By David DiBenedetto

It’s time to announce the winner of our latest caption contest, and what a contest it was. First off, many thanks to Dexter the Dachshund for actually retrieving the bumper during our quasi-photo shoot. Who would have thought?

And big thumbs up to the gang at Zink Calls for our prize: a great Power Hen 2 duck call ($125). But let’s get on with it.

As always there were a ton of great entries. Ejunk led things off with this pretty hilarious jingle that riffed off the Oscar Mayer bologna song:

Oh I wish I were a Re-trievin' Wie - ner

That is what I'd tru-ly like to be

'cause if I were a Re-reivin' Wie - ner

I could go a hunt-in' with my bu-ddies!

Kelmitch, a regular on Man’s Best Friend, mined his history books to borrow a famous German phrase once uttered by President Kennedy in Berlin.

Ich bin ein deutscher Retrieveing Wunder Hund!

MABALLZ made us laugh with this one:

You did it! Why the long face?

Then there was rynodaug’s very creative entry.

He thought he'd proven himself returning the bumper. Little did he know, it was his owner's ear plug.

Honorable mention went to jswhitney for a pretty hilarious take on the photo.

It's pronounced DUCKS-und, and yes, it IS a retrieving breed.

But in the end, the winner was Dotcomaphobe. Drum roll, please…

Oh, yeah? I've seen you shoot. If you can call yourself a hunter, I can call myself a gun dog.

Congrats Dotcomaphobe. Well played. Send me your shipping address at mbfcontest@gmail.com, and we’ll get the duck call in the mail. Happy honking.

Thanks for playing, everyone. More free stuff to come soon.

Comments (20)

from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations Dotcomaphobe...Enjoy your new Power Hen 2 duck call..Great job gentlemen!!!

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from ejunk wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

so close! congrats to the winner.

yrs-
Evan!

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from pinopolis wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

congrats to the winner. thanks to everyone (and dexter!) for the good laugh!

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from Blitz wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Great contest. Thanks David for running it.

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from jscottevans wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Great contest and congrats on the winning quote

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from bdarak wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

I must have missed that one, that is helarious. Great job everyone!

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from BowtechWVU wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Neat contest and good job to everyone

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from jakenbake wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

I liked those, they were good

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from blackdawgz wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

It's still disgusting. Although he's probably as good as the dogs that most of your readers own, the photos that are published here should represent some kind of ideal. Some kind of a performance lever to which to aspire. I see a lot of space that shows concern over the loss of interest in hunting and fishing. Features like this will only add to whatever is causing the decline. To end on a positive note: I've got a new shotgun, a new camcorder, and Spring Hunting is coming up next month. Gonna show some real bird dogs and retrievers.

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

didn't he win the last one too? congrats

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from Dotcomaphobe wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Wow, thanks for the kind words, everyone! This was a great contest. The look in the dog's eyes just makes the picture even more hilarious!

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from kelmitch wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations Dotcomaphobe from NY.

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from Dave DiBenedetto wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

jamesti- This is dotcomaphobe's first victory in a Man's Best Friend contest. -D

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from Cgull wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

nice job DCphobe, call in a bunch!! Wufff

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from Capt. Koons wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Great job Dotcom and great selection David.

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations 'phobe!

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from WA Mtnhunter wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Nice job Dotcom..

Every pack of retrievers or pointers needs a little German discipline!

Achtung!

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from kevin45331 wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Well done Dot!! Thanks Dave, it was fun!!

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from JOHN ANDERSON wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

CONGRATS!!!!Dotcom!!!

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from WesMcCormick wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations Dotcomaphobe, and blackdawgz your an idiot, if you want to see pictures of retrieving dogs, look them up on yahoo or something, this was meant to be fun. A caption contest to win a duck call is not going to add to the decline of hunting. If that were the case than a bow fishing for gar in Texas is probably responsible for the declining deer numbers in Pennsylvania.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations Dotcomaphobe...Enjoy your new Power Hen 2 duck call..Great job gentlemen!!!

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from jscottevans wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Great contest and congrats on the winning quote

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from BowtechWVU wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Neat contest and good job to everyone

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

didn't he win the last one too? congrats

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from ejunk wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

so close! congrats to the winner.

yrs-
Evan!

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from pinopolis wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

congrats to the winner. thanks to everyone (and dexter!) for the good laugh!

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from Blitz wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Great contest. Thanks David for running it.

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from bdarak wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

I must have missed that one, that is helarious. Great job everyone!

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from jakenbake wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

I liked those, they were good

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from Dotcomaphobe wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Wow, thanks for the kind words, everyone! This was a great contest. The look in the dog's eyes just makes the picture even more hilarious!

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from kelmitch wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations Dotcomaphobe from NY.

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from Dave DiBenedetto wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

jamesti- This is dotcomaphobe's first victory in a Man's Best Friend contest. -D

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from Cgull wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

nice job DCphobe, call in a bunch!! Wufff

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from Capt. Koons wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Great job Dotcom and great selection David.

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations 'phobe!

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from WA Mtnhunter wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Nice job Dotcom..

Every pack of retrievers or pointers needs a little German discipline!

Achtung!

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from kevin45331 wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Well done Dot!! Thanks Dave, it was fun!!

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from JOHN ANDERSON wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

CONGRATS!!!!Dotcom!!!

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from WesMcCormick wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

Congratulations Dotcomaphobe, and blackdawgz your an idiot, if you want to see pictures of retrieving dogs, look them up on yahoo or something, this was meant to be fun. A caption contest to win a duck call is not going to add to the decline of hunting. If that were the case than a bow fishing for gar in Texas is probably responsible for the declining deer numbers in Pennsylvania.

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from blackdawgz wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

It's still disgusting. Although he's probably as good as the dogs that most of your readers own, the photos that are published here should represent some kind of ideal. Some kind of a performance lever to which to aspire. I see a lot of space that shows concern over the loss of interest in hunting and fishing. Features like this will only add to whatever is causing the decline. To end on a positive note: I've got a new shotgun, a new camcorder, and Spring Hunting is coming up next month. Gonna show some real bird dogs and retrievers.

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