Archery Business Jan-Feb 2012
KNIGHT HALE 40TH ANNIVERSARY Knight Hale Death Chamber This new variable pitch grunt call 20 from Knight Hale 256 353 0634 www knightandhale com produces all common deer sounds A simple shift of the lever lets hunters move from the sound of mature bucks to timid fawns and the Snort Wheeze Chamber makes a noise just like a dominant buck looking for a ght early days In the beginning lots of local guys would help out In those days we were competing against Olt and Lohman and Rickard and when they put one guy on the road we put three out there to meet people and talk up our calls in seminars Knight Hale hasnt been shy about the new social media either Strelec says We do Knight Hales Ultimate Hunting television on the Outdoor Channel and produce videos We have a website www knightandhale com a Facebook page www facebook com kandhcalls and folks can follow us on Twitter @ knight_ and_ hale While the old outdoorsmen themselves may not post on Twitter a wrinkle in the corporate universe allows them to hunt and give seminars and make videos while Pradco keeps their names alive in the social media Jim Strelec says it is different though working in the corporate jungle than being part of a small hustling private enterprise It was often tense back in the day and is more secure now 52 archeryBUSINESS January February 2012 In those days before Pradco bought us we didnt know what would happen from day to day We sold the company to Pradco in 1996 David re ects We ran it for 12 years but Pradco has paid us to hunt and sh and make TV shows and build new calls for 15 years The best part At the end of the day we dont have to worry about money A Great Friendship Endures For David Hale and Harold Knight the best part may not be the money or the security After 40 years David is still one of my best friends Harold says Hes a fair honest person Hes not a hothead Weve had a successful partnership Neither one of us counted pennies We tried to work as one not as two We werent competitive with each other and each one had his strong points Were both forgiving men of the Christian faith We compromised when we needed to Nobody had their way all the time Ive watched some other companies always mad or in a lawsuit We just never operated that way The best part According to Jim Strelec part of Knight Hale since they went full time in 1984 wed trust each other to go to the bank with our life savings Rob Keck long time director of the National Wild Turkey Federation hunted with the boys from Cadiz and also worked with them on turkey restoration He says there is indeed a secret ingredient that Harold and David share I hunted Land Between the Lakes with them in the 70s when there were lots of hunters staggering numbers but very few birds Restoration efforts have been successful though and turkey populations have climbed Now the guys have turkeys running through their back yard David and Harold are honest men true to their word Theyre the real deal Keck says students of the outdoors and avid hunters too Thats the truth and thats their secret
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