Great start for Derby City Calls
Derby City Calls ended its first fall turkey season on a high note. On Oct. 30th, 2009, the weatherman was calling for high wind and rain to move in with temperatures in the mid 70’s. It is the last day of the season and I wasn’t going to let the weather stop me. I hit the woods early and set up near a roosting site. The wind was picking up, just as I heard a flock of birds moving through the woods. I made some soft putts and few kee-kees, alternating between my Derby City Spur and Magnum calls. I was also using one of our Old Growth strikers made from the old cabin wood we recently purchased. Our calls worked great.
In a matter of minutes, I had 5 nice birds closing in. The biggest gobbler passed to the right of me, a mere 5 yards from my blind. Unfortunately, I was set up for a shot to my left and I could not pull off a shot without spooking all of them. I had to let that big longbeard walk. I was whispering to myself, “I know where you live and I will be back for you this spring, Tommy Bird!” I sat still and waited for the others to move into position for me to get a shot. I lowered the boom on a nice, big bodied, bird. This bird, along with the hen from opening day, filled my fall turkey tags. I have learned the hard way that the breast tastes better than an unfilled tag any day.
I love the fall turkey season. Kentucky is blessed with 2 fall seasons. I love to put fresh wild turkey on the table for Thanksgiving. My family and friends enjoy it as much as I do. I have a feeling that this year’s harvest will be the best ever. Even though my fall tags have been filled, I can’t wait to meet up with “Ole” Tommy Bird this spring in his own backyard.
Derby City Calls- a great, proven turkey call.
Footnotes: for field staff and pro staff
8 birds taken this fall season with Derby City Calls
Best Bird – Dave Berry
24 pounds 12 inch beard 1 1/2 inch spurs
Best shot- Scott Crume, nice bow kill
Best Review- Clark Bush (check it out on his site, All About Shooting)
Best Time hunting- Brent Stoner, and smallest Bird!
Best Bruise- Jim Dawson (nice one)
Best Effort – Rick Denkhoff (better kill a bird in the spring or you go from Pro Staff to “No Staff”)!!
: No photo available…. check back in the spring!
Also, congrats to Jim on getting his first fall bird ever. He was a trophy bird and a very close 2nd to Dave’s trophy.
Redemption
After agonizing over missing that nice longbeard on Saturday, as well as nursing a bruised shoulder, I redeemed myself Sunday morning. Brent Stoner and myself hit the woods again early on Sunday. At 8:09, a lone gobbler came strolling into the field. Brent could tell I was getting excited. My heart was about to beat out of my chest and I had to control my breathing. Brent said he thought I was about to hyperventilate. Although I looked like a nervous wreck, I was very much under control. One shot was all it took this time. (No Bruises either). We decided to sit tight for about 30 minutes, hoping another bird would come in for Brent. However, the anticipation got the best of Brent. After 5 minutes, we had to go see how good of a bird he really was. He was a limbhanger: 11 inch beard, 1 1/4 inch spurs, est. 23-25 pounds. This was my first fall bird ever. I would like to thank Brent for taking me with him to his honey hole. Those were two outstanding days of hunting and I look forward to many more hunts with Brent.
After this weekend, Brent and I are stoked about Derby City’s line of Turkey Calls. We are anxiously awaiting the Spring season to see how well our calls will perform. If this fall is any indication, Derby City will be the demise of many lovesick gobblers this Spring.
Derby City Calls featured on KY Afield!
As we mentioned in an earlier post, we were featured on Kentucky Afield. You can now check out our segment online! We thank Kentucky Afield for taking the time to check us out – it’s a pretty awesome segment. Check it out:
Derby City Calls showcased on KY Afield
I hope everyone enjoyed the KY Afield episode that aired on Sept. 19th and 20th. I think Tim Farmer did a great job of tying in how music and hunting go together. I want everyone to remember that we are a young company. We have been working extremly hard since starting this company in early June. We have several more designs we are working on. One, as you might have seen on Ky Afield, is the Turkey Foot design. It shows great promise. We have had some good reviews so far, but we want to do a little more research and development on it before we put it into production. Look for this Turkey Foot design in the very near future. We hope you like what you have seen so far. Give our calls a try this year. We think you will be pleased with the quality and craftsmanship of Derby City Calls.
Tim Farmer takes a quick break from Talking Turkey to pick a little Bluegrass with the folks from First Quality Music.
Tim Farmer of Kentucky Afield with Jim Dawson of Derby City Game Calls filming for the Episode Turkey Calls with Strings attached.
Brent Stoner of Derby City Game Calls discussing wth Tim Farmer the “Old Growth Striker”.
