Archery Business Jan-Feb 2012
KNIGHT HALE 40TH ANNIVERSARY lets That year they went into the call making business full time Riding The Learning Curve Harold and David quickly discovered that business was not just about balancing a checkbook and going hunting and glad handing writers We found out that it was a chess game David says and we had to learn how to out maneuver the other guys This was especially true for Knight Hale because the principals had worked hard to build a dealerbased business but they simply couldnt busi ignore the big chains Eventually David and Harold branched out into waterfowl and deer calls and divided the business responsibilities I basically developed the calls Harold says I was just trying to make them better sounding more realistic I wanted to be sure they would sound right when someone held them in a big mitten that the reeds would not freeze up in cold weather and that hunters could vary the pitch and tone in case one particular sound just wasnt working that day Harold was better at blowing the calls He had what he describes as a musical ear David was more into the manufacturing and selling and promoting end of the business For instance Id spend time on quality control while David worked with pricing and buying raw materials 42 archeryBUSINESS January February 2012 Knight Hales White Liar is on the cutting edge of surface technology for pot calls The surface material works just as well wet as it does dry It comes with a piecebirch Power Tip Striker and can be purchased either in plastic 27 or wood 45
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