Joe McCarthy | RMEF World Elk Calling Contest | Professional Division

In the highly competitive professional division, Joe McCarthy, Slayer Calls’ product innovation lead and father of 2021 world elk calling champion Cody McCarthy, blew away the seven judges with the ArchAngel - the handle he and his son helped develop when they joined the Slayer team.
“Joe would never admit this, but he’s one of the best elk callers I have heard, and he would give anybody a run for their money on stage,” Slayer Calls CEO Bill Ayer said when McCarthy first joined the company.
A run for their money is exactly what McCarthy, an elk hunter with four decades of experience under his belt, gave his fellow professional competitors. The Caldwell, Idaho, representative for Slayer Calls placed fourth in the finals, producing cow and calf sounds for 30 seconds, bull sounds for 30 seconds, then his own freelance sequence for a final 45 seconds.
McCarthy joined Slayer Calls in May 2022 and has already worked with Ayer and Cody McCarthy to innovate original call designs, including the ArchAngel’s patent-pending Acrylic Sound Amplifying Back Pressure System for better control over vocalizations.