My husband has hunted with this guy.

Champion duck caller dies in Tuesday accident
The Hawk Eye

FORT MADISON -- Bernard A. Boyle, a nationally known champion duck caller and duck call maker from Danville, died Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash north of Fort Madison.

Boyle, 47, was traveling southbound in a minivan on 303rd Avenue early Tuesday morning when his vehicle was struck broadside on the passenger side by a pickup driven by Todd Richard Pardall, 45, of 2126 Golden Road, West Point, who was traveling eastbound on 180th Avenue and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of the two roads.

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Both vehicles entered the southeast ditch of the intersection, according to the Lee County Sheriff's office. The minivan came to rest on its top in a private drive and the pickup came to rest in the ditch near the minivan.

Boyle died from injuries sustained in the accident. Pardall was transported to Fort Madison Community Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.

The Lee County Sheriff's office was assisted at the scene by Denmark Fire and Rescue, fort Madison Fire and Rescue and Lee County EMS Ambulance.

The investigation continues and charges are pending, according to the sheriff's office.

Boyle was a founding member of the Mississippi Valley Callers Association and two-time winner of the World Championship Duck Calling Contest, in 2002 and 2004. He also won the Champion of Champions Contest in 2005.

Boyle sold his line of duck and goose calls through a Web site, mallardmauler.com.

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