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Well, seeing that the last time that I competed in a competition was 2006, I think I did pretty good!

Man the nerves got to me bad the first and second round...

Ended up that there was 14 contestants total...typically there is 2-3 that have "NO-Clue" what they are doing...but this year all 14 were true callers, and knew what they were doing...

I could have done better, but I am satisfied for how I placed...only missed 4th place by 3 points...and in the third round I was only 2 points behind the winner!!

Put my 3 rounds on video and got a few pics...

2009 TX State Duck Calling Contest

Thought I would share...

J.J.

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I don't understand the duck calling competitions....I mean...not to sound like an [Email]a@#[/Email] or anything...but if someone blew a call like that in my blind...I'd go crazy...maybe somebody could help me out with the idea of doing the competitions.

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marc can show everyone how to use the teal whistle

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I bet marc could beat your dog

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Contestants are
required to demonstrate 4 calls (hail call; lonesome hen call; feeding call; comeback
call) within 90 seconds. Judges are instructed to allocate up to 20 points per call and 20
points for the overall routine of each contestant for a maximum total score of 100 points.
The announcer will ask the caller if he/she would like to warm up. After the
optional warm-up, the announcer will say “caller # __ calling for competition.” A
red light, in plain view of the caller, will go out when the contestant begins his/her
calling routine. The red light will come back on at 80 seconds, indicating 10 seconds
remaining, and the contestant must complete calling before the light goes off at the
end of the 10 seconds. Half of the contestants (those with the top scores) will be
invited to “a callback,” which is conducted the same as the initial round of
competition. The 3 contestants (or more, depending on the point spread of the
contestants after the initial callback) with the top scores, are invited to compete in
the second callback. A third and additional callbacks may be held to break ties for the
first 3 places.

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Like with anything it takes a lot of practice and skill to compete, place and or win one of these competitions...

Hope that helps...

J.J.

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What happened to that Trump thread in off topic anyway...I posted yesterday and then when I looked back this morning I could not find it. Maybe mods dont like the DB term.

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Yeah, you are right. But your post breaks rule #3. So lets drop it and move a long.

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You can see the results here:
2009 Tx state winners

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You can see the results here:
2009 Tx state winners

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I see you were using a Buck Gardner and everyone else was using RNT, what specific call did you and the rest use. Just curious, I was thinking of pulling the trigger on a nice RNT this year.

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1-4 were using RNT MVP -
Clint- blowing a call specifically tuned by Butch
Kevin - MVP he has had for a while...(I think Butch worked with it also)
Ward- MVP that John Stephens had custom made...there is only 10 of them made.
Brooks - MVP that Butch made for him

I was using a Buck Gardner Kryptonite that Brittany Sorensen built for me...

RNT, Echo, or BG calls, are all good comp calls...

Lots of people blow an RNT, part of that is that they have been around for a while...Echo secondly...and the Buck Gardner comp calls have only been around about one year...

If you are to ask me...give it a few years and you will see more BG comp calls at competitions...

Also, give me a year to work on my call, and practice and I will climb up in the rankings...

Two things that make a good caller:
#1 the ability of the caller
#2 the ability of the call

With out one or the other and you have nothing...

Hope this helps!

Please feel free to ask more questions!

Oh, and thanks for the compliments!

J.J.