Brian Call grew up on a rural countryside property in the woodland forests of Oregon’s Willamette Valley adjacent to large patches of untouched timberland. Brian spent his childhood roaming the woods with his cousin and next-door neighbor, Ben Morris; catching crawdads, fishing, shooting bows, and riding horses.
Brian’s father was an avid archery hunter, and he bought Brian his first hunting bow when he was 12 years old—the legal age to hunt in Oregon. Soon after, Brian and Ben went on their first elk-hunting trip and have been devoted elk hunting fanatics ever since.
Brian and Ben have a natural synergism that stems from a lifetime of hunting together; but their initial elk-hunting success was limited—an ingredient was missing. In 2006, they began hunting with their childhood friend, Anthony Spencer, and amidst new-found success, a brotherhood formed between them. The three men formed the Gritty Bowmen brand as a vehicle to share their love of hunting and of wild places—to help unite hunters and non-hunters alike so that they might preserve the animals they love and a way of life that they cherish.
Brian lives in Oregon City with his wife of 18 years, Suzanne Call, whom he adores, and their three young daughters, Katilyn, Abigail, and Hannah.
