You will find lots of pictures of calls, including some Vintage calls made by some of the early masters of call making. The CCAA was formed in 1987 as a non-profit organization for callmakers and call collectors. The primary objectives are to further an awareness of call collecting as a hobby, assist members in the location, identification, and trading of collectible calls, and to promote and encourage the perpetuation of the art form through contemporary callmakers. On Friday, September 11, 1987 an informal gathering of 32 of the country's foremost callmakers and collectors met to create an organization to promote interest in and exchange information about this truly unique form of American folk art. With little debate and much enthusiasm these 32 people quickly organized themselves into a cohesive group and voted to associate themselves to further promote interest and knowledge of the history of game callmaking and collecting in the United States. It was decided that an annual meeting and show would be held and to conduct a call auction and contest and encourage members to set up exhibits and displays of calls and collections. Also we will provide for regional quarterly swapmeets and to hold these quarterly meetings in several locations around the country. The annual meeting and quarterly meets will be conducted in close proximity to and with a waterfowl decoy show. The quarterly swapmeets will be located in several locations and at different times of the year in order to provide greater visibility to call collecting and to ensure that a large number of our members will be able to attend a swapmeet and show with some regularity without experiencing unnecessary hardship and travel expenses. At our annual meeting and quarterly swapmeets, trade and display tables will be available to display collections, and new or old calls for sale or barter. Many old acquaintances will be renewed and many new ones formed. Much information and knowledge of game calls and their makers will be exchanged. Collectors and collections are to be featured as well as callmakers both living and deceased. A section will be reserved for classifieds and trading post items. Members will be encouraged to submit information on some feature of their collection or a particular favorite call and the history behind it. One section of the newsletter will be used to list and announce forthcoming decoy shows, wildlife art and other collector shows, calling contests and any happening (event) that may prove valuable to call collectors or makers. The editor needs input from all members, so please help by sending your stories, want ads and items of interest, etc. to the editor and secretary. These 32 members have grown to over 500 in 2005 and our membership extends an invitation to all persons interested in game calls to join the association and to spread the word among your friends and associates to be part of this long standing effort to present the interests of game callmakers and collectors to the American public.
