B Hoover Custom Calls is owned and operated by Brent and Sherri Hoover in North Platte, Nebraska.  We offer a variety of game calls including duck, goose, deer, turkey, squirrel, predator, shotgun shell duck whistles and miscellaneous outdoor related items.  These calls are unique in both sound and shape.  Our duck call features a "hidden" duck in the profile of the barrel.  The goose call has a hidden goose, and the deer, turkey and predator calls display a buck, turkey feather and coyote profile.  Our goose and deer calls have handmade wood gutserts as well as guts.  While this requires additional time, it makes each call one-of-a-kind.

I grew up just west of North Platte, Nebraska, between the North and South Platte Rivers.  My dad made several items for my brother, sister and myself as we were growing up.  One particular item Dad made for me was a two-foot long hand carved deer rifle I carried in the fields and woods until the finish wore off.  I stil have that toy gun.  Through the years Dad introduced me to hunting, fishing, art and woodworking.  Due to those experiences I have always enjoyed making my own hunting and fishing equipment.  Game calls, especially custom calls, have always fascinated me.  I began making turkey wingbone calls, tube calls and antler whistles years ago.  I painted or scrimshawed a turkey on the bell of the wingbone calls and carved on the tube calls and whistles.  Custom calls bring hunting, art and woodworking all together.  After decades of waterfowling and bowhunting, making my own duck, goose and deer calls gave me a new passion.  Once again hunting, art and woodworking were blended together.  I spent about nine months trying to learn the mechanics of a duck call.  I initially thought I would walk into the shop and produce a "good" sounding duck call before the weekend was over.  Boy, was I wrong!  It took two more years of research and turning calls to produce a duck call that satisfied me.  I could not leave well enough alone and continued to strive for a call that produced all the sounds I wanted.  Soon after, I began to work on other calls.  Goose calls with handmade guts were even more challenging and deer calls with handmade guts left me sleepless some nights.  It was worth every minute.  I spent a lot of time working through the process and praying for answers to my many questions.  I cannot take credit for the final product.  God led me through it all.  The calls you see now are the result of a long journey of research, sketches, wood shavings and the gift God has given me.

I am married to my wonderful wife, Sherri, who has supported me through all these years.  We were blessed with three beautiful daughters, and we spent a lot of time enjoying them and their interests as they were growing up.  I would do it all over again!  God has blessed us with six grandchildren.  Our grandsons are Papa's little buddies.  I enjoy building things and playing with them every chance I can.  While they are still quite young, we strive to find ways to spend time outdoors and enjoy God's wonderful creation.

In addition to making various game calls, I enjoy woodworking in general.  Topping the list of interests and hobbies are waterfowling, bowhunting with a longbow and flyfishing with a bamboo rod.  Yet, you may find me chasing pheasants on a crisp November Nebraska morning, looking for mushrooms in May or catching crawdads in early fall.  Other interests include kayaking, photography, carving and art.  Although I do not paint as many now as I have in the past, I have painted wildlife on nearly 500 turkey and pheasant feathers through the years.  Once again, the common theme comes together as I am hunting for feathers, painting (art) and building shadowboxes (woodworking).

I recently lost my dad, but I would like to thank him for teaching me, my wife, family and friends for supporting me and my Lord and Savior Jesus for leading me.

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord; not for men."         Colossians 3:23