Dates:
August 1st-September 30th call making period.
September 3oth is the deadline for call picture submissions!
October 1st judging starts.
October 7th winners announced.
How to Enter:
Contestants may enter one (1) Photo of the call of they are entering. You may submit pictures of calls by emailing them to ryan@pintailwaterfowl.com. Please put “Call Contest” in the header and make sure to include your full name (real name, not company name), city and state.
You may also enter by sending your picture via message on Facebook to Pintail Waterfowl’s FB page.
Pictures posted to Pintail Waterfowl’s FB page are not allowed as entries.
Criteria:
Calls entered in the contest will be judged on use of color, material, and craftsmanship of the call. You are encouraged to use a mix of different materials (resin/acrylic, bone, antler, wood, metals, etc). We want to see how far you can push your limits! While we are not judging on the quality of the photo, nicer photos represent the calls better and may play a role in your call getting noticed more by our judges. This contest is based soley on the picture of the call entrants submit and is not a chance based contest.
Prizes:
Beginner
1st place – Plaque by James Ayers, P1 or P2 public jig, $25 Pintail Waterfowl gift code, $10 Havok Calls Gift Certificate, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
2nd place – Plaque by James Ayers, $25 Pintail Waterfowl gift code, $10 Havok Calls Gift Certificate, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
3rd place – Plaque by James Ayers, $10 Pintail Waterfowl gift code. $10 Havok Calls Gift Certificate, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
Advanced
1st place – Plaque by James Ayers, Set of fine & rough 5/8″ expanding mandrels, $25 Pintail Waterfowl gift code, $10 Havok Calls Gift Certificate, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
2nd place – Plaque by James Ayers, $25 Pintail Waterfowl gift code, $10 Havok Calls Gift Certificate, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
3rd place – Plaque by James Ayers, $10 Pintail Waterfowl gift code, $10 Havok Calls Gift Certificate, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
Pintail Waterfowl Call Maker Of The Year – Custom Plaque by James Ayers, Pintail Waterfowl Custom Jig, $25 Pintail Waterfowl gift code, Bands from Ron Gould’s Custom Bands
Rules:
Calls can be duck, goose, grunt calls, or any style of “tube” style calls.
Calls will be placed into the appropriate category as we see fit. If you want to compete in a certain category, feel free to let us know. We may look at other calls you have done to see your ability (so no entering beginner for you guys who have been turning for 10 years).
Must use a Pintail blank for at least half of the call. Premade style inserts are allowed.
Calls can be sleeved, laminated (with wood or other), etc as long as at least 1/2 (roughly) of the material is Pintail’s.
Calls can be plain, engraved, color filled, hand carved, banded etc.
We will not be judging on sound quality but calls should be a working call.
Submit 1 (one) picture of your best call
Pintail Waterfowls featured call makers are allowed to enter but are not allowed to vote.
By submitting a picture, you are agreeing to these rules and allow the picture submitted to be used in future marketing and advertising by Pintail Waterfowl, LLC.
Voting:
Calls will be judged by our independant panal of 5 judges. I don’t believe in “FB voting” as a fair way to judge.
Callmaker of the year call will be chosen solely by Pintail Ryan.
In the event of a tie between judges, ties will be broken by being chosen by the business owner.
Disqualifications:
If you are caught cheating in any way you will be disqualified.
Calls that use less that 50% of Pintail’s material may be disqualified based on contest judges input.