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Conestoga man is world-class howler
Wins 3rd place in unique animal calling contest.
Lancaster New Era
Published: Aug 29, 2008
10:50 EST
Conestoga
By AD CRABLE, Staff
At the same time two local Olympians were making Lancaster County proud, Ernie Wilson of Conestoga did the same by howling like there was no tomorrow.
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At the World Predator Calling Competition recently in Kansas City,  Mo., Wilson finished third in both the All Around Champion and Distress Calling divisions.

Wilson 55, used seven different calls he made himself to imitate various coyote calls and distress sounds made by a fawn deer, a chicken and a bird.

In this obscure but growing sport, hunters imitate the sounds of injured or scared prey animals to call in furbearing animals such as coyotes and foxes.

Wilson is one of the best and the handsome wooden calls he makes are a bestseller.

Calling from behind a curtain and with judges on the other side, the electrician wowed the audience with a repertoire of vocalizations from coyotes, similar to the ones he's heard outside his home near Safe Harbor.

He was called on to produce the various calls and howls instantaneously.

Oh, the pressure.

Back home, his fans awaited word of the contest on hunting and trapping Web sites.
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Wilson earned a shot at the title by winning the Pennsylvania predator-calling championship earlier this summer. He already has a sponsor, Foxpro calls.

Wilson is co-founder of the Pennsylvania Predator Hunters Association, dedicated to introducing young people to the sport and helping fellow callers.

"I met all my heroes in the calling world," Wilson said of the experience.


RELATED VIDEO: Howling like a coyote


Staff writer Ad Crable can be reached at acrable@LNPnews.com or 481-6029.

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Let this be a lesson for all you kids out there.

Aim high and you too can achieve your goals.

I'm sure his mother is very proud.
Nick Danger
Many can be an engineer or a college professor. How many howlers do you know Nick? WTG talented Conestoga person.

Wonder
"Calling from behind a curtain and with judges on the other side, the electrician wowed the audience with a repertoire of vocalizations from coyotes, similar to the ones he's heard outside his home near Safe Harbor."

Do we really have Coyotes in Lanc. Co.? I've lived in the Conestoga/Safe Harbor area for close to 30 years and i've never seen one or for that matter heard one. Just wondering.
philly54
QUOTE (Wonder @ Aug 29 2008, 09:33 PM)
Many can be an engineer or a college professor. How many howlers do you know Nick? WTG talented Conestoga person.


Not a one.

I'm shocked. And awed.
Nick Danger
And that idiot nuisance lysol seems to think rednecks only live in the south.
PedroHead
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