We had a good contest this year with 28 makers entering 60 calls. I would like to thank the volunteers that helped with the contest. The callers were Tommy Hall, Ronnie Turner, Austin Davidson, and Brian Phillips. the Judges were Roger Lavers, James Bennett, and Brad Coffey. Brian Byers served as scorekeeper with assistance from Zach Sutton. Billy Hays was the "call master".
The calls were classified in four categories; metal reed, natural wood, acrylic, and open classes. The judges' scored each call in five areas - hail call, feed call, comeback call, quacks, and overall tone.
The division winners were awarded to the call with the highest combined total score, tie scores were broken by a tie breaker system starting with the hail call score. The four division winners were again presented to the judges by Ronnie Turner to determine the Best of Show call and maker.
Metal Reed | Natural Wood | Acrylic | Open |
Jim Bugg 114 | Ron Gould 133 | Benny Marney 130 | Bob Hayes 123 |
Jim Bugg 112 | Ron Dowda 126 | Travis Bone 124 | Brian Byers 119 |
Bernie Forte 110 | Ron Dowda 126 | Bob Wiseman 123 | Travis Bone 119 |
Billy Hays 106 | Albert Thibedeaux 121 | Brad Samples 121 | David L Mitchell 118 |
Bob Wiseman 105 | David L Mitchell 121 | Ron Gould 120 | John Keopp 109 |
Scott Simmons 101 | Brad Samples 121 | David L Mitchell 118 | Travis Bone 109 |
Bernie Forte 97 | Wes Townzen 118 | Jack Lewis 114 | David Q Mitchell 100 |
Benny Floyd 92 | Scott Simmons 118 | Jim Bugg 113 | Joe Kolter 98 |
Scott Simmons 89 | Zach Sutton 117 | Jim Bugg 110 | |
Randy Stoeber 87 | Brian Byers 117 | Billy Hays 109 | |
Travis Bone 115 | Travis Bone 104 | ||
Brian Byers 111 | Jack Lewis 102 | ||
Brad Samples 110 | David L Mitchell 100 | ||
Jason Rode 109 | Joe Kolter 99 | ||
Billy Hays 108 | John Koepp 98 | ||
Benny Floyd 108 | John Koepp 92 | ||
Ron Gould 107 | |||
David Q Mitchell 102 | |||
Joe Kolter 101 | |||
Danny Bignar 94 | |||
Bob Wiseman 91 | |||
Jim Dester 90 | |||
Danny Bignar 85 | |||
Cliff Jennings 83 | |||
Jack Lewis 78 |
Thanks to all the contestants for their participation. Bob Wiseman