{"id":5471,"date":"2017-08-20T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T17:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/?post_type=news&amp;p=5471"},"modified":"2017-08-20T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T17:54:24","slug":"benny-breitkreutz-wins-2017-wisconsin-state-duck-calling-contest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/news\/benny-breitkreutz-wins-2017-wisconsin-state-duck-calling-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Benny Breitkreutz Wins 2017 Wisconsin State Duck Calling Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[soliloquy id=&#8221;5473&#8243;]\n<p>Sincere thanks to WWA sponsor partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabelas.com\/stores\/store_info.jsp?pageName=018\">Cabela\u2019s-Richfield<\/a>, host site of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisducks.org\/event\/wisconsin-state-duck-goose-calling-championships\/\">2017 WWA State Duck &amp; Goose Calling Championships<\/a>. \u00a0The staff at the Richfield site has always been a terrific partner to us over the years, and their sponsorship of the event helps us to actually make the day a profitable one for the association, as well as a terrific opportunity to interact with the thousands of visitors to their store, as well as all the the competitors, guests, and fans of the the calling competition itself.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>2017 Wisconsin State Duck Calling Contest champion Benny Breitkreutz<\/strong> who will go on to represent Wisconsin in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuttgartarkansas.org\/duck-festival\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Championships<\/a> on November 25th, in Stuttgart, AR!\u00a0 Also taking home honors were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2nd place: Austin Wendlandt<\/li>\n<li>3rd place: Nick Besasie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to the winners of the <strong>Wisconsin State Adult Goose Calling Contest<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place: Troy Maaser<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place: Dave Nelson<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place: Jacob Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to the winners of our <strong>Intermediate calling contests<\/strong>.\u00a0 They were:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intermediate Duck Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place: Mason Tait<\/li>\n<li>2nd Plce: Matt Kozlowski<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><strong>Intermediate Goose Calling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place:Blaine Arvold<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place: Mason Tait<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place: Matt Kozlowski<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, last, but most certainly never least, congratulations to the winners of our <strong>Youth calling contests<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Payton Wottowa,<\/li>\n<li>Otto Wahl,<\/li>\n<li>Trent Dieckman, and<\/li>\n<li>Adelyn Dieckman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chris.ferch.5\/videos\/676073215921483\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chris.ferch.5\/videos\/676073215921483\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hosting a contest like this is no easy feat, there are many specific rules to be followed, set out by the sanctioning body, and WWA is lucky to have a team of home-built experts in our Marshland Chapter, of Beaver Dam, lead by WWA board of directors members, Rob Monette and Chris Ferch.<\/p>\n<p>For more great photos of the contest, be sure to join our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2250930246\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook friends group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-5471","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomiccoffee.com\/WWA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/5471","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=5471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}