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Member Board of the Diver Society |
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The birds all members have harvested - Barrow's Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Canvasback, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Greater Scaup, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser,
Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck |
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Kevin Kriegel
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Kevin not only is obsessed with waterfowl on his days off, but everyday all day. Working as a biologist for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department he spends most of his days thinking about ducks and their habitat. Kevin not only spends his time hunting in his warm state, but has hunted coast to coast, including his recent trip to Alaska. Having completed the diver and puddler societies his goal is to go all the way to Master Waterfowler.
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Brent Cimmings
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I've been duck hunting for over 25 years. The first duck I shot was a wood
duck in Wisconsin. Since then I've chased ducks in: Alberta, California,
Utah, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Maine, and Arkansas. My goal is to
collect every species of duck in North America. Currently I've taken 31
species. 21 of these species I've had mounted. In addition to duck hunting I
enjoy deer and elk hunting and upland game bird hunting.
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John Otto
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John Otto has been hunting Waterfowl and all other things winged for over 25 years from the northern plains of Canada to the warm marshes of Mexico. His passion for Waterfowl is an all year endeavor, when not in the marsh or on the salt you will find him working on taxidermy for his trophy room which is currently at around 120 mounts and counting. Other passions include Labradors, decoy carving, avriculture, and writing. John has authored two books, one being a collection of stories titled A Season of Wing-Shooting, and another called An Otto Brothers Collection of Waterfowl, a collaboration of reference photo's with his hunting partner and brother Jason Otto. John is also a Director for the Washington Brant Foundation and with his brother, travels throughout his home state of Washington giving 6 to 8 seminars and speaking engagements a year on various Waterfowl related subjects. A collector, John is only 3 birds away from Master status, something he hopes to accomplish within the year.
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Dennis Abrams
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Dennis started upland bird hunting almost fifty years ago. He shot his first duck a green winged teal over a point while pheasant hunting. He has hunted waterfowl in more traditional methods for the last 35 years but became addicted when he started hunting the Chesapeake Bay 10 years ago. He makes a trip or two to the Chesapeake in the early season but gets serious in January when he spends 3 or 4 days per week on the Bay. Divers and seaducks are his favorites. Since Dennis retired 6 years ago he has expanded his travels to hunt new species, both waterfowl and upland. He completed the diver species this year taking Barrow's Goldeneye with Alaska Wildfowl Adventures. Dennis lacks four birds to finish his waterfowl quest. Cinnamon Teal, King Eider, Cackling Goose, and Sandhill Crane.
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Scott McWatty
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Scott began hunting waterfowl as a kid nearly 25 years ago. He was
introduced to the sport by his father in South Carolina where he still
resides, and he is fortunate to still get the opportunity to share a blind
with him on many hunts each year. For the past 8 years he has been in
pursuit of collecting one of each species of huntable North American
waterfowl. He is passionate about waterfowling, nature photography
(especially taking pictures of ducks), and taxidermy collecting. Of all the
ducks, he gets fired up the most about the divers. He is looking forward to
what the future holds to finish out his quest and becoming a member of the
Master Waterfowler Society.
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Tony Smith |
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Tony has been hunting waterfowl for 23 years, divers exclusively for 12 years. He has owned only Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and decided to get into layout boats after his best Dog Gander passed away. To collect his species he has traveled to Rhode Island to hunt with Swampers and Maryland and hunted with Jeff Coates and Sean Mann. He still gets excited at the site of a diver duck, in fact it’s gotten so bad it’s all he think about. Tony also looks forward to the future as he will be raising my two boys as waterfowlers and hopes they have the passion that he has for it. In his words “There is nothing like hunting the marshes of the great salt lake, it is not uncommon to shoot a limit of seven different species.” |
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Ray "Spec" Prothero |
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Ray is an old time California waterfowler who has been at it 58 years and have shot his share of birds. From him he now says it is more fun watching my grand kids now then busting birds!!! Don't get me wrong I still love to do that also. |
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