that arent quite at the level of big sean yet, if i something to record myself on and then knew how to post it on here i would give u mine butim not a contest caller