Contact: Larry Rea, Media Director, Written by Larry Rea. 6.15.06

POLYWOOD CALLS

The moment you open the box and unwrap the paper that surrounds the call, it’s obvious you’ve purchased a special duck call.
First of all, it has Buck Gardner’s stamp of approval, which means the former World Champion and Champion of Champion caller has made it a priority for his Memphis-based Buck Gardner Calls.
Secondly, there’s its unmatched end-to-end beauty.
And lastly, as you expect from all Buck Gardner Calls products, it’s priced right.
We’re talking about the latest addition to the Buck Gardner Calls family: the PolyWood Call.
“PolyWood Calls is something that people have wanted for a long time,” Buck said. “They want the beauty of wood and there is a little bit of difference in the resonance of a wood barrel. The traditionalist wants that in a duck call. What we did was give them that and combined it with our Polycarbonate insert.”
Hence, the name PolyWood Calls, which combines wood and polycarbonate to give what Buck calls “the best of both worlds.”
Take it from Buck, one of his polycarbonate inserts will never change once it’s tuned right and sounds right.
Plus, the wooden barrel gives you the beauty of a traditional wooden duck call, which is what a lot of people want.
“This product has become popular in the last few years because people have begun to understand that you really don’t need to have a wooden insert in your call,” Buck said.
And why not, you ask?
Well, for one reason, it’s going to swell and change, Buck said. Plus, the grain begins to rise on the tone board and after a year or two the call begins to sound dramatically different.
“The sound will change in a wooden tone board,” Buck said. “Lot of time people will pull out their call after not using it for a year and they’ll say, ‘Something has happened to my call.’ Actually, it’s just the wood. What happened is that the last time they used it, it was wet and then it dried and it just had a little fuzz come up on the tone board and it just changes the way they sound.”
Thus, was born the Polycarbonate/Cocobola wood combination.
The new PolyWood Calls also feature a double-penned, glued and friction fitted brass band.
“It will never come off, Buck said.
As for the name, Buck laughed and said, “It’s a take off on Hollywood. You know, PolyWood, Hollywood.”