Wild Elk Federation

The “Call of the Wild” Canadian Elk Calling Championship presented by the Wild Elk Federation was won by 15 year old Russell Nemetchek of Saskatoon, SK. He was the youngest competitor in the finals of the all amateur competition. The finals, held in Edmonton at the Edmonton Boat and Sportsman’s Show on March 18th, 2012 brought together 7 talented elk calling finalists. Over the past few months preliminary qualifying rounds were held at sportsman shows throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan. The top 3 qualifiers from each venue were eligible for the finals. Young Russell was awesome in the finals, dazzling the judges with his talent for imitating cow, calf, and bull elk calls. For his efforts he received the 2012 Canadian Elk Calling Championship Trophy and a check for $1,500.00. Second place and a check for $750.00 went to Dean Vincent of High River, Alberta and Darwin Chambers of Red Deer, AB received a check for $500.00 for his third place finish.

Photo by Brad Fenson

We would like to thank all the competitors that competed over the past few months and we look forward to the 2013 Canadian Elk Calling Championship to be bigger and better.

Thank you to all our judges who participated throughout the competition, and a special thank you to our finals judges, Cody Robbins of Live2Hunt, Chris David of the Hunting Chronicles, and Barry Holt of the Wild Elk Federation.

A special thanks to our sponsors, Canadian National Sportsman’s Shows, Majestic Swabbing of Brooks, AB, Back Country Butchering of Cowley, AB, Red Deer Sportsman & Outdoor Adventure Show, Medicine Hat Fish & Game, and the Saskatoon Sport & Leisure Show.