Derby City Game Calls

New Spur Design

Derby City’s on-line ordering system is now available.  When you place an order, you may use your PayPal account or your major credit card through the PayPal system.  We are updating photos of our calls and adding different wood pots to our call line.  These will include Cedar, Flamed Maple, Osage, and Ash just to name a few.  We will also have Premium Stained Flame Maple and we are going to have a limited run on American Chestnut calls.  Keep checking back for information on these wood offerings, especially the American Chestnut.  You don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to own a call made from one of the few American Chestnuts that survived the Chestnut blight.  More information will be posted in the next few months.

Cedar Magnum

JJ Reich did an article on the use of aluminum in the Turkey Calls section of this month’s Turkey Country magazine.  Derby City is excited to be featured in this column.  We are excited by the response we have received from turkey hunters all across the United States.  Derby City prides itself in producing high quality calls that not only look great, but more importantly, sound great. 

Derby City recently gained the NAHC Seal of Approval for our aluminum Magnum call.  We take pride in being featured in Turkey Country magazine along with the other outstanding calls mentioned in the article.  We strive to make calls that will help you fill your tags for years to come.  There were many longbeards that were fooled into gun range by Derby City calls this past spring.   We are anxiously waiting for the fall and spring turkey seasons to start up again.

Derby City will have our online ordering system available in the next 2-4 weeks.  Until then, please call or e-mail us if you would like to place an order. (info@derbycitycalls.com  or Jim  @ 502-681-2866,  Brent @ 502-777-8301).

Derby City…IT”S YOUR CALL!

Just because Derby City’s main focus is on turkey calls doesn’t mean we are only turkey hunters.  Don’t get me wrong, I love to chase those longbeards.  Turkey hunting is a passion of mine.  However, deer hunting is not far behind it.  I am looking forward to the cool, crisp autumn air.  There is nothing that makes a hunter feel more alive as when that first cool day arrives.  I can almost smell the sweet aroma of fall.

Living in the suburbs of Louisville, most people would think that wildlife does not exist here.  Serious hunters know that suburbs can hold some great whitetail deer.  I have several whitetail that visit my backyard every day.  As October wains and November appears on the calendar, I normally have some very good bucks come by looking for does.  These bucks can live to maturity.  Most are not pressured and have ample food throughout the year.  As long as they are not hit by automobiles, they grow up to be trophy animals.

I have not hunted them much since I have lived in my house, but that is about to change.  The number of deer in our subdivision has steadily grown over the past 4 years.  I have had as many as 18 deer in the yard at one time.  If time allows, I will be after some of these deer this year.  Good luck and don’t overlook the suburbs.

Here are some pictures from last year.  One is a picture of a small button buck who frequently visited the feeder throughout the day. 

Bass Pro in Clarksville will be having a calling contest this Saturday, August 14th.  The divisions are as follows-

Open                                                  $30

State (Indians Residents Only)          $30

Friction Open                                     $30

Novice (over 21)                                $10

Owl Hooting                                      $10

Gobbling (not show gobbling)            $10

Jakes                                                  Free

On site registration  9:30-11:30                              Contest begins at 12:30

Contact Jim Tucker at 812-948-0156 or Tina Tucker at 812-218-5517.

Derby City will have a booth set up at Bass Pro that day.  Come by and visit us to chat a while and try out our calls.  Hope to see you there.

Derby City spent last Thursday evening at the Sportsman Banquet held by First Baptist Church in Mount Washington.  We got to meet many old friends as well as many new faces.  David Blanton of Realtree was the speaker for the event.  His message was heartfelt and it touched many people in the audience.  He talked about how he let hunting take over his life and it almost cost him everything that was dear to him.  For a man to get up in front of a crowd of strangers and admit that he has made many mistakes in his life takes a lot of courage.  David’s faith in God is evident in how he talks to people and shares his testimony.  I hope there were several people in the crowd that prayed with David and accepted Christ that night.

I really enjoyed spending time with my friend Mitch Ensor that night as well.  Mitch has become a good friend to us at Derby City, myself especially.  If you ever want to see a man of strength, faith, courage, humility, and compassion, you have to look no further than Mitch.  His wife Kay, and his children Shelby and Tanner are wonderful.  They keep living life through the good and bad times, because that is what they do.  They don’t question God.  They just know that God has a reason for this.  A reason we may never know, but God does.  Keep the Ensors in your thoughts and prayers. 

Jim and Tina's Merriams Turkeys

Derby City would like to welcome Jim and Tina Tucker to our Pro Staff.  We are excited to have Jim and Tina on staff to help promote Derby City Calls.  These two are going to be great ambassadors for Derby City.  We are looking forward to many good years together.

Derby City Calls just signed on as the title sponsor for the first season of Poor Boys Outdoors.  Derby City is excited to form this partnership with Poor Boys.  Having two new Kentucky based companies come together will help bring awareness to the great hunting opportunities that the bluegrass state has to offer.  Be sure to tune in when the show starts this fall.  The show will air on Sunday afternoons at 3:30 pm beginning on October 3rd.  The show will be aired on WBNA, Channel 21.  You can visit Poor Boys Outdoors online at: www.poorboysoutdoors.com

Several Derby City Pro Staffers are in the process of booking a 2011 spring turkey hunt.  We are looking at a number of possibilities for either Merriams, Goulds, or Rios.  We have been thinking about hunting in one of these states, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, or Texas.  We are looking for leads to several well established, good outfitters in these states.  We have even discussed hunting on Rosebud Indian Reservation.  If anyone has hunted there and has any insight on the Pros and Cons of hunting the Indian Reservation, please give us some feedback.

Derby City Calls recently participated in the North American Hunting Club’s product test program.  We submitted Aluminum Magnum calls to over 80 members of the club for their review.  Derby City is proud to say that we overwhelmingly earned the NAHC Seal of Approval.  We honestly believe that we produce the finest quality (sound and appearance) turkey calls on the market.  This seal of approval backs up what we already believed.  To have your call reviewed and approved by hunters means everything to an emerging call company.  We would like to thank all the NAHC members who received one of our calls for all the positive comments.  We hope you enjoy your Derby City Call for many years.  Derby City, It’s your call!

For all those ladies out there that want a taste of marksmanship, June 19th at the Fern Creek Sprotsman’s Club will be a day you don’t want to miss.

Annie Oakley Day Invite 2010