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.
Search Results for "Rathjen"
Best of Class III - Friction Champion Design
Heather van Doorn
Best of Class I - The Earl Duckett Champion Box Call Design
Richard Steward
Grand National Champion of Champions
Timothy Oldham Jr.
Best of Class II - Air Operated Champion Design
Jeff Dagostino
Callmaker of the Year - Earl Mickel Award
Heather van Doorn
Amateur Decorative Call Maker of the Year
Jeremy Cosgrove
Best of Class IV - Matched & Presentation Champion Design
Clayborn Dotson
Category 1 Decorative Box Call (glued box and glued lid design, other than categories 2-8)
1st place - #957 - Kevin Feind
2nd place - #1394 - Ben Blair
3rd place - #1393 - Ben Blair
4th place - #954 - Kevin Feind
Category 2 Decorative Box Call (solid one piece box and lid of natural wood, not glued, painted, or carved)
1st place - #473 - Rick Steiner
2nd place - #786 - Randy Harper
3rd place - #1391 - Ben Blair
4th place - #1413 - Michael Robare
5th place - #1392 - Ben Blair
Category 3 Decorative Box Call (carved and painted)
1st place - #850 - Clayborn Dotson
Category 4 Decorative Box Call (carved NOT painted)
1st place - #1103 - Richard Steward
2nd place - #296 - Chris Williams
Category 5 Decorative Box Call (laminated only)
1st place - #555 - Randy Harper
2nd place - #676 - Andy Cobb
3rd place - #1039 - Michael Robare
4th place - #189 - Shawn Kotchey
5th place - #560 - chris LaTona
Category 6 Decorative Box Call (inlaid only)
1st place - #1383 - Nicholas Metcalf
2nd place - #857 - Gary Walton
3rd place - #553 - Rick Ferlita
Category 7 Decorative Box Call (wood burnt only)
1st place - #1313 - William Howard
2nd place - #1314 - William Howard
3rd place - #856 - Gary Walton
Category 8 Decorative Box Call (open)
1st place - #359 - Mike Houlihan
2nd place - #845 - Clayborn Dotson
3rd place - #187 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #190 - Shawn Kotchey
5th place - #1312 - William Howard
Category 9 Decorative Box Call Amateur (open)
1st place - #1140 - Allan Sterling
2nd place - #908 - Mic Middleton
3rd place - #666 - Dave Yoder
4th place - #305 - Christopher Owen
5th place - #580 - Christopher Owen
Category 10 Wingbone Yelper (thread wrapped only)
1st place - #1335 - Caleb Cribbs
2nd place - #1248 - Cash Koch
3rd place - #1148 - Andy Snair
4th place - #532 - James Hopkins
5th place - #1020 - Chris Malinowski
Category 11 Wingbone Yelper (open)
1st place - #206 - Jeff Dagostino
2nd place - #115 - Jeff Dagostino
3rd place - #869 - Eric Rice
4th place - #846 - Clayborn Dotson
5th place - #496 - Adam Leonard
Category 12 Turned Barrel trumpet style (no carving and/or painting)
1st place - #793 - Kevin Dorsey
2nd place - #646 - Mike Whitson
3rd place - #985 - Brian Mero
Category 13 Air operated Yelper (open, other than categories 10-12)
1st place - #409 - John Neck
2nd place - #647 - Mike Whitson
3rd place - #884 - Andy Cobb
4th place - #1150 - Andy Snair
5th place - #1056 - Larry Stephens
Category 14 Tube Calls
1st place - #1027 - Matt Lacey
2nd place - #851 - Travis Meering
3rd place - #434 - Travis Meering
4th place - #1149 - Andy Snair
5th place - #702 - Tom Osmer
Category 15 Air Operated Amateur (Open)
1st place - #410 - John Neck
2nd place - #1151 - Andy Snair
3rd place - #1340 - Caleb Cribbs
4th place - #1022 - Chris Malinowski
5th place - #325 - Chris Joslin
Category 16 Friction Call - carved and/or carved and painted only (slate, glass or other material)
1st place - #586 - Heather van Doorn
2nd place - #203 - John Haines
3rd place - #254 - Jim Shelley
4th place - #706 - Jason Haff
5th place - #782 - Randy Clark
Category 17 Friction Call - solid one piece pot of natural wood, not glued, painted or carved (slate, glass or other material)
1st place - #730 - Clement Roby
2nd place - #669 - Dave Yoder
3rd place - #668 - Dave Yoder
4th place - #188 - Shawn Kotchey
5th place - #151 - Mike Holland
Category 18 Friction Call - open category (other then Category 16 and 17)
1st place - #1028 - Matt Lacey
2nd place - #844 - Clayborn Dotson
3rd place - #731 - Clement Roby
4th place - #178 - Shawn Kotchey
5th place - #179 - Shawn Kotchey
Category 19 Trough Style Call (slate, glass, or other material)
1st place - #251 - Sevn Castillo
2nd place - #825 - Jim Shelley
Category 20 Scratch Box
1st place - #677 - Andy Cobb
2nd place - #211 - Rick White
3rd place - #1141 - Allan Sterling
4th place - #690 - Èd Jones
5th place - #212 - Rick White
Category 21 Friction Call Amateur (open)
1st place - #960 - Jeremy Cosgrove
2nd place - #671 - Dave Yoder
3rd place - #1301 - Will Snider
4th place - #559 - Sailor Roberts
5th place - #154 - Mike Holland
Category 22 Push Button Design
1st place - #848 - Clayborn Dotson
2nd place - #942 - Michael Lapp
3rd place - #1315 - William Howard
Category 23 Striker
1st place - #1195 - Hunter Hamilton
2nd place - #1015 - Derek Fowler
3rd place - #1068 - Stefan Brownlie
4th place - #1069 - Stefan Brownlie
5th place - #847 - Clayborn Dotson
Category 24 Locator Call
1st place - #1396 - Ben Blair
2nd place - #1395 - Ben Blair
3rd place - #134 - Shawn Kotchey
4th place - #135 - Shawn Kotchey
Category 25 Matched Set/multiple calls
1st place - #1249 - Cash Koch
2nd place - #1250 - Cash Koch
3rd place - #1152 - Andy Snair
4th place - #277 - Kevin Rouse
5th place - #367 - Jon Stollings
Category 26 Best Overall Presentation
1st place - #849 - Clayborn Dotson
2nd place - #678 - Andy Cobb
3rd place - #1371 - John Bishop
4th place - #1247 - Cash Koch
5th place - #708 - Jason Haff
Category 27 Innovative Hunting Related Collectibles & Accessories
1st place - #1275 - Adam Constantine
2nd place - #648 - Mike Whitson
3rd place - #1381 - Mike Anderson
Category 28 Grand National Champion of Champions
1st place - #1361 - Timothy Oldham Jr.
Category 29 Collaborative Decorative Turkey Call
1st place - #941 - Michael Lapp & Sherry Brown
2nd place - #526 - Kevin Rouse & Rebecca Inman
3rd place - #525 - Kevin Rouse & Rebecca Inman
4th place - #975 - William Osborne & Eric Rice
5th place - #428 - Chad Scruggs & Matt Lacey