This month’s call giveaway winner was Kaleb Payton. Kaleb is the proud new owner of a Mahogany Spur Aluminum Over Glass Call. All is not loss, we will be getting a new call up for December’s Call Giveaway. If you would like a chance at winning one of these calls just post your comment on the post. I would like to thank everyone that has played and congrats to all the winners.

Derby City Calls held its first end of year cookout on May 22nd, 2011.  This cookout was held for everyone who worked hard to make this year a success.  All the Derby City staff and their families attended along with many of our new friends who were invited to share in the fun.  Everyone had a great time eating, sharing stories, fishing, and playing cornhole.  Unfortunately, the fun was cut a little short due to a pop-up thunderstorm.  Our local weatherman, Dave French, gave us a 100% guarantee of no rain.  We can now see why he does not work for the National Weather Service.

We would like to thank Jeff Rector for opening up Bullitt County Stone Company’s picnic area for us to use.  The setting was a wonderful place to spend time with our families and friends.  Thanks to Jeff and Eric Sullivan for being gracious enough to provide the food and thanks to Dave Berry for being the best cook in Southwest Jefferson County.

Thank you to everyone who gave Derby City a chance to help you bag a turkey this year and thanks to all who have submitted photos and testimonials of successful hunts.  Derby City is looking forward to a banner year next year.  We just may have a few new items for next year.  Stay tuned…….

Brad Mormann works full time as a wildlife biologist with me.  Based on the number of successful turkey hunts he had this year, he may not be working enough!  Brad graciously offered to write today’s blog post.  - Grant

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We now have a new window decal designed by one of our pro staff members. This sticker shows love for the sport that we all love. Shows everyone how much you care about all those turkeys that took their last stroll.

We are now selling this stickers in our store. You can purchase one by going here.

Derby City had a very successful showing at this year’s convention.  We got to see many faces from last year’s convention and we met a lot of new people who came by to check us out.  The debut of our Turkey Track design was very popular.  We would like to thank everyone who stopped by to chat, play a call, or purchase a call.  It was great to meet all of you.

We also have a limited number of the American Chestnut Calls available.  The only designs left are the Spur and Magnum.    If you would like to purchase one, call Jeff at 502-386-3031.

The top salesman goes to a little guy, about 10 or 12, working in the Derby City booth. His name was Cody, I believe. I walked by their booth and he asked me if I’d ever played one of their calls.

I thought I’d have a little fun here (kind of a sucker for kids) and soon realized I was in over my head. I asked him how they sounded. He told me to play it and then tell him. He proceeded to tell me all about the calls, how they were instrument grade woods for the pots and 500 year old maple strikers. He then got a piece of wood and showed me the growth rings, telling me all about the closeness of the grain and how it came about. Told me where the wood came from and such. Told me most people picked out a striker with the same type of wood on the striker head as to the call that they bought. He showed me a slate and aluminum version of all of the series of calls. He was showing me all of the different styles, what was new for this year and etc., etc.

He was buzzing around that booth like a bee. If I had a question, he had an answer. I promise if I had asked any other person, I would not have gotten all those answers. He had taken what he had heard from every single person in that booth, combined it, and had one heck of a sales pitch. He had all the prices down. What each call came with and so forth. I could not pass all that up. I’d already told my wife I was through buying. The bank was closed and all that stuff. When I came walking up, after buying the call, she said “I thought you were through buying calls.” I said, “I couldn’t help myself after that sales pitch.”

Here is a link to the original posting from a user on the Osage Roost.

Derby City would like to welcome Chris Redman to our Pro Staff.  Chris is a Louisville native who had a storied football career at Male High School and the University of Louisville.  Chris was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens where he earned a Super Bowl Ring in his rookie season.  He has played for the New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans, and is currently a quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons.

Chris is good friends with Derby City Pro Staffer, Dave French.  Chris is an avid outdoorsman.  He loves to hunt and fish.  According to Dave, Chris loves to chase those ol’ longbeards.  Sounds like Chris is going to fit in great with Derby City.  Welcome aboard Chris, we look forward to many good years of hunting and story telling.

Derby City will debut its limited run of American Chestnut calls at the NWTF Convention in Nashville, February 18-20.  We have 15 calls in all three of our designs (Turkey Track, Magnum, and Spur).  Each call is numbered.  The calls were made from an American Chestnut that was planted by Derby City Pro Staffer, Dave Berry’s, father in the 1950’s.  This tree survived the Chestnut blight, but was damaged from an ice storm and then killed by a lightning strike.

We will have pictures of the tree being processed, along with other information about how rare this tree really was.  There are some very cool wormy pots in this run.  They will go for $100, except for all the numbers 1 and 15.  These will be even more special.  Stop by the booth quick, we have already had several people inquire about these calls.  These calls must be purchased in Nashville.

DCC is proud to announce our new website. This site was created by DCC’s own pro staffer Tedd “Guru” Moffett. We believe you will now be able to navigate around much easier. Big thanks goes out to Guru for making such a awesome site. Post your comments about what you think about our new site, we would love to hear what you have to say. Don’t forget to sign up for our call giveaway by going here.

Derby City would like to welcome its newest Pro Staffer, Dave French. Dave is an accomplished hunter and fisherman who brings a wealth of knowledge to Derby City Calls. Dave is a great ambassador to the sport of hunting and we are extremely proud to have him on staff. Dave’s passion for the sport is evident in the excitement he brings to the shop when he comes in to visit and help build calls. Dave will help man the booth at this year’s NWTF Convention is Nashville. Stop by and see us. Dave has great knowledge on calling in big gobblers and he has some great stories to hear as well. We look forward to many good years with Dave on the DCC staff.

Check out Dave’s bio on the Pro Staff page.