{"id":35987,"date":"2021-09-08T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/?post_type=news&amp;p=35987"},"modified":"2021-09-08T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:47:46","slug":"breitkreutz-third-time-duck-champion-wadsworth-takes-top-goose-award-at-wisconsin-calling-contest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/news\/breitkreutz-third-time-duck-champion-wadsworth-takes-top-goose-award-at-wisconsin-calling-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Breitkreutz Third-time Duck Champion, Wadsworth Takes Top Goose Award at Wisconsin Calling Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>All photos courtesy of Josh Preissner.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Goose and Duck Calling contests were held at the inaugural Waterfowl Hunters EXPO (WHE) on Saturday, August 28th, with a new and larger crowd, but a result similar to a couple of previous contests. Benny Breitkreutz of Horicon, WI, took top honors in the adult duck calling contest, for his third (and final) time. Chance Wadsworth of Hager City was the premier goose caller in his first victory in this contest.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Smith, outdoor writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, provides some more information in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2021\/09\/06\/wisconsin-duck-and-goose-calling-champions-crowned-waterfowl-expo\/5712962001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>.\u00a0 If you want to see the winning duck caller in action check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WaterfowlHuntersExpo\/videos\/4520574911307006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook post<\/a> \u2026 and while you are there, follow the WHE page to stay tuned to what\u2019s happening with the EXPO next year!<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/sherpers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherper&#8217;s<\/a> sporting goods (\u201cEverything for the Great Outdoors and More!\u201d) and hosted by WWA, the winning callers go on to the national contest in Stuttgart and Easton, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2021-calling-winners-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35991\" src=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2021-calling-winners-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By the way, in addition to the trophies, the first place winner received a $500 gift certificate to Sherper\u2019s, the second-place winner received a $300 gift certificate, and third prize took home a $100 gift certificate.<\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calling-winners-2021-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35988\" src=\"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calling-winners-2021-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1168\" height=\"756\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adult Duck Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place &#8211; Benny Breitkreutz \u00a0Horicon WI<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place &#8211; Adam Nyhus, Almena\u00a0 W<\/li>\n<li>3rdPlace &#8211; Kevin Sadler, Brookfield WI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Intermediate Duck Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st &#8211; Brady Eastman 14 of Marinette took 1st in the DUCK<\/li>\n<li>2nd \u00a0&#8211; Ethan Valuch 13\u00a0 of Milwaukee t<\/li>\n<li>3rd &#8211; Carter Herrick\u00a0 13 of Ripon took 3rd<\/li>\n<li>4th &#8211; Drake Kastenschmidt 13 from Ripon<\/li>\n<li>5th &#8211; Noah Beaudry, 13 \u00a0 of West Bend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Youth Duck Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st &#8211; Clayton Canales, Rio<\/li>\n<li>2nd &#8211; Abel Schloesser of Milwaukee<\/li>\n<li>3rd &#8211; Zane Paitrick \u00a0of Beaver Dam<\/li>\n<li>4th \u00a0&#8211; Lenora Draeger \u00a0of Berlin<\/li>\n<li>5th &#8211; Gwen\u00a0 Draeger of Berlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adult Goose Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st\u00a0 Place -Chance Wadsworth\u00a0 \u00a0Hager City\u00a0 WI<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place\u00a0 Troy Maaser \u00a0Lomira<\/li>\n<li>\u00a03rd Place\u00a0 Mason Tait\u00a0 \u00a0Germantown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Intermediate Goose Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st \u00a0&#8211; Brady Eastman 14 of Marinette<\/li>\n<li>2nd &#8211; Carter Herrick\u00a0 13 of Ripon<\/li>\n<li>3rd &#8211; Ethan Valuch 13\u00a0 of Milwaukee<\/li>\n<li>4th &#8211; Drake Kastenschmidt 13 from Ripon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Youth Goose Calling\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st &#8211; Zane Paitrick of Beaver Dam<\/li>\n<li>2nd &#8211; Gwen Draeger of Berlin<\/li>\n<li>3rd &#8211; Lennie\u00a0 Draeger of Berlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-35987","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}