| Scott Simmons
of Simmons Calls hails from Nashville, TN, moved
to Clarksville during his teen years, and was
previously employed with the US Forest Service
outpost located at Land Between the Lakes in
Kentucky. It was after this stint with the Forest
Service that Scott decided to go back to school and get his Masters Degree in
wildlife biology with an emphasis in waterfowl management. Scott is currently
taking courses and involved in research towards this goal at Tennessee Tech in
Cookeville. Because of this relocation to East Tennessee most of his hunts now
occur in the East Tennessee area from Gallatin to Knoxville with an occasional
trip back to the old familiar Dover Bottoms. |
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| Scott was gratefully
introduced to hunting by his father at an early age and
grew up hunting just about anything he could, including
deer, turkey, small game, and was eventually introduced
to waterfowl hunting which proved to be very
influential, eventually shaping his future. Scott began
his waterfowl hunting in Dover Tennessee in the locally
known “Bottoms” as well as a few select spots on Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.
Scott takes a couple of trips a year to Reelfoot, but most of his hunts center
around Woods Reservoir, Center Hill Lake, Watts Bar, Cordell Hull, Dale Hollow
Lake and other miscellaneous potholes in Middle to Eastern parts of Tennessee. |
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| Scott's passion for
the outdoors and waterfowl stemmed from an unexplainable
enthusiasm that provided and eventually led him into
call making and collecting. Scott started Simmons Custom
Calls, www.simmonscalls.com, and has been making some of
the best custom carved calls that we have seen in a long
time. Taught by Memphis, TN call maker, Ty Black,
Scott's interest in call making developed from the
ability to communicate with wildlife as well as the historical development of
duck calls and call making. Every year, he produces individually turned and
carved calls upon the requests of his customers and to their wishes while
encouraging everyone to remember such a superb folk-art tradition. Scott lives
and breathes for the biology and historical aspects of waterfowl and waterfowl
hunting and hopes that the true values of hunting and the outdoors are never
forgotten. |