Crazy Year

2011 was a crazy year around here to say the very least, Last years popular call was my new wood duck call, They didn't lose any steam in 2011, They are still one of my best selling calls, What was interesting was the number of other folks that took a sudden interest in making wood duck calls, Guess it was an untapped market. Try as they might my calls just seem to get the job done and finish those woodies when the other guys calls let em swing through.

The Radio Show, Kelly Outdoors has just gone crazy, If listener ship is any consideration its more that tripled this past year. I give my guests and the willingness to overlook my shortcomings on the part of the listeners all the credit. The "Chat Room" during the show has almost become as fun as the show. The crew has way too much fun at times!! The first show of the year is Jan. 4th at 8pm CST. Its an all Kansas Show. Guests will all be from Kansas.

Hope all of you have a great 2012, Kel

Baserri Shotguns

Team Baserri will be joining me this week on Kelly Outdoors, These are some of the finest Shotguns you will ever lay a hand on, Superb craftsmanship and a price tag that won't put in the poor house. Join us for a great show, The phone lines will be open so you can ask the guys any questions about the line of excellent shotguns from Baserri.

Things you need to know

This past month we in the water fowling world lost two guys that did a lot for folks in their own way to make water fowling more enjoyable, Joe Jaroski and Bill Duncan. Several call makers from across the USA have decided to do something for these guys families. There are to be two auctions on the Refuge http://http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/index.php, Go to the Duck and Goose calling forum and look for the respective auctions, Joe's will start this Sat. 6/11/11 and Bills will start the following Sat. There will be some calls from some of the finest call makers in the country, Several will be one of a kind calls. If your a collector then you will want to see these calls.

The season is Here

Early Teal season opened this past weekend and my son Hunter and my oldest daughter Lindsye found ourselves enjoying the Kansas sunrise near a small marsh wast of Hutchinson. We were the guest of the gents at Central Kansas Outfitters, www.centralkansasoutfitters.co The teal were flying fast and furious, Hunter had his first duck on the water right at legal shooting time, This was Hunters first duck hunt where he was allowed to shoot, Teal with a 20 gauge is no easy task, The boy had his limit in 20 minutes, I was one proud dad lemme tell ya. Jim and the guys at CKO did a great job of setting up and marking all of the downed birds. This was a hunt that we will not forget, Lindsye was toting a camera instead of a gun this hunt and got some awesome pics, You will be able to see some of them on the CKO web site. If your looking at hunting in Kansas give these guys a call, You will find none better to help you have that once in a lifetime Kansas Hunt, Have a great season folks, Kel

WOODIE CALLS aka Wood Duck Calls

Man I have to tell you when Kent Cullum of Hobo Calls http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hobo-World-Championship-Duck-Calls/155870142005called me to tell me that he won the first Team RealDuck http://www.teamrealduck.com/contest that he had every competed in using one of my Woodie calls I was jazzed. The idea for the Woodie call came to me in one of those "Eureka Moments" while driving one day, I came home and proceeded to try my idea out and shazaaaam, It was a winner. I sent Kent one of my calls to use in the contest and the rest is history. Since his win I have had several requests for the calls, Not setting any sales records but that will come around I am sure. Check out the three Woodies in the pics on here, Yep, Thats Ivory not acrylic on that African Blackwood Woodie................ Nice huh!!

Charlie Hess and Kevin Hampton

Seems like the world is just ripping by and not even thinking about slowing down. I lost two friends recently that were a big part of my call making business and also members of my group of buddies that loved this sport as much as I do. Charlie Hess and Kevin Hampton, Both were men that enjoyed the great outdoors to its fullest and LOVED waterfowling like few others ever do. They loved good calls and great conversations, Charlie, Kevin, You will be missed my friends.

New service

Its been a long time since I posted here, Been busy but that's no reason to not do this. The radio show has been doing very well, Better than I had ever expected it to turn out. The call business is still plugging along. Noticed that I always seem to get a lot of requests to work on calls that need some TLC, Either repaired or refinished. So I guess now is as good as a time as any, Going to post the info out there that I do repair work on calls of any kind as long as they are wood. I do not work in acrylic and so that would be a great way for me to ruin a call or two. Anyway if you need some repair work done on your calls give me a ( dare I say it ?? ) a call or send me an email for more details, Retuning and refinishing all wooden calls. I will be announcing this on the show as well. Have a great one folks. Turkey season is almost here!!!!!

Sound Files

Well the web master has the sound files and so its just a matter of time before they are able to be listened to. There will be two new ReelFoot Style sound files, This is a metal reed call, FYI. There will also be some awesome sounding call work on a couple of timber style calls, These sound files were done by my friends Ronnie and Brent. These guys can make any call sound good, Yes even mine

New Sound Files

Hey folks, Just a quick bit of info for you, My web site has been needing some serious make over for some time, Too much info and way too many pics makes it hard to enjoy, I think. The sound files were in need of serious updating as well, I have been able to get them redone by some of the finest callers in the country, These guys know about duck calls and goose calls, They can make them sing so you will be able to hear the full range of what these calls can do. I will post the names of the callers and the call type by each sound file when they go on the site. Hope you can enjoy them as much as I do. Thanks

Stuff thats bugginn me

NON Hunting issues warning, These are issues that are bugging me and not of a hunting/fishing/calling nature.

First of all, This current administration is leading us down the road to ruin. I dont give a crap if you like him or hate him I am just stating facts. The tired blame game of the " Previous Administration left us this mess" Crap is over. He is only doing this because he is a gutless worm afraid to answer for his own short comings. He also knows that the former president will not respond to his whiney azzzzz cry baby tactics, He is a better man than that,(GW that is). Second thing, North Korea, Enough is enough, oh yeah, Harsh sanctions from the UN really seem to work eh.??? Real effective on Iraq and Iran yes?? Oh maybe when we told Lybia off, Those all turned out real well huh, Whats it gonna take?? A mushroom cloud over Alaska?? You sick whimpy liberal bastards need to grow a set okay. Last but not least, Gitmo, Keep it open, put the lucky to still be breathing bastards in there. Let them stay there and die easy of good food and easy living. Giving these cork suckers the same rights as a uniformed soldier from a declared combative enemy is stupid, The folks that think this is a smart idea are in need of a front line tour of the real world in my opinion. Take your stupid carcass over there and see for yourself the real side of the "confused goat herder" thats only protecting his flock. Seriously, You folks better wake up and see whats real and whats just hype. Are you better off now than you were 6 months ago?? Are your friends and family?? How long is Barry going to blame GW for this?? The next 3.5 years?? The kid is out of his element, Clueless and adrift with out a rudder. How many people have their hands up his........ Puppet fixture ?????? Makin him dance?? Enough already. Call your congressman and let them hear from you, emails dont work, They think those are fake anyway, a real ear full does a nbody good!!!!!