11/15/2006

There’s so much to mention about Brittany ‘Brit’ Sorensen, who started hunting when she was 7 and is one of the newest members of the Memphis-based Buck Gardner Calls’ pro staff.
How about runner-up in the Women’s World Duck Calling Championship in 2004? If that’s not good enough, we can mention that she placed first in Cabela’s team duck calling in 2005 and second in team goose calling in 2006.
Oh, and we can’t leave out that Sorensen killed at first elk (a 5-by-5 bull) at age 13.
Oops, we almost forgot she also placed second in Cabela’s youth goose calling contest in 2006.
That’s right we’re talking about a teenager who’ll turn 18 on Oct. 24 and lives with her mom and dad, along with one cat, one dog (an American Tundra shepherd) and three horses on their ranch near Golden, Colo.
“My dad took me hunting when I was just a baby,” Brit says. “He put me in a baby backpack and went hiking. I remember going elk and deer hunting with him long before I had a (hunting) license.”
In fact, Brit earned her hunter safety certificate when she was 7, along about the same time her dad and grandfather started taking her rabbit and squirrel hunting.
If it sounds like this talented teenager loves the outdoors . . . and hunting, she does.
“At age 10, I was introduced to goose hunting by my dad and uncle and have been addicted to it ever since,” she says. “During the 2003-04 season I was introduced to duck hunting and calling and have been a fan of that, as well. I also had the opportunity to go on a turkey hunting trip with my dad and Jim Arnold (Waterfowl Haven Outfitters) in the spring of 2005.”
She didn’t just go on a turkey hunt, she killed a turkey.
Still, there’s no doubt which hunting pursuit is her favorite.
“Waterfowl hunting is my main passion,” says Brit, who despite being a high school senior is also taking three classes at a local community college.
It’s a passion that led Brit to first compete in duck and goose calling contests in the summer of 2004.
“I still compete once or twice a year, but prefer working with kids, working at shows and doing calling/hunting classes . . . and of course, hunting,” Brit says.

With that, Brit has developed a philosophy well beyond her years when it comes to hunting.
We’ll let her explain:
“Always have fun when hunting. Hunting is all about getting out and having fun with friends and family. There are good days and there are bad days. Learn your lessons from the bad ones and appreciate the good ones. Never take a day hunting for granted. Learning to hunt ducks and geese doesn’t happen over night. I have been hunting them for more than six years and I am still learning. Don’t give up.”
Not a bad motto for all us to follow, right?So, whether she’s singing in the church choir or riding her American Quarter Horse, Padre, or writing hunting stories/articles, Brit does them all with a God-given passion for making a difference in the world.
“I am honored to be a part of the Buck Gardner Calls pro staff,” she says. “I hope to be a great contribution and I am looking forward to working with the team.”
Spoken like a champ, even if this champ is only a teenager.

10/24/2006

They came.
They learned.
And they conquered.
That about sums up the day of competition the Record brothers of Dyer, Tenn., experienced on Saturday, Aug. 12 at the 12th annual Mid-South Hunting & Fishing Extravaganza at the Agricenter International in Memphis.
First, at 11 that morning Dale, 13, Jeff, 11, and 5-year old Derek listened intently as Brad Gardner of Buck Gardner Calls went over the techniques for ‘Meet and Competition Duck Calling’ as one of the featured seminars at the MSHFE, which is produced by Memphis-based Expo South.
Undoubtedly, they listened . . . and they learned.
By the time the final quack had been heard in the Agricenter’s amphitheater later that day, Dale had claimed first place in the Delta Open Duck Calling Contest’s Youth Division with 638 points; Jeff had placed third with 628 and little Derek, competing for the first time in his young life, had made the first cut.
Not a bad day for the Record boys, who were cheered on my several relatives, including a very, very proud mom.
And all three of the youngsters were blowing – you guessed it – a Buck Gardner call.
All of which made it nice when Brad Gardner, who served as the competition’s director, started handing out plaques.
Derek, who stole the audience’s hearts with his warm smile and never-say-die attitude, competed with a call he’d gotten earlier that morning at Brad’s seminar. All three boys sat down front in the seminar to make sure they got all the details and knowledge they could from Brad.
As for Dale, it was a step up the Delta Open ladder.
He placed No. 2 in the 2005 event.
To make the day complete for Dale, one of the judges was Ted Gray, a member of the Buck Gardner Pro Staff.
Along with winning the Youth Division title, Dale also got a guided hunting trip to Hunter’s Paradise Lodge near Charleston, Miss., co-owned by Gray and partner Terrell Pearson. In fact, all three of the Delta Open champions (Open Division and Team Division) were rewarded with hunting trips, courtesy of Gray.
To learn more about Hunter’s Paradise Lodge check out its Web site at www.huntersparadiselodge.com or call (662) 647-DUCK. Buck Gardner Calls is proud to be a partner with Gray and Hunter’s Paradise Lodge, which on its brochure makes sure clients know it’s “a drug and alcohol free facility where women and children are welcome.”

By Larry Rea

09/06/2006

We could talk about Casey Self’s family tradition of motocross racing where he has won numerous races, including the 2003 Challenge Track Supercross season championship at Kansas City.
We could talk about how, at the age of 25, Casey is a full-time network engineer for Sprint-Nextel where he is in charge of technical support and documentation development across the U.S.
We could talk about how Casey had more than 10 top 5 finishes in his first year in professional goose calling, a year that saw him win the WCA Missouri State and Cabela’s Minnesota goose calling championships.
We could talk about Casey’s “loving and graceful” wife Robyn and their two Labs, Basel and Chase.
But, you know something?
All of those are fine and dandy – and, for sure, all very important in Casey’s life – but when it comes down to the basics this well-known member of Buck Gardner Calls’ pro staff team tells it like it is when it comes to sharing his love of the outdoors . . . and especially waterfowl hunting.
And, it all started in Southern Illinois, where Casey says he learned the values of hunting not only waterfowl, but deer, turkey and quail with his father. Even though he and his wife now live in Overland, Kan., Casey still tries to hunt with his father as much as he can.
“I’ll never forget who taught me the importance of the outdoors and having fun in it,” Casey says. “Learning to waterfowl hunt in Southern Illinois has shown me how intense public hunting can be, as your hunting with and around the best of the best and some of the most crowded marshes I have ever hunted.”
By that, Casey means he and his brothers and friends literally had to sprint on foot to get to their “honey hole” duck hunting spots on the always crowded public marshes of Southern Illinois, which, we might add, meant a 4:30 a.m. start to the hunting day. Casey and his group, along with all the other hunters, had to line up with the fastest member of each group in front to get to their favorite hunting location.
Casey, being a former football wide receiver and a record-breaking hurdler in track, was the fastest member of his group, which meant that he was in charge of getting to the spot first Somehow, in all those years, he always got to the hot spot first .. . but it wasn’t easy.
“Sometimes we even had to camp out the night before, freezing our butts off all to get a few shots at the illusive green heads,” Casey says with a laugh.
At least hunting geese was different.
Casey was fortunate that a nearby farmer allowed his group to use a pit blind “for next to nothing” not far from the famous Burns Hunting Club adjacent to the equally famous Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.
“I learned most of my goose calling techniques from listening to them sitting about 200 yards in front of me just on the other side of the refuge ‘do not enter’ sign,” Casey says.  “Hunting in Southern Illinois for honkers taught me that decoy placement, concealment, precise calling and motion are the key factors in killing the toughest geese in the U.S.”
Casey moved to Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, seven years ago to attend a small technical college as he followed in the footsteps of his fathers in the wireless telecom field. The move paid not only work dividends for Casey, but also opened new hunting opportunities.
“Moving to KC was the greatest move ever,” Casey says. “The people are great and most importantly the geese are plentiful.”
Hunting alongside his cousin, Michael, who was his roommate in college, Casey became enamored at how he could actually kill Canada geese in a bean field.
He says the birds will totally bypass a corn field to land.
“In Illinois you would get laughed at for even setting a decoy in a bean field, but out here they love it, and I love to make them lay upside down in it because there are plenty of them for it,” Casey says.
About three years ago Casey had his first experience of blowing one of Buck Gardner’s Canada Hammer calls.
It wasn’t long after that he started his professional goose calling career.
“After the summer was over and hunting season began I started noticing the effectiveness of my training over the summer,” he said. “I found my bag limit increasing tremendously.”
And, no, he wasn’t blowing his competitive goose calling routine in the field.
Contest callers, he says, often get a bad rap.
“But trust me,” he says. “Most of us don't blow our routine at the geese, just for the judges. We just use the contest season more as practice and to stay on top of the sounds that can be produced on these short reed goose calls.  From being a kid that cut his teeth to a flute call, I would never go back to blowing one, not even if you paid me.  These short reads have changed everything about hunting Canada geese period.”
Near the end of the 2004 hunting season Casey served as associate producer and primary video editor for Buck Gardner Calls’ Fowl Play III.  He was associate director and involved with the editing on a daily basis for the production of Buck’s latest video: Fowl Play IV, Migration Cancelled.
“Today, I find myself working with Shawn Stahl on my routines and getting ready for this year’s World Goose Calling Championship,” Casey says. “The new calls that Shawn is turning out for us are second to none in my opinion and I can't wait to try them out on the judges, and most importantly the geese.”
As for being a part of Buck’s “team,” Casey loves every minute of it.
“Buck makes and has the best calls out there,” Casey says. “I mean having Spit Tech calls on your lanyard that after just taking a big gulp of coffee and noticing a group of mallards over head and the call actually working without sticking is a stage set all in its own.  No one else has them and I am proud to be on the team that does, because while the guy next to me is fumbling to un-stick his call, I already have the ducks back flapping in my decoys, some people just don't realize what they're missing. Buck has really got it figured out.”

By Larry Rea

07-14-2006

How much does Mario Friendy love waterfowl hunting? So much so that he gave up a career in broadcasting to live out his dream as a guide for the top waterfowl destination in the western U.S. and owner of nationally recognized Columbia River Decoys.
He’s also proud to be a member of the pro staff for Buck Gardner Calls.
“You bet I am,” Mario said of his involvement with BGC. “I’ve known and respected Buck for many, many years. I’ll never forget the first time I talked to him on the phone. I mean, we must have talked an hour. I’d take the phone away from my ear and Buck would go right on talking and I’d say to myself, ‘Man, I’m talking to the Buck Gardner.’ That’s why Buck is who is. He’s one of the good guys in this business.”
Mario, 37, who lives in Tualatin, Oregon, grew up hunting with his dad and brother in Pennsylvania.
“I’d sit on one stump and my brother would sit on another and we’d be with our dad hunting,” Mario said. “I can’t even tell you how old we were, but we were young. My dad really placed a love of the outdoors in my heart. He’s a meat cutter and still going strong today.”
Mario is going pretty strong, too.
As the owner of Columbia River Decoys, Mario handles the day to day operation of the company, which includes molding and painting every decoy that leaves his shop.
When the hunting season starts, everything else comes to a halt for Mario.
It’s waterfowl hunting time.
“My wife (Amy) is very understanding,” Mario said with a laugh. “I’m in the field every day I can be. I feel fortunate to be able to enjoy doing something that I love and do it for a living. That’s why I’m so thrilled to be a part of Buck’s team.”
Mario quit the broadcasting business in August 2003.
It wasn’t an easy decision because he’d been at it for 14 years and had made a name for himself at each stop on his radio station tour. From Pennsylvania to Arizona (twice) to North Carolina to Los Angeles and on to Portland, Oregon, he had constantly earned top ratings as a drive-time DJ.
In other words, he was at the top of his game.
“But when the opportunity came for me to get involved in the business (Columbia River Decoys) full-time I had to take it,” Mario said. His company’s Web site address is www.columbiariverdecoys.com.
For 2006, Mario has been appointed president of the Oregon Waterfowl Festival. Of course, Buck is one of the speakers at Mario’s event.
Mario guides for Pacific Wings Waterfowl Adventures in West Richland, Wash.; Ducks and Dogs LLC in Monmouth, Oregon and is the manager of the Amstad Duck Clubs in Sherwood, Oregon.
He and his wife have a 2-year old daughter, Gianna.
“When you talk about people who love to work with a kid, that’s Buck Gardner,” Mario said. “That’s another reason I’m happy to be a part of what Buck and his great company are doing. No one works harder and tries to do more for kids than Buck Gardner. That’s at the heart of what I do, too.”
Look for Mario to be more than a member of the Buck Gardner Pro Staff.
“He’s one cool young man,” Buck said of Mario. “He’s a doer and I like that. We’re glad he’s part of our team.”

By Larry Rea

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06-05-2006

He has rubbed shoulders with some of the legends of the outdoors world.
From outdoor writers like Soc Clay to Bass Anglers Sportsman Society founder Ray Scott to celebrities and sportsmen from baseball and football stars to country music entertainers, Garry Mason has left his mark on a lot of people since he started his own guide service more than 20 years ago.
It was a simple decision when it came time for Mason to join Buck Gardner Call Company’s pro staff.
After all, this down-to-earth man family man who grew up hunting and fishing around his home near the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake has become one of the most recognized outdoorsmen in the U.S.
“I feel that my ability to come up with and implement new ideas and make them successful is one of my strongest traits,” said Mason, who owns Adventures Outdoors LLC, which operates by the code or “providing sportsmen of all ages the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors.”
The outdoors, for sure, is where you’ll usually find Mason.
Garry started hunting and fishing with his father and friends at the age of 9 and has turned his love for the outdoors from a hobby to a successful business. By the time he was 25 Gary had logged countless hours hunting and fishing on or near the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake. He started his guide service when he was 26 on a part-time basis and then moved on to make his career in the outdoors.
It wasn’t long before Garry was on the road, spreading the good news about the outdoors and his beloved Northwest Tennessee. He went to other states to guide and manage some of the largest hunting lodges in the nation on a seasonal basis. In fact, Garry has been the outdoor manager for three major lodges in South Dakota – Thunderstik Lodge, Paul Nelson Farms and Pheasant Crest Lodge.
His abilities led Garry to become a sought-after seminar speaker on a variety of subjects, including fishing, dog training and waterfowl hunting. Later on, he became a level two shooting instructor after having trained some of the most well-known sporting clays instructors in the world. Garry has founded, organized and hosted many large outdoor events, such as the Kentucky Lake Waterfowl Festival held each year in Big Sandy, Tenn.
By the time he turned 40, Garry became on the hit list of some of the nation’s top outdoor writers. That’s when he started working with the outdoor news media to help set up outdoor writers conferences and help promote hunting and fishing on a national level.
In 2005, Garry accepted a new challenge for his Adventures Outdoors LLC to join forces with Leroy and Rebecca Reuer at South Dakota’s internationally known Reuers Wildlife Hunting & Missouri Guide Service, bringing pheasant hunting into Garry’s mix of professional guide services.
Garry’s contacts in the outdoor news media and knowledge of the outdoors, plus his work and devotion to the sport he loves, not to mention his PR skills, has made him a much-in-demand outdoor personality.
All of which led him to become host and owner of the prestigious Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame.
“Garry Mason’s understanding of the outdoors news media and their needs has made him the ‘go to’ person in the outdoors for writers like me who are in great need of someone with his outdoors knowledge,” Clay said.
Scott calls Garry, “a great American.”
Buck Gardner said Mason is “a perfect fit” to be a member of Buck Gardner Calls’ pro staff.
On top of that, Garry’s a family man. He and his wife of over 30 years, Cindy, have three children and five grandchildren.

By Larry Rea

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05-01-2006

If you know Larry Rea, you know he loves the outdoors.
It’s a love affair that started many, many years ago on Lake Conway in central Arkansas when with guidance and words of encouragement from his uncle Larry caught and landed a 3-inch bluegill.
No big deal, you say.
Try telling that to a 6-year old on his first fishing trip.
From first fish caught to first deer, turkey and coyote killed, for more than 40 years Larry has been relating his outdoors experiences through the print media as a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat in Little Rock and The Commercial Appeal in Memphis and in the past five years as the host of the award-winning Outdoors with Larry Rea on Country Legends WMC 79 on Saturday mornings from 6:30-7:30.
And now, Larry has taken his love of the outdoors to Memphis-based Buck Gardner Calls as its new Media Director.
“I’ve known and respected Buck Gardner for more than 20 years and am pleased to be a part of Buck’s team,” Larry said. “Like Buck, I’m a communicator with a love not only for the outdoors, but also with trying to spread the good news about hunting and fishing to today’s youth.” According to Buck, “Larry is the kind of man who does more than talk about helping youngsters build a strong foundation in the outdoors. He takes his time and his money and invests both in every opportunity that comes along to help today’s kids get started hunting and fishing. He then writes about what is going on and spreads his influence to an even greater circle of friends.”
Larry spent almost 34 years at The Commercial Appeal, including his final 13 years as only the fourth outdoor editor in a 100-year period for the newspaper. He retired in January 2001 to devote more time to his free-lance writing opportunities and to begin hosting his weekly radio show.
During his tenure at The Commercial Appeal, Larry also covered all aspects of sports, including the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR events, college football bowl games, National Junior Olympic Championships, American Legion World Series, major league baseball World Series and the BASS Masters Classic.
Prior to becoming outdoors editor, Larry was the newspaper’s prep editor for 21 years. He co-founded the Best of the Preps Awards Program, which over the past 30-plus years has recognized thousands of high school athletes and their coaches.
As the outdoors editor, Larry’s responsibilities included serving as the director of the Mid-South Junior Fishing Rodeo, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2000. After retirement from the newspaper, Larry joined with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to continue the fishing rodeo’s legacy through the TWRA Mid-South Junior Fishing Rodeo, which is held on the second Saturday each year.
Larry’s free-lance writing assignments have included the Tennessee Sportsman magazine, TWRA magazine, Mid-South Hunting & Fishing News, Fayette County Receive, Desoto Times and The Commercial Appeal. He also has done public relations work for many of the outdoors sport shows produced by Memphis-based Expo South.
Outdoors with Larry Rea has been on the air since August 2001 and during that time has won numerous local, state and regional awards, including first place in the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association’s best outdoor radio program competition in 2004.
In March of 2006, Larry was honored by the Tennessee chapter of the American Fisheries Association with its Friends of Fishers Award. He has been honored twice by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency – 1997 for “outstanding efforts in communications in appreciation of the outdoors to Tennessee’s Youth” and in 2001 for “many years of promoting wildlife and conservation in the State of Tennessee.”
Larry and his wife Miriam have been married 40 years and live in Germantown.

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04-10-2006

“Without teachers, there would be no students.”
So says world champion goose caller Shawn Stahl of Allegan, Mich., who credits his success to the foundation laid by those initial moments of inspiration and future guidance he first developed in the mid-1980s after watching a TV show featuring a world champion goose caller showcasing his skills.
It was skills that Stahl learned from such legendary goose callers as Sean Martin and Tim Grounds that eventually led him into not only competitive goose calling, but also to create his own business (Fowl Pursuit) and become one of the sport’s most recognizable and knowledgeable spokesman.
And now, Stahl has joined forces with another legendary waterfowler, Champion of Champion duck caller Buck Gardner, to help develop a new line of Shawn Stahl Signature Series Goose Calls and instructional CDs and DVDs. He will also lend his expertise to refine and improve Buck Gardner Calls’ already top-self Canada Hammer Series Goose Calls.
It’s hard to tell who is more excited about this joint venture – Stahl or Gardner.
Exciting is a much used word when it comes to how Stahl and Gardner look on this partnership.
“I’m very, very excited about being able to join with Buck to create an exciting new line,” said Stahl, who will work alongside Gardner as an independent consultant. “It’s a line that will include an innovative and exciting goose call. I’m fired up and look forward to working alongside Buck. I wanted to make sure I got into the right situation and this is a perfect fit for me.”
Gardner agrees.
“I’ve known and respected Shawn for a long time,” Gardner said. “We’re on the same wave link on a lot of ideas. He knows we’re going to make the best quality and affordable product on the market. He’ll be focusing his creative calling efforts on making the very best short reed goose calls available anywhere at any price.”
For sure, Stahl, 36, is no stranger to knowing what makes a quality goose call.
From humble beginnings in mid-1980s when the only calls he knew about were resonate cavity calls and a flute called Big River, Stahl took what he learned from Mann, Grounds and others to enter the world of competitive goose calling contests in the mid-1990s. During that time he finished in the top five in 56 of 60 goose calling championships, using six different calls from four different call makers.
Stahl, who retired from singles goose-calling contests in 2002 to concentrate on helping others to improve their calling/hunting skills, won more than 20 titles, including the 2000 World Goose Calling Championship and the 2002 World Team Goose Calling Championship when he teamed with Kelley Powers.
Since then, Stahl and his nationally acclaimed Fowl Pursuit Team has devoted the bulk of its time and energy to provided the latest in waterfowl hunting techniques, gear and knowledgeable advice through its Web site ( www.fowlpursuit.com) and its Fowl Pursuit Waterfowl Video series and Honker Talk instructional videos and CDs.
Stahl, who is married (Kishelle) and has one son (Mason, who’ll turn 4 in July), will have the “full support” of Memphis based Buck Gardner Calls’ state of the art manufacturing procedures and, Gardner said, “the ongoing commitment to make every call the very best.”

By Larry Rea

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03-30-2006

It was love at first hunt for Daryl Stanley.
The love of the outdoors was passed along from his grandfather to his father and on to Daryl.
All of which eventually led this former professional hockey player, along with his wife, C.C., to go into the outfitter business – Stanley’s Goose Camp, which is located in Manitoba, Canada’s Oak Hammock marsh, a staging area for one of the largest concentrations of waterfowl in North America.
Daryl grew up hunting and playing hockey in his native Manitoba, including eight years in the National Hockey League as a defenseman for Philadelphia and Vancouver.
“I was always doing some type of hunting,” Daryl said. “In fact, the first hunting I can remember is having a long line attached to the door of the chicken coop and I’d catch and shoot blackbirds with a BB gun. It seems like I always had a gun in my hand growing up.”
As a youngster you name it, Daryl hunted it, depending on what was in season.
“I hunted all kinds of what we call bush rabbits with a pellet gun as a youngster,” Daryl said. “As I got older I don’t know how many times I followed my father through the marshes and sloughs shooting ducks and geese. I probably wasn’t like a lot of teenage kids. When that school bell rang I’d run as fast as I could home and look to see if my dad (Frank) had the duck boat out.”
When he was playing in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers Daryl would try to get as many days as possible waterfowl hunting in Maryland. At that time, in the 1980s, Daryl said, “the goose hunting was pretty good on the Eastern Shore.”
Daryl looked at several other venues that he might pursue once he quit playing professional hockey.
Guiding kept coming up at the top of his list.
“I thought about starting a guiding service and a lot of people kept telling me ‘why don’t you do it Daryl? You’re a well-rounded sportsman and you do really well at it. That (guiding) would be right up your alley,’ ” Daryl recalls. “I thought I’d give it a try. I haven’t looked back.”
Daryl signed a three-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets in the fall of 1990, but he decided it was time to quit.
He wasn’t forced out of the game.
“I was just kind of tired of playing,” Daryl said. “The day I went up the general manager’s office – and that was in September – and I told him that I was going to retire from the game and the next morning I was shooting geese in a blind,” Daryl said.
Being a big man (6-3, 240), Daryl had his share of bumps and bruises during his pro hockey career. He also was involved in a serious automobile accident in 1985, during which he sustained a broken neck. He recovered from that injury and after rehabilitation continued his hockey career until deciding to retire.
Prime season for Stanley’s Goose Camp for waterfowl is September-October.
And that’s when you can usually find our own Buck Gardner sharing a blind with Daryl.
“Daryl’s got a first-rate operation from top to bottom,” Buck said. “He’s got an excellent staff and they do everything in their power to make each hunt a great success. I have never seen anyone who works so hard to make every hunt the best it can be. Daryl not only hunts with customers every morning, it is not unusual for him to drive up to 150 miles every afternoon scouting for the best locations with the biggest concentration of birds for the next days hunt. Plus, the accommodations (four-bedroom lodge) and food (C.C. does all the cooking) are the absolute best and more than enough to satisfy even the hungriest hunter’s appetite.”
Daryl likes to tell visitors they’ll probably put on some extra weight on their visit to Stanley’s Goose Camp.
“One thing is that I am very proud of is what I do and the accomplishments I’ve been fortunate enough to have attained in my life,” said Daryl, who also guides for bear in the spring. “I take my guiding the same way I took playing professional hockey. It’s every kid’s dream to be a pro athlete and only a few make it. I worked very hard to achieve that goal. And I carry the same type of work ethics in my outfitting business.”
This is a family run business.
“We’ve had a lot of people say we should get bigger,” Daryl said with a laugh. “I’m very proud of the business that I’ve been able to develop. I started out small and I’ve built a good clientele with Stanley’s Goose Camp. I love my job.” And so do all of his customers!

For more information about Stanley’s Goose Camp call (204) 467-8216 or check out its Web site at www.goosecamp.com.

By Larry Rea

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