Buck Gardner's Scrapbook Blog: October 2007

2007 Hunting Season So Far

Buck Gardner for Halloween

Mr. Gardner,

My son (Harrison) has decided what he wants to be for Halloween this year. He was originally going to be Superman, but he changed his mind yesterday. He wants to be Buck Gardner! He and I were listening to one of your tapes in the truck on our way to his school - he is a first grader – working on our “10,000 quack tune-up” and he decided to go this Halloween as Buck Gardner. Over the past seven years, I have really gotten into duck hunting with my father-in-law and brother-in-law. Harrison went on his first hunt last year as a kindergartener. He loves to put on his camo, ride the four-wheeler to the blind, and call the ducks in. I know his love and passion for hunting is something we can share our entire lives. I hope to send you a picture of “Little Buck Gardner” soon. Have a great week and happy hunting; the season is just around the corner!

Sincerely,

David Hall
Arab, Alabama

Testimonial

Buck,

Thank you for your help on the spit problem with the pocket rocket double reed. I am forwarding you a picture of the North Dakota duck hunt. Please notice what is hanging around my neck. Without that call this picture would never happened. My son was using a Tall Timber.

Thanks again

Paul Slechta

Testimonial

Hello Buck

Being somewhat new to the sport i purchased the 3 pak I II & III fowl play. Love the vids. Especilly II with all the Manitoba Hunts, I live 45 minutes west of Emerson/Pembina border crossing (were u cross) and do most of our hunting 3-5 miles from the border. There are only about 10 waterfowl hunters in our area and the most of them go to Winnipeg or Oak Hammock, so our huntng pressue is low. (I believe the low pressure makes our hunts more sucessefull) watching the vids made me purchase a call from someone that knows, the goose Hammer works like a charm and have made some limits. Being somwhat new to the sport i was excited to find that the II DVD had tips and tricks.

I have included a few southern Manitoba pics. hope u enjoy the season. Happy & safe shooting.

Kind Regards
KIley Wilson

Testimonial

Gents,

Great hunt yesterday. Another special one for me as I got Maddy, my 6
year old daughter, out for her first outing of the season. We also
baptised another new member into waterfowling. The little guy in the
pictures is Josh and he is 11. He's the nephew of one of my great
buddy's and it was his first ever waterfowl hunt. He bagged his two
honkers and a hen mallard. I never fired a shot as Maddy and I just
bird watched as the rest of the crew took care of business. Best day
of the season so far! Not because of the numbers of birds but because of
the overall experience of introducing a new young hunter to the sport
and most importantly being out there with my daughter. Enjoy the
pictures!

Chris

Bass Pro Shops Waterfowl Festival

Enclosed are pictures from the Bass Pro Shops Waterfowl Festival in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. These pictures here are from my first win in a Duck Calling Contest. I have each e-mail broken up with different types of pictures.

Duncan Lippert
Field Staff
BuckGardnerCalls

Duck Hunting & Goose Hunting Tactics' Seminar

These are pictures from a two man goose routine, then a solo goose routine for a crowd at Bass Pro at the Waterfowl Weekend in Oklahoma City. The other pictures are me giving instruction on how to use the Canada Hammer Goose Call at a 'Duck Hunting and Goose Hunting Tactics' Seminar.

Thank you so much!
Duncan Lippert
Field Staff
BuckGarnderCalls

Hunting Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Buck & John,

During my business travels to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, I've been very blessed to have become friends with some true Christian brothers of ours. One couple has adopted me like their son and they prepare an wild game feast for me on every visit. During this last trip I had fresh moose tenderloin for the first time and it was awesome.

Here are a few pictures from a total of about 6 hours of total hunting hunting time from two different days. This time we went for a multi species hunt and.... well, shall we say.....Mission Accomplished!

It's hard to see but the picture with me holding the two Canada geese, there are fifteen ducks on the ground in front of me that range from mallards, gadwall, and widgeon. The second day we ended up with 6 snows, 4 ducks (which included two ruddy ducks and my 5th drake bufflehead, which needless to say, all of them are going on the wall), and 3 sandhill cranes. All in all, a fantastic multi species, leasurely hunt with great friends.

Enjoy!
Bye for now.
Jerry Heise

Buck,
Hope all is well just wanted to say "Hello" we are leaving for South Dakota in 2 weeks. Please tell Brad and everyone "Hello". I need a nice wood barrel for one of my Double Nasty's if that is possible and always remember if it is not a Buck Gardner Call it's not worth having.

Susan and Charlie Coy

Some shots of of the pooch with birds......and of Course Buck Gardner calls.

Taken by David LaBuono, Dayton, NJ – BGC Prostaff

Testimonial

Hello it is Zack Michels again. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you doing this for me. And I also wanted to comment on you wishing me a good season. Actually, by using a line of buck gardner calls, this season i have gotten, 6 geese, 3 mallards, 3 teals, and 1 wood duck. May I add that the geese came into 5 decoys in my back yard, on the canada hammer. i just wanted to thank you for all this and for making a great line of calls!

Thanks, Zack

Dear Buck Gardner Calls,

Thank ya'll so much for your' great customer service. I've never
had such a pleasant experience with any other company. I lost the guts to
my "Mallard Magic", and there was no dispute about when or how it happened.
Buck had a brand new call in the mail the same day, and I got it two days
later. I can't believe that Buck Gardner actually talks to his customers on
the phone. There aren't many companies in today's world that are willing to
exercise individualized customer service. While trying to contact large
companies' customer service departments, I've been left on hold for
ridiculous amounts of time. Usually, I end up speaking to some Indonesian
phone operator who I can barely understand. I'm a very patriotic person,
and I believe that supporting American businesses who don't outsource jobs
(especially those in customer service) is a patriotic thing to do. Ya'll
are doing a great job at Buck Gardner Calls. Buck's "Straight Talk" CDs are
extremely helpful. I know who I'm going to buy my calls from in the future.
Thanks ya'll again for the incredible customer service.

Sincerely,
Cole Faulkner
- a North Carolina waterfowler

p.s. I've attached some pictures from October 3, opening day of the 4 day
season in North Carolina.

Testimonial

Hi,
My name is Kevin Booth, and fortunatly for myself and my family we live in the great state of Utah, where you and your company have seen to it that Carl Taylor has all the calls he can possibly hand out to kids.

My two youngest have been recipients of at least two different calls that I know of, the most current being the calls that you sponsored for the Delta Waterfowl Youth Day, a few weekends ago.

I just wanted to send a personal letter to let you know how much it means to me that a company that has recognized such success in the waterfowl industry sees to it that they give something back. Too often in this day and age, too many companies feel that the bottom line is the most important thing and forget what got them where they are.

I would also like to pass on thanks to Buck personally for all the support that he has given out here in the west. Especially on the Contest Caller circut. His pro-staff (Brittany and Mario especially) along with Carl Taylor, make sure that no kid goes away without a duck call. That support in an industry where there is so much garbage that goes on is nothing short of awesome.

Thanks again.

Sincerly,
Kevin Booth