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Oregon, USA – We talk to Fred Zink of Zink Calls and Avian-X on the early years with Ron Latschaw and Final Approach, and when he left FA to go to a new company called Avery Outdoors. They would end up being FA’s main competitor and this would turn into a retail war. This was the start of the boom of the waterfowl industry with all the icons and big names in the industry that would be in charge of a lot of major companies in the future. Fred also has more Tim Grounds stories than anyone in the industry and once you hear one Grounds story you think that is the funniest you have ever heard, until you hear the next one. LOL. This is a podcast you do not want to miss.

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Oregon, USA – We talk to Darren Lundy who is one of Ron’s closest friends as we look back at the start of the company. They traveled together and hunted together so get an inside look at the start of the company that really was created out of one hunters idea to hide better and be more effective at hunting waterfowl. We will talk about the next evolution with Kolpin, growing a national brand, dealing with shareholders and the corporate side of the business and what he saw Ron and the crew go through.

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Oregon, USA – We talk about the progression of the FA brand and how things changed after Ron sold the company to Kolpin Outdoors. He was designing more products and had help from a bigger company with marketing, research and all the assets of a big company. There were some tough times as well dealing with corporate America but those were all challenges Ron fought through. We talk about all the marketing of the Videos like Full Moon Fever that were cornerstones of the industry. Tim Grounds of Tim Grounds Calls, Bill Saunders of Bill Saunders Calls, Cory Hamrick and Marcus Flesher of the Original Hardcore decoys in Idaho and more. It was a great time in the industry and the start of things to come.

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