type private industry hunting apparel founded 1972 headquarters west monroe louisiana united states key people phil robertson founder & president willie robertson ceo jase robertson coo kay robertson vice president products duck calls buck calls and accessories revenue 40 million 2012 operating income 20 million 2012 owner willie robertson jase robertson phil robertson jep robertson number of employees 15 2011 75 2012 subsidiaries buck commander duck dynasty website http duckcommander.com duck commander is both the brand of a best selling duck call and the name of the company in west monroe louisiana united states . the company manufactures these calls and other duck hunting merchandise 1 as well as deer hunting merchandise under the buck commander brand . phil robertson a star football quarterback at louisiana tech university founded the company rather than play professional football in the nfl . 2 he began his business in a dilapidated boat where he spent 25 years making duck calls from louisiana cedar trees . 3 robertson s third son willie robertson currently serves as the company s chief executive officer and has expanded it into a multimillion dollar enterprise . 4 the robertson family and business are the subjects of duck dynasty a reality television series on a & e. before that they were featured in the duck commander television show on the outdoor channel . 5 contents 1 sports sponsorships 1.1 duck commander 500 1.2 duck commander independence bowl 2 filmography 3 references 4 external links sports sponsorships edit duck commander 500 edit main article duck commander 500 the duck commander 500 is a nascar sprint cup series stock car race held at texas motor speedway in fort worth texas united states which had been previously sponsored by samsung directv radio shack national rifle association and others . duck commander independence bowl edit main article independence bowl duck commander also purchased in 2014 the naming rights for college football s independence bowl held each year in shreveport louisiana . filmography edit year title notes 2009 2010 duck commander aired on outdoor channel 6 2011 presents buck commander protected by under armour duck commander spin off 2012 present duck dynasty the hit a & e show 2014 duck commander before the dynasty episodes air on a & e consisting of clips from the original series interspersed with modern day commentary from members of the robertson family . 2016 present jep & jessica growing the dynasty follows jep robertson phil s youngest son and his wife jessica as they adopt a baby boy into their family . references edit smith roxanne january 1 2012 . duck commander . shooting industry magazine . johnson james november 29 2012 . phil robertson explains why he turned down nfl for duck dynasty . the inquisitr . retrieved december 7 2012 . owens ryan ; scholz jim march 20 2012 . redneck millionaires built duck dynasty in duck call business . abc news . retrieved april 8 2012 . willie robertson . duck commander . retrieved december 26 2013 . the week ahead mar. 19 24 . the new york times . march 16 2012 . retrieved december 7 2012 . http www.imdb.com title tt1477772 combined external links edit official website v t e duck commander robertson family duckmen phil robertson si robertson willie robertson jase robertson other kay robertson korie robertson sadie robertson other media duck commander 2009 duck dynasty 2012 episodes duck the halls a robertson family christmas 2013 si cology 1 tales and wisdom from duck dynasty s favorite uncle 2013 sponsorship nascar sprint cup series at texas motor speedway independence bowl this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title duck commander & oldid 735781802 categories companies established in 1972privately held companies based in louisianamanufacturing companies based in louisianasporting goods manufacturers of the united statesrobertson familyunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages simple english edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 02 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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