The DSD ADVISORY TEAM

Todd’s passion for decoying big Canada geese goes back to when he was 17; he sat up from his burlap hide amongst the frozen corn-stalks and shell decoys to take his first finished goose. From that point on, Todd knew this is what he wanted to do…

Todd feeds his obsession by spending 60+ days a field each Fall regularly traveling CT, NY, MA, NJ and eastern Canada. Convincing hard hunted honkers into those last few yards, back-peddling is serious business and attention to details can mean the difference between success or failure.  Scouting, picking the right hide and having a realistic spread are paramount to Todd’s success. “DSDs have allowed me to finish birds tighter and much more consistently than any decoy I have ever used...PERIOD”.

Todd is a member of Bill Saunders Pro-Staff as well as Final Approach’s Field-Staff. When Todd is not in the Goose rig or duck blind you can find him chasing love-sick gobblers or fishing.

Chad has hunted in the waterfowl rich Columbia Basin of Washington State from a very early age. Waterfowl hunting has always been his main interest. This interest has since spawned into a full time guiding job over the last six years. The pursuit of waterfowl has also allowed him to travel to many western states and also Alberta, Canada in search of ducks and geese.  Chad’s schedule and obsession for the sport allows him to spend upwards of 90 days in the field each season. Chad’s interest in the calling aspect of waterfowl hunting has also led to him competing in contest calling. Since he started competing Chad had traveled as far as Michigan and Minnesota to compete and attend waterfowl shows.  In his pursuit he has had many top three finishes in both duck and goose contests, and has finished in the top three in the Washing State goose contest for four straight years, including winning the contest in 2005.

Denis has been decoying geese his entire life and is as die hard a goose hunter as you will find anywhere.  Denis takes 2 weeks off each fall to chase geese in Alberta and hunts Nevada and Oregon throughout the remainder of the season.  Back home Denis hunts a small population of highly pressured geese where it takes experience and the right gear to decoy birds. When Denis is not hunting he is scouting or hand digging pits at local reservoirs and in fields.  Every year Denis tries to get more kids into hunting and calling and has been taking fellow Pro-staffer John David Stanley and younger sister Katie Stanley since JD was 12 and Katie was 7.

Dan’s been hunting waterfowl since the age of seven when his father would throw him on his shoulders and carry him out to the duck blind.  Early hunts forged a dedication and passion in waterfowling that has taken Dan all over the state of California along with jaunts into Oregon, Nevada and Alberta chasing ducks and geese.  Although he fanatically enjoys hunting ducks, geese are his favorite quarry to pursue.   Dan is currently a pro-staffer for Basin Abomination Goose Calls and guides hunters for ducks and geese on the Sundance Hunt Club in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California.  When he’s not hunting waterfowl, Dan works for the U.S. Forest Service as a Captain on the Redding Interagency Hotshot Crew, spending a majority of the summer and fall fighting fire all over the United
States.

Mark has been a goose hunting fanatic since age 16.  He developed his early goose hunting skills while hunting the goose management areas of Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana before the local goose population growth.  At an early age Mark decided the way he wanted to hunt geese was over decoys.  He became serious about learning how to decoy geese the right way, in both field and water set ups.  Through trial and error, he discovered that attention to detail and learning to change and adapt before and during hunts were important to being successful.  Although Indiana and Michigan are his main hunting areas, Mark has been fortunate to have made trips to the Canadian prairies, and has hunted 3 of the 4 flyways for geese. After 30 years of goose hunting experiences, his best hunts are still ones shared with his son Bowen, and brother Paul.

During the off season, he enjoys fishing with his son and 2 young daughters, bass tournaments, and anything waterfowl related.