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| World's Championship Duck Calling Contest - Stuttgart, Arkansas |
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The World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest in Stuttgart, Arkansas is the longest running calling contest in history. Since 1936 the greatest duck callers from across the United States and Canada have gathered on Main Street during the weekend after Thanksgiving in order to determine who the World Champion. For many years people have traveled from near and far in order to compete, yet only a relative few have been able to claim the title.
In modern days the contest has become the centerpiece of the “Wings over the Prairie Festival” in Stuttgart. Gone are the days when a duck caller need only show up to compete. Now in order to qualify to compete for the World’s Championship, a caller must win a preliminary calling contest that is sanctioned by the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, the body that governs and runs the World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest as well as the “Wings over the Prairie Festival”. It is a difficult feat to become the World’s Duck Calling Champion, and it often catapults the winner to a career in the outdoor industry. |
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| Listed below is the list of World Champion Duck Callers for each year back to 1936. You'll recognize many of the names as their wins often propelled them to careers in the hunting industry. |
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| 2017 | Logan Hancock | Monticello, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2016 | Phil Green | Weiner, AR USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 2015 | Logan Hancock | Monticello, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2014 | David St. John | Conway, AR USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 2013 | Brad Allen | Searcy, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2012 | Brad Allen | Searcy, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2011 | Antonio Jones | Hot Springs, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2010 | Brad Allen | Searcy, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2009 | Mike Anderson | Mankato, MN USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2008 | Ryan Nolan | Muldrow, OK USA |
| | Betts Championship Calls |
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| 2007 | Jody Niccum | Olathe, KS USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2006 | Jim Ronquest | Hazen, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2005 | John Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2004 | Bernie Boyle | Danville, IA USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 2003 | Todd Copley | Des Moines, IA USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 2002 | Bernie Boyle | Danville, IA USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 2001 | Brent Easley | Conway, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 2000 | Barnie Calef | Cedar Rapids, IA USA |
| | Hunter's Specialties |
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| 1999 | Barnie Calef | Cedar Rapids, IA USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 1998 | John Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1997 | Rick Dunn | Beebe, AR USA |
| | Echo Championship Calls |
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| 1996 | Jim James | Council Bluffs, IA USA |
| | Carlson Championship Calls |
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| 1995 | John Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1994 | Buck Gardner | Memphis, TN USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1993 | Trey Crawford | Jacksonville, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1992 | Blake Haynes | White Hall, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1991 | Tim Gesch | West St. Paul, MN USA |
| | Carlson Championship Calls |
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| 1990 | Roy Rhodes | Germantown, TN USA |
| | Roy Rhodes Championship Calls |
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| 1989 | Barnie Calef | Cedar Rapids, IA USA |
| | Carlson Championship Calls |
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| 1988 | Johnny Mahfouz | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1987 | David Jayne | Clovis, CA USA |
| | Iverson Duck Calls |
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| 1986 | Trey Crawford | Jacksonville, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1985 | Mike Keller | Kansas City, MO USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1984 | David Starks | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1983 | Don Ansley | Brentwood, TN USA |
| | Ansley Calls |
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| 1982 | Sam Hoeper | Grandview, MO USA |
| | Bog Pettibon Calls |
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| 1981 | David Starks | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1980 | Dan Sprague | Buffalo, IA USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1979 | Vernard Soloman | Marshall, TX USA |
| | Weedy's Pinoak |
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| 1978 | Richard Schultz | Cedar Rapids, IA USA |
| | Carlson Championship Calls |
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| 1977 | Mike McLemore | Huntingdon, TN USA |
| | Mike McLemore Calls |
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| 1976 | Trey Crawford | Jacksonville, AR USA |
| | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls (RNT) |
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| 1975 | Mike Starks | Little Rock, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1974 | Mike McLemore | Huntingdon, TN USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1973 | Mike McLemore | Huntingdon, TN USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1972 | Butch Richenback | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1971 | Larry Largent | Shelton, NE USA |
| | Marshland Game Call Co. |
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| 1970 | Edward Holt | North Little Rock, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1969 | Edward Holt | North Little Rock, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1968 | Edward Holt | North Little Rock, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1967 | Fred Harvey | Galesburg, IL USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1966 | John Liston | Knoxville, IL USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1965 | John Liston | Knoxville, IL USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1964 | Mick Lacy | Knoxville, IL USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1963 | Mel DeLang | Burlington, IA USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1962 | Charles Stepan | Port Arthur, TX USA |
| | Yentzen |
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| 1961 | Pete Clagett | Kansas City, MO USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1960 | Ed Landreth | Joplin, MO USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1959 | James Fernandez | Port Arthur, TX USA |
| | Sure-Shot Game Calls |
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| 1958 | W.C. Cross | Greenwood, MS USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1957 | W.C. Cross | Greenwood, MS USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1956 | Pat Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1955 | Pat Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1954 | Art Beauchamp | Flint, MI USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1953 | Fred Parnell | Baton Rouge, LA USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1952 | W.C. Cowan | Crossville, TN USA |
| | Susie Calls |
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| 1951 | Herb Parsons | Somerville, TN USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1950 | Herb Parsons | Somerville, TN USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1949 | J.E. (Jake) Gartner | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1948 | J.E. (Jake) Gartner | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1947 | J.E. (Jake) Gartner | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1946 | Louis (Red) Wilhem | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1945 | D.M. (Chick) Major | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Chick Majors Calls |
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| 1944 | Howard Conrey | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1943 | Clyde Hancock | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1942 | Herman Callouet | Greenville, MS USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1941 | M.T. McCullum | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1940 | W.H. Claypool | Memphis, TN USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1939 | Kenneth McCullum | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1938 | Harry Wieman | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1937 | Harry Wieman | Stuttgart, AR USA |
| | Unknown Call |
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| 1936 | Thomas Walsh | Greenville, MS USA |
| | Mouth Call |
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| Listed below is the list of who have won MULTIPLE World Championships since 1936. It is difficult enough to win the championship a single time. These people truly represent the legends of competition duck calling. |
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| Brad Allen | Searcy, AR USA | 3 times | Last won in 2013 |
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| John Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA | 3 times | Last won in 2005 |
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| Barnie Calef | Cedar Rapids, IA USA | 3 times | Last won in 2000 |
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| Trey Crawford | Jacksonville, AR USA | 3 times | Last won in 1993 |
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| Mike McLemore | Huntingdon, TN USA | 3 times | Last won in 1977 |
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| Edward Holt | North Little Rock, AR USA | 3 times | Last won in 1970 |
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| J.E. (Jake) Gartner | Stuttgart, AR USA | 3 times | Last won in 1949 |
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| Logan Hancock | Monticello, AR USA | 2 times | Last won in 2017 |
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| Bernie Boyle | Danville, IA USA | 2 times | Last won in 2004 |
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| David Starks | Stuttgart, AR USA | 2 times | Last won in 1984 |
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| John Liston | Knoxville, IL USA | 2 times | Last won in 1966 |
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| W.C. Cross | Greenwood, MS USA | 2 times | Last won in 1958 |
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| Pat Stephens | Stuttgart, AR USA | 2 times | Last won in 1956 |
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| Herb Parsons | Somerville, TN USA | 2 times | Last won in 1951 |
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| Harry Wieman | Stuttgart, AR USA | 2 times | Last won in 1938 |
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| Listed below are the Call Makers whose calls have been used by an individual who won the World's Duck Calling Championship. While it is a great honor for the World Champion himself, it is also a big accomplishment for a Call Maker. |
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| Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls, Inc. (RNT) | Stuttgart, AR USA | 20 Times | Last won in 2017 |
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| Chick Majors Calls | Stuttgart, AR USA | 12 Times | Last won in 1974 |
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| Echo Calls | Beebe, AR USA | 7 Times | Last won in 2016 |
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| Carlson Championship Calls | Omaha, NE USA | 4 Times | Last won in 1996 |
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| Betts Championship Calls | Rogers, AR USA | 1 Times | Last won in 2008 |
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| Hunter's Specialties | Cedar Rapids, IA USA | 1 Times | Last won in 2000 |
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| Roy Rhodes Championship Calls | West Milton, OH USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1990 |
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| Iverson Duck Calls | Dallas, TX USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1987 |
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| Ansley Calls | | 1 Times | Last won in 1983 |
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| Bog Pettibon Calls | Deerfield, MO USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1982 |
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| Weedy's Pinoak | N. Little Rock, AR USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1979 |
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| Mike McLemore Calls | Huntingdon, TN USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1977 |
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| Marshland Game Call Co. | Overland Park, KS USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1971 |
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| Yentzen | | 1 Times | Last won in 1962 |
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| Sure Shot Game Calls | Groves, TX USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1959 |
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| Susie Calls | Crossville, TN USA | 1 Times | Last won in 1952 |
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| Mouth Call | | 1 Times | Last won in 1936 |
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| The following 9 people have qualified for 2018 World's Championship Duck Calling Contest to be held in Stuttgart, AR USA on 11/24/2018 |
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| | Name | Qualifying Contest | Date |
 | Logan Hancock | World's Championship Duck Calling Contest | 11/25/2017 |
| | Monticello, AR USA |
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| J J Moser | Iowa State Duck Calling Contest | 2/3/2018 |
| | Council Bluffs, IA USA |
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| Mike Benjamin | Bernie Boyle Regional | 2/3/2018 |
| | Rochester, MN USA |
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| Domingo Sanchez | Great Salt Lake Regional Duck | 2/10/2018 |
| | McPherson, KS USA |
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| Tate Douglas | Utah State Duck | 2/10/2018 |
| | Harrisville, UT USA |
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| Brent Roy | Texas State Duck Calling Contest | 3/3/2018 |
| | Groves, TX USA |
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| Sam Wallace | Pamlico Regional | 3/17/2018 |
| | East Prairie, MO USA |
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| Seth Fields | North Carolina Ducks Unlimited Regional | 3/17/2018 |
| | Huntingdon, TN USA |
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| Chase Wall | North Carolina State Duck Calling Contest | 3/18/2018 |
| | Four Oaks, NC USA |
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| The following Call Makers have a Call qualified for 2018 World's Championship Duck Calling Contest to be held in Stuttgart, AR USA on 11/24/2018 |
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| | Call Maker | Number Qualified |
 | Rich-N-Tone Duck Calls, Inc. (RNT) | 3 |
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| Unknown | 2 |
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| Refuge Calls | 2 |
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| Elite Duck Calls | 1 |
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| Hero Calls | 1 |
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