Everyone thinks that their hunting club is the one that everyone wants to be a part of and since 2006 Team DrakeTakers has been that one. Head Pro-staffer Justin "The DrakeTaker" Reamer and Pro-staffer Austin Urban started DrakeTakers up 3 years ago and it has grown to have the reputation of killing waterfowl. Being part of Team DrakeTakers is known pretty well around the Topeka area and we are even asked about it at local Ducks Unlimited events. It all started in one of our early morning duck hunts on the Kansas River waiting for the first drake to take flight we started talking about making a name for ourselves. So as the day went on and in between the ducks landing in our laps we started coming up with names. Thats when Justin Reamer came up with DRAKETAKERS. From that moment on Team DrakeTakers was born. We now do everything we can to hunt ducks and geese, adding decoys to our spread, perfecting our calling and scouting out fields to ensure the hunt will be limitless fun with limits of waterfowl. Along with loving to hunt ourselves we also love to volunteer our time to DU. Justin is on the Topeka and Oregon Trail DU committees. Our biggest enjoyment from hunting is getting the younger generation out on some hunts. We started taking out younger kids from our area during the youth season. There is nothing better then going out and watching there faces light up when the first duck or goose gets into range. That is what being a DrakeTaker is all about, we have spread into making shirts, decals, and the latest being this website. We hope you enjoy it and will use all the information and tips to get the ducks and geese close enough to yell “DRAKE TAKE EM”.
Opening Day 2008
After spending the last 32 hours in and out of the hospital with my g/f and having her deliver her baby at 2AM on Saturday morning, I was loading up the trailer at 5AM and headed to the spot to meet my buddies. I had scouted this pond for the last week and it was full of geese and had a few ducks mixed in as well. We had to set-up on the side of the pond that the corn stubble was about 20 yards back from the pond due to the wind being out of the wrong direction. After the morning started off slow about 8:30AM the geese started getting off the the pond at Payless ShoeSource and headed our way. The next hour was filled with alot of calling, flagging, shooting and reloading. When it was all said and done we had 13 Canada's and 3 Mallard Drakes. We ended up 2 geese shy of our 5-man limit, but we wanted to get out of the field and save it for later in the week.
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