Roosa game calls started in a residential garage in 2009. The intentions were to make a hand crafted call that would combine traditional and modern process to create a product that would not only look great but also be able to with stand the harshest environments a outdoorsman could encounter . While a lot of trial and error went into the making of various calls I knew that not one call would leave until they were the vary best I could produce. Some say there was a lot of wasted wood and materials but as long as each one got better it wasn’t a waste.

I made quite a few calls in the following years it was a addictive hobby that i looked forward to each day . I would constantly be thinking of new shapes and new things to do with the tools I had available at the time. In 2013 i started going to duck call shows and really started to take things more seriously and fine tuning the sounds of the calls . Moving the shop into a bigger area gave me the room I needed to grow . I started entering in competitions for sound and was finishing in the middle of the pack which in return gave me more drive to push myself to learn more as being a competitive person the middle of the pack was not a option. 2013 was also when I started a family and my daughter was born which took a lot of my shop time away, but the call making drive was stronger than ever. I knew I couldn’t be out in the shop as much so I brought the shop into the house and that’s when i started to learn checkering of the calls. As my daughter napped I would checker calls and after some help from other call makers and gun stock makers the checkering got better and better. I started entering in the fancy call contest around the country and fortunately doing well and winning many awards.

As great as awards are to win, the biggest accomplishment for me is pulling up to the boat docks to launch your duck hunting boat as some one is loading their boat and you see one of the calls that you’ve made hanging from theirn lanyard. That is better than any award and to see all the hard work that went into crafting something that could very well be passed on from generation to generation and doing the job it was intended for. I’ve been a outdoorsman and hunter since the age of ten and have always had a fascination with building things but it was usually out of metal I enjoyed the craft of welding and cutting of steel to make and repair things . When I found wood working by the simple means of needling a turkey call its made a never ending impression and haven’t looked back . The future of Roosa game calls will always be tradition and quality driven ,and always experimenting trying to find the next thing to make the next hunt a success.

Ryan Roosa
Roosa Game Calls