Ron Wieneke started Hunting waterfowl at the age of 14. His neighbors across the street Steve and Russ who where 3 and 4 years older took him for the first time in the early 80's and he was hooked. No one in his family really hunted, that’s why it is so important to take a kid Hunting. In the spring of 1985 Ron bought his first duck call from Wendell Carlson. Soon after his Mother found out that he paid $75.00 for the duck call she made him pay rent. Ron’s passion for waterfowl hunting grew by leaps and bounds. He started practicing for the Nebraska State Duck Calling Contest and soon figured out that waterfowl hunting is an expensive sport. Ron found that to be able to hunt more, he needed to be good with a call so he could get invited to hunt with other people. Ron placed 3rd in the Nebraska State Duck Calling Contest. Wanting to be competitive in the contest arena, he was told that he needed a $250.00 Stuttgart Screamer Duck Call from Wendell Carlson. Ron knowing the grief his Mother gave him for a $75.00 duck call thought Grandpa Dinslage and himself could make a duck call. The first one worked, the next 50 did not but in time Ron figured it out. That was back in August 1985 and since that time Ron has used his own hand made calls in all Duck and Goose calling contests he has entered. Not many call makers can make that statement. Ask any of the call makers out there what brand of call they were blowing when they won that contest. Most of the game call makers become call makers after winning with a call they did not make. Ron has made and designed a lot of different calls for other call makers. He has also made thousands of Duck and Goose calls for Ducks Unlimited. Many waterfowl hunters probably have calls that were made by Ron and just don’t know it. Chances are if you own a Cocobola wood Duck or Goose call bought in 1987-1998 it was made by Ron’s company Woods Game Calls. In the past years, Ron has designed many unique features in game calls design, like The cleanable reed assembly designed in the goose guts. The o-ring adaptor, and the way double reed duck calls are made. Ron has always believed that game calls should be user friendly and still perform Championship quality. Ron still hunts with the very same call he was blowing to win the K-10,000 Duck Calling Contest for which First place was $10,000. Ron has taught his share of hunters to blow a call. Ron likes to compare calls to musical instruments. At its basic form, a duck call is a simple reed, barrell and sound chamber. How those parts all work together with to make the sweet duck music is the secret.
"Duck and Goose calls are like musical instruments. They don't make many violins out of plastic"