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Authors: Phil Robertson

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The boys—left to right: Willie, Jep, and Jase—waiting on me to return with the fish

Me at the lathe in the mid-1970s

Still building duck calls in the 1990s

Building duck calls is a family affair.

Me with Peggy Sue out on my land

Mac Owen and me hunting among the cypress trees of Louisiana

Here I am preaching the gospel at a speaking event.

Grand opening of the new location in 2010

The Duckmen accepting our Golden Moose awards in 2010

Si and me enjoying some brother time

Jimmy Frank, Tommy, and I admire the five-hunter limit from the last hunt of 2011.

© ART STRIBER

PHIL ROBERTSON
was born and raised in Vivian, Louisiana. There were seven children in his family, so money was scarce, and very early on hunting became an important part of Phil’s life. In college, Phil played football ahead of Terry Bradshaw at Louisiana Tech; after Phil received his bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s in education, he spent several years teaching. Never satisfied with the duck calls on the market, Phil began to experiment with making a call that would produce the exact sound of a duck—and so, in 1972, the first Duck Commander call was born. In the mid-seventies, Phil turned his life over to the Lord and is now invited to speak to hundreds of churches and organizations every year. Duck Commander is still a family business, with all four of Phil’s sons and their wives working for the company at one time or another. The fishing nets are still being run on the Robertson land, hauling in enough to feed the whole family. “Yes,” says Phil, “it’s a rough life, but somebody’s gotta do it.”

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