Jacob Kuechle of Collinsville, Ill., won the junior division, followed by Evan Deutmeyer of Edgewood. Paul, Minn., won the hunter division, followed by Joe Kuechle of Collinsville, Ill. Strut line of turkey calls and accessories, as well as other hunting products made by the Cedar Rapids-based Hunter's Specialties - not because he doesn't like him but because he has dominated Iowa turkey calling for the past 15 years.īesides winning the state and senior open contests, Fink won the owl-hoot competition and placed second in the friction call competition behind Scott Wilhelm of Chippewa Falls, Wis., and just ahead of third-place finisher Neal Hermann of Barron, Wis.įink, who uses only his unaided mouth to replicate owl sounds, said he had his “hillbilly mojo” working for him in the owl-hooting contest.ĭoug Herman of Hoskins, Neb., finished second in the senior open, followed by White.
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“For me, it's all about sounding as much like a real turkey in the woods as possible,” said White.įink said he thinks he's “better off calling clean than showboating with a lot of extra notes and embellishments.”įink said Sunday's contests gave him plenty of opportunity to showcase his strengths in the soft, quiet calls such as the cluck and purr, the tree call and the kee kee run.įink also said he derives extra satisfaction in outscoring White - who works full time promoting the H.S. Curt Goettsch of Elkader finished third.īoth Fink and White said they concentrated on short, simple, mistake-free routines.
Fink, 43, has seldom sounded more like a turkey than he did Sunday, even though a busy schedule kept him from practicing before the 2010 competition.įink, a member of the Hunter's Specialties calling team, edged White, a member of Hunter's Specialties national pro staff, by two points in one of the closest state contest finishes in memory.
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