Come celebrate the 21st anniversary
of the Reelfoot Lake Waterfowl Festival to be held in downtown Samburg,
October 9th & 10th, 2010 from 8 AM - 5 PM. For more information contact
Chris Bugg (President) 270-830-6505 or Joel Harris (Secretary) 731-536-0266.
Waterfowl Festival and
Sporting Collectibles Show
This year's show will feature
many of the nation's best duck, goose and turkey call makers in addition
to a large number of collectors' exhibits. Also exhibiting will be vendors
specializing in hunting clothes and gear, boating and accessories, duck
and goose decoys, wildlife prints, wildlife artists and other waterfowl
and hunting related vendors. Nationally Sanctioned Duck Calling Competitions.
Nationally Sanctioned
Duck Calling Competitions
Duck Callers and fans of the
sport will be glad to know that the CCAA (Callmakers & Collectors
Association of America) Reelfoot
Lake Working (Hunting) Call Contest and the Reelfoot
Lake Grand American Duck Calling Championships will both be held
during the festival. Duck Callers of all ages and specialties will find
a place in this year's competitions. Awards and Prizes will be awarded
in many categories with exact amounts to be announced soon.
Reelfoot Style
Metal Reed Calling Competitions
As in years past, the RLCC will conduct a Reelfoot Style Metal Reed duck
calling contest. This competition is open to anyone blowing a metal reed
duck call. However, the style of calling will be judged against the traditional
Reelfoot Style of calling ducks. A “Stuttgart Style” routine
will not fair well in this competition. In order to help everyone understand
what a Reelfoot style routine sounds like, we taped 2009 Champion of Champions
event. The link below will take you to video files from each of the three
rounds of this year’s event. Listen to differences in the hail,
feed, lonesome hen and comeback call. Pay particular attention to nuances
in how some quacks in some cadences are stretched and some chopped short
relative to the Stuttgart style. We would not suggest that you copy any
of these routines exactly, but buy a quality metal reed call, extract
a little from each of these four individuals, develop a routine and compete
in October for the $1500 prize money available to the winner of this contest.
Once
again at this year's festival, we will have a Duck Call and Sporting Collectibles
Auction that will be held on Friday, October 8th, 2010 at 6PM on the main
street in Samburg, TN with a meal beginning at 4PM. Many different types
of sporting collectibles and duck calls will be available and some great
deals are sure to be found. Items are being donated to the auction for
the benefit of the Reelfoot Lake Callmakers & Collectors and all proceeds
will go to RLCC, a non-profit, all volunteer organization.
If you have any
questions about any part of the festival or call competitions, send us
an email to bwcalls22@hotmail.com
.