Competition Winners
With judging being so subjective, and with over 1000 calls entered year after year, it is quite a task to win in this competition. These people deserve an applause for their accomplishments. New this year we will display the winners for previous years. Please keep in mind that the data we have in our databases only consists of the previous 5 years. We will be working on adding "All" historical data for the contest as soon as we have time to go through it all.
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2025 Winners in Decorative Turkey
Callmaker of the Year - Earl Mickel Award
Heather van Doorn
Best of Class III - Friction Champion Design
Heather van Doorn
Best of Class II - Air Operated Champion Design
Jeff Dagostino
Amateur Decorative Call Maker of the Year
Heather van Doorn
Category 1 Decorative Box Call (glued box and glued lid design, other than categories 2-8)
1st place - #1376 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #895 - Chris Utke
3rd place - #1485 - Thomas Jameson
4th place - #1405 - Ben Blair
5th place - #1411 - Ben Blair
Category 2 Decorative Box Call (solid one piece box and lid of natural wood, not glued, painted, or carved)
1st place - #1404 - Ben Blair
2nd place - #151 - Shawn Kotchey
3rd place - #152 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #1043 - Michael Robare
Category 3 Decorative Box Call (carved and painted)
1st place - #1325 - John Parker
2nd place - #1439 - Clayborn Dotson
Category 4 Decorative Box Call (carved NOT painted)
1st place - #1310 - Richard Steward
2nd place - #415 - Richard Patterson
Category 5 Decorative Box Call (laminated only)
1st place - #1044 - Michael Robare
2nd place - #324 - chris LaTona
3rd place - #394 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #491 - Gary Campanie
5th place - #395 - Shawn Kotchey
Category 6 Decorative Box Call (inlaid only)
1st place - #722 - Earnest Fetters
2nd place - #1045 - Michael Robare
Category 7 Decorative Box Call (wood burnt only)
1st place - #1361 - William Howard
2nd place - #1137 - Gary Walton
Category 8 Decorative Box Call (open)
1st place - #1337 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #1362 - William Howard
3rd place - #234 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #235 - Shawn Kotchey
5th place - #107 - Jim Shelley
Category 9 Decorative Box Call Amateur (open)
1st place - #1249 - Allan Sterling
2nd place - #698 - Clement Roby
3rd place - #237 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #241 - Shawn Kotchey
Category 10 Wingbone Yelper (thread wrapped only)
1st place - #1230 - Caleb Cribbs
2nd place - #1166 - Kevin Rouse
3rd place - #1359 - Kevin Rouse
4th place - #361 - James Hopkins
5th place - #1151 - Chris Malinowski
Category 11 Wingbone Yelper (open)
1st place - #184 - Jeff Dagostino
2nd place - #185 - Jeff Dagostino
3rd place - #1229 - Caleb Cribbs
4th place - #220 - Steve Howe
5th place - #1119 - John Morton
Category 12 Turned Barrel trumpet style (no carving and/or painting)
1st place - #1334 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #1299 - Matt Lacey
3rd place - #1333 - Andy Cobb
4th place - #903 - Brian Mero
Category 13 Air operated Yelper (open, other than categories 10-12)
1st place - #1421 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #1455 - Michael Robare
3rd place - #1335 - Andy Cobb
4th place - #1121 - John Morton
5th place - #719 - Kevin Rouse
Category 14 Tube Calls
1st place - #747 - Travis Meering
2nd place - #535 - Travis Meering
3rd place - #1146 - Seth Hamon
4th place - #574 - Mike Holland
5th place - #1464 - Gabe Holland
Category 15 Air Operated Amateur (Open)
1st place - #616 - Mike Whitson
2nd place - #1231 - Caleb Cribbs
3rd place - #493 - Rex Ruths
4th place - #1214 - Paul Lucas
5th place - #1342 - John Morton
Category 16 Friction Call - carved and/or carved and painted only (slate, glass or other material)
1st place - #1437 - Clayborn Dotson
2nd place - #95 - Jim Shelley
3rd place - #537 - Sevn Castillo
4th place - #111 - Jim Shelley
5th place - #538 - Sevn Castillo
Category 17 Friction Call - solid one piece pot of natural wood, not glued, painted or carved (slate, glass or other material)
1st place - #1419 - Kyle Osborne
2nd place - #699 - Clement Roby
3rd place - #513 - John Haines
4th place - #428 - Sevn Castillo
5th place - #314 - Sevn Castillo
Category 18 Friction Call - open category (other then Category 16 and 17)
1st place - #1301 - Matt Lacey
2nd place - #1438 - Clayborn Dotson
3rd place - #729 - Jason Haff
4th place - #1228 - Jon Hoff
5th place - #240 - Shawn Kotchey
Category 19 Trough Style Call (slate, glass, or other material)
1st place - #1336 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #1462 - William Osborne
3rd place - #1250 - Allan Sterling
Category 20 Scratch Box
1st place - #1377 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #140 - Rick White
3rd place - #896 - Rick Ferlita
4th place - #1453 - Edward Oehlman
5th place - #1454 - Edward Oehlman
Category 21 Friction Call Amateur (open)
1st place - #1347 - Heather van Doorn
2nd place - #348 - Robert Knouse
3rd place - #238 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #236 - Shawn Kotchey
5th place - #700 - Clement Roby
Category 22 Push Button Design
1st place - #950 - Michael Lapp
Category 23 Striker
1st place - #625 - Derek Fowler
2nd place - #603 - Stefan Brownlie
3rd place - #552 - Stefan Brownlie
4th place - #840 - Jeff Harrison
5th place - #1358 - Derek Fowler
Category 24 Locator Call
1st place - #1300 - Matt Lacey
2nd place - #322 - Gregg Guthridge
3rd place - #1407 - Ben Blair
4th place - #1408 - Ben Blair
5th place - #578 - Tommy Sears
Category 25 Matched Set/multiple calls
1st place - #1338 - Matt Lacey
2nd place - #65 - Kevin Rouse
3rd place - #1329 - Cash Koch
4th place - #745 - Jon Stollings
5th place - #1345 - John Morton
Category 26 Best Overall Presentation
1st place - #307 - Cash Koch
Category 27 Innovative Hunting Related Collectibles & Accessories
1st place - #1125 - John Morton
2nd place - #1144 - Seth Hamon
Category 28 Grand National Champion of Champions
Category 29 Collaborative Decorative Turkey Call
1st place - #951 - Michael Lapp & Briana Alley
2nd place - #1136 - Nathan Taylor & Jeff Dagostino
3rd place - #1164 - Kevin Rouse & Rebecca Inman
4th place - #1051 - Alex Hadden & Andrew Hadden
5th place - #851 - Kevin Rouse & Rebecca Inman