TOXIC CALLS PRO STAFF...

HENRY OBREY

My name is Henry Obrey and I live in central Maine. This is where I have grown up hunting and fishing with my dad. My best memories  are those spent in the field with him. I am 22 years old and just graduated from Unity College in Unity, Maine with a degree in Fisheries Science.

I spend most of my days enjoying the outdoors pursuing fish with a fly rod in the summer and waterfowl in the fall. I live for out witting animals whether its geese in a field, trout on a fly, or a deer in the woods. My passion for the outdoors lies deep within my core. I live to work ducks and geese into the spread or drive a big tom turkey crazy, as he struts into range. I hope to have my own outfitter specializing in waterfowl management and hunting one day. Work hard, play hard, hunt harder.

TRAVIS RAPP

I'm Travis Rapp from Brookline, MO. I'm the owner of Ozarks Wild Life Management Outfitter and Guide. I started trapping at the age of 7 and guiding turkey hunts at 14. I have been fortunate to guide big game hunts and hunt myself in over 11 different states. I have qualified for the NWTF Grand Nationals and a member of buffalo creek calls pro staff. I have tried every call out there and love custom calls. which is what I love about Toxic calls, there attention to details and the pride that goes into each call. I guide duck hunts and a few goose hunts and am extremely proud to have nothing but Toxic calls on my lanyard. I'm a devoted family man and have been blessed with a gorgeous wife and three beautiful daughters. God bless you all and may Toxic calls fill your freezer.

COOPER WILSON

I am currently a junior at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota with a major of exercise science.  Upon graduation I plan to attend chiropractic school.  I’ve been waterfowl hunting since I can remember, when my dad started letting me tag along on bluebill and ring-neck duck hunts.  As I have gotten older, I have become passionate about waterfowl hunting and have been studying the actions and behaviors of waterfowl for several years.  Whether I am hunting big Canada honkers in a corn field, chasing after the divers on lakes, or sitting in a tree stand waiting for that big buck to come by, you will always find me somewhere in the field.

NICHOLAS SMITH

My name is Nicholas Smith. I live in North Central Oklahoma with my wife Lauren . I work for Ditch Witch where I work as a production machinist. I grew up in the outdoors hunting mostly whitetail bucks. I can remember going out and sitting with my dad in a tree stand starting when I was around 4 years old. I started hunting when I was 7 years old and have been truly blessed with the success that I have had. I started duck hunting several years ago with my brother-in-law Ryan and a group of friend and man did the addition hit me hard. Now a minute doesn't go by that I'm not think of something that I need to do to get ready for duck season from painting decoys to building blinds.  To me there is nothing in the word that compares to the feeling that you get when you hear the sound of those whistling wings before sunrise or you have a group of several hundred duck working your spread at the same time it is what drives me to do what I do.

SCOTT PROPES

Greetings Toxic Nation my name is Scott Propes I am 41 years old and call the great state of Nebraska home. I enjoy representing Toxic calls as their Central Flyway Manager. It is easy to represent a product that I use, trust and would recommend to strangers and friends alike. My go to Toxic Calls are the QOK for ducks and the TTS and EOD for Geese.

Being a lifelong Nebraska hunter has given me ample opportunities to hunt upland birds, deer, varmints, and waterfowl. But waterfowl hunting has always been my obsession.
I got started early goose hunting with my Dad, and remember watching my first group of Canada’s lock up floating down into the decoys. At that moment new I was hooked, and to this day it is one of my fondest memories.

My favorite hunting methods is field hunting ducks and geese. From scouting, to getting permission even setting the decoys... it is a chess game, and every move counts. There is nothing better than being on the X and watching those cupped wings drop into the decoys. In my opinion few things in the hunting world can compare with watching a flock of hungry ducks or geese respond to the calls and head toward the decoys “It is simply Magical”

WILL DURSTINE

Will Durstine from Northeast Ohio/ southwestern Pennsylvania has addicted to waterfowl hunting we chase the swamp donkeys from Lake Erie to southern Pa from open water to cut corn.... Ducks on the other hand in the flooded river bottoms and flooded fields. 27 yrs old and has been passionate about waterfowl for the past 20+ yrs sitting in the blinds with my dad and pap.

BRAD WHEAT

Greetings everyone, my name is Brad Wheat.  I was born and raised on the Tennessee River near Paris, Tennessee.  My passion for the outdoors started a when I was 3 years old along the dewatering areas of the Tennessee River when I harvested my first animal, a big ole’ fox squirrel.  Since that day, I have been chasing game around the Tennessee River with my family and friends relentlessly.  Although I enjoy hunting most anything, waterfowl hunting holds true to my heart.  I set quest on my first waterfowl chase when I was 4 years old and watched my cousin, father and their friends shoot full limits (at that time 3 ducks per person) of Mallards and Black ducks in flooded timber.  That day marks the day that I fell in love with waterfowl and waterfowl hunting, and at the age of 25 I have not missed an opportunity or a season yet!  I cut my teeth shooting ducks in the flooded trees, but I have extended my waterfowl hunting experiences to big water diver hunts, teal on the mudflats, Canada geese in North Dakota, mixed bags in rice fields, and Snow geese in Missouri.
 
At an early age I learned to appreciate the outdoors in a way that many miss.  My father, being a wildlife biologist, instilled in me a sense of appreciation for the outdoors that remains.  Today, my passion is beyond the hunt, and I have dedicated my life to wildlife conservation and habitat management.  I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Natural Resource Management at the University of Tennessee-Martin, and I am currently working towards my Master’s Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science at Mississippi State University.  I have worked in the wildlife field at the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota and in the Lower Coastal Plains of Mississippi for the past 7 years.  I am currently a member of The Wildlife Society, Ducks Unlimited, North American Hunting Club, and a Committee member of the Oktibbeha County Chapter (Mississippi) of the National Wild Turkey Federation.  To say the least, I am dedicated to the outdoors, I am a hunting enthusiast and I care about the tradition of hunting and wildlife conservation.  For me, being an outdoorsman is more than a hobby, it is a way of life.

Stay true to the outdoors my friends, and may God bless you all with success and good times on ALL of your adventures!

ZACK KLEIN

I started hunting when I was 12 and fell in love with all types of hunting mainly concentrating on deer in my youth.as I got older I strived for more challanges and came across the awesome world of waterfowling.  From the traditions of decoy carving to learning how to call...I absolutly love this sport.  I guided for a local guide service here in central Maryland for several years and was exposed to a whole different level of hunting...paying it forward and giving back to the sport.  Honestly theres nothing more satisfying than watching someone take their first duck or goose and knowing that my efforts had come full circle.  To further my passion I decided to become a Maryland hunter safety instructor in an 
effort to give back to the sport of hunting that has given me so much joy.  A few years ago I started a chapter of Delta Waterfowl here in centeral Maryland and have been a very big supporter of all groups pertaining to conservation of wetlands and habitat.

Becoming a prostaffer for Toxic calls has absolutly been a pleasure and again another avenue for me on a personal level to pass on the tradition of waterfowling.  Having an awesome product to promote makes my job easy as a representive of Toxic calls.  Currently I am the Atlantic flyway manager for Toxic calls and if there is anything I can do for you feel free to contact me.   Thank you in your intrest in Toxic calls and best of luck to you this season and future seasons to come.

CLINT HAY

I grew up in south central Nebraska along the Platte river.  I spent many days hunting and fishing since I was 5 years old along side my dad Steve, who introduced me to the great sport of waterfowling and the outdoors in general. Growing up in an area with an abundance of wildlife which fueled my passion for the outdoors.  I still spend a great day afield with my dad whenever I get the chance.  Now living in eastern South Dakota, I spend as much time that I can hunting, fishing and scouting.  Field hunting ducks and honkers is my favorite....there’s nothing like it!
 
I enlisted with the Nebraska Army National Guard in 2003, while still in high school.  Completing basic training in Ft. Benning, GA after my junior year of high school, and completed my advanced individual training at Ft. Leonardwood, MO after my senior year of high school.  After graduating high school, I was deployed to Iraq in 2004-05 for Operation Iraqi Freedom.  After returning, I attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  Four short years later I graduated with a Bachelors in Industrial Distribution.  Very shortly after graduating college, our country called again, and was deployed to Iraq for a second time in 2009-10.  Now after serving 8 years, I am out of the military.  Joining the military and serving our great country was a life changing experience to say the least!!

In the off season I enjoy playing a lot of golf and spending time at the lake jet skiing.  I work full time as an outside sales representative for a water works distributor.  I am happy to be representing Toxic Calls.

BRETT HAYES

I'm Brett Hayes, grew up in Oklahoma. Yes I am a true Okie from Muskogee. I have hunted and fished the back waters and pastures my whole life. My life changed for the better or worse after that first waterfowl hunting trip. Everyone out there knows excaclty what I mean, the addiction, the sickness, the feeling that stirs deep in our bones. The cold chill of the over excited shake of a wet Lab, the ice in your beard, the smell of gunsmoke after that flock of mallards just lit at your feet. Ever since then my passion has been waterfowl and introducing people to the wonderful sport. I am a proud to be part of the Dirtysouth Duckmen film group and love everything about the filming industry. I am truely blessed to be able have the opportunity to represent some of the greatest products in the outdoor industry.

MASON PERRYMAN

Hey my name is Mason Perryman I'm 21 years old from a little town called Olive, Oklahoma. I work as a full time firefighter at Drumright Fire Dept. I have always had a love for the outdoors since the first time my dad took me hunting. Growing up I lived for whitetail deer hunting then I got to college and that all changed. I had two good buddies of mine from college that talked me into go duck hunting with them one day and ever since then waterfowl hunting has been a passion of mine. Anytime I'm out scouting or in the blind it is always a learning experience and a great time of fellowship and making life long memories with great friends.

CODY HARPER

My name is Cody Harper. I live in Northeast Arkansas with my wife Ashley. I am 25 years old and I am a high school math teacher. I graduated from Lyon College in Batesville Arkansas where I received degrees in Business Finance, Economics, and Accounting. I also played four years of college baseball there. Even though I loved baseball, hunting is my one true passion.

I hunt practically every chance I get. I have grown up hunting the public WMA’s which mostly consist of tall cypress timber. I’m also an avid bass fisherman and deer hunter. I’m blessed in many ways. I get to hunt and fish all the time, introduce young people to hunting through my job, and I have a beautiful wife that is very understanding of my hunting passion.

CHASE PERRYMAN

I'm Chase Perryman, from Muskogee, OK. I am a two time combat veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division. I gave up jumping out of planes for a living, to come back home and chase ducks and geese on Oklahomas many famous rivers and lakes. I'm privileged to work with fellow American veterans, at the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Muskogee. I spend all of my free time hunting, preparing for hunting, researching, scouting, blowing calls, and training my labs. I am blessed to hunt with a good bunch of friends, TEAM TOXIC, and my wife Rian, who is notorious here for being deadly with a shotgun.  STAY TOXIC my friends.

EVAN GASKIN

I am Evan Gaskin, and I am a member of the Pro-staff team for Toxic Calls. I grew up only a stone’s throw away from Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River near Camden, TN.  I started waterfowl hunting with my father before I had even started kindergarten. Now, 19 years later, waterfowling is what makes me tick. I cut my teeth hunting the open water and mudflats of Kentucky Lake, as well as flooded timber and flooded agricultural fields on local public land. Since then, I’ve learned new techniques such as hunting Snow Geese and ducks in southeast Missouri, all the way to Canada Geese and Mallards in the dry fields and potholes of North Dakota. When I am not in a blind or standing in some timber, you can usually find me in the deer or turkey woods or on the lake fishing.

I graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a degree in Wildlife Biology. My love for the outdoors sparked my choice to enter the wildlife profession in order to devote my life to the conservation of our natural resources, which I hold near and dear to my heart.

SAM KLOVSTAD

My name is Sam Klovstad. I was born and raised in Pelican Rapids, MN. I grew up around hunting, i was introduced to the sport by my dad and grandpa. Before i could hold a gun i was tagging along in the deer blind or in the cattails. I got started with deer and duck hunting. Once i turned 15 and started driving my goose hunting really took off. I started buyin full bodys and slowly drifted away from the water. Field goose hunting has now engulfed my life. The challange is what drew me in. Fooling a group of big honkers in there own feeding ground is what gets me going. I currently work for a powerline contractor, i work on the road all week and just have the weekends to kill geese. Ive been on the toxic calls bandwagon since the begining. Ive watched it grow into something im proud to be apart of. I wouldnt wanna be apart of anything else. And im excited to see how much farther it can go.

JEREMY ZUEND

My name is Jeremy Zuend.  I am 26 years old and I reside in the rural community of Dixon, Illinois.  Currently I own my own landscaping business which allows me to still participate in hunting every season.  I look forward to my future endeavors in hunting and would like be able to pursue other hunting lifestyle options.  I grew up fishing the banks of my local Rock River which I now consider to be my duck and goose hunting grounds.  I also hunt deer, and other wild game, in my area on lands that I help to conserve through wildlife preservation and woodland maintenance.

I am involved with my local chapter of Ducks Unlimited and participate in the conservation of land and waterfowl in my area.  I spend many hours working toward the local preservation of ducks in my community.  My passion for duck hunting has taken me across our nation and into Canada.  I hunt with my loyal lab, Pattie, who is just as passionate about hunting as I am. I try to spend as much time in the outdoors with my hunting comrades and my dog as possible.  I take pride in my ability to fool animals into coming into the area that I am harvesting and I believe that the more time you spend honing your hunting skills, the better you will be when the time to hunt arises.

RICHARD WAGEMAKER

What’s up guys! I’m Richard Wagemaker, everyone calls me Wage and I was born and raised on the Snake River of Southern Idaho. I’m 28 years old and have been involved with hunting and fishing most of my life. I am currently active duty in the Marines stationed in California and have done 3 combat tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan. I am also a part time student at American Military University studying environmental science.  I started out as a pretty hard core turkey hunter but my wife’s family got me horribly addicted to waterfowl, now every chance I get I’m working with calls, cleaning dekes and waiting to get back  into the blind . Waterfowl is definitely the obsession for me, but I still chase toms and I’m a pretty avid predator hunter.  Both my wife Megan and I are pretty involved in the outdoors and we’ve shared a duck blind more than once. I hope to pass on the sickness to my daughter Kiah who’s already running around with calls hanging from her neck.  Keep the faith and stay Toxic brothers. Get Some!

ALEX WAGNER

My name is Alex Wagner, i am 23 years old. I was born and raised in Buhl, Idaho. I live and breath the outdoors. My true passions are chase elk in the high altitudes of central idaho, Big Mule deer on the desert flats, and of course those bitter cold snowy days in the marshes and corn fields were the ducks and geese call home. I am a very passionate person when in comes to conservation for wildlife and hunting.  During the off season i shoot alot of archery tournaments and work for my fathers heating, ac and sheet metal business and do alot of fly fishing and scouting for the next season to come.

 I am proud to represent Toxic Calls in the field and away from it.

ADAM GOWER

My name is Adam Gower I was born and raised in Southwest Missouri. I currently reside in Elkland Missouri with my wife Jenni. I am an Ozarks Wildlife Management Team Member and Guide as well as a Toxic Calls Waterfowl Field Staff Member.  My passion for hunting started at the age of five tagging along with my Dad and Grandfather on Quail hunts. I started Turkey and Quail hunting at the age of twelve and took up deer hunting at the age of fourteen. My obsession for waterfowl hunting started several years ago and there has been no looking back! In the past several years I have had the privilege of guiding numerous Turkey and Waterfowl Hunts with much success. I am extremely proud to be associated with Toxic Turkey Calls Pro Staff and the Ozarks Wildlife Management Team! I wish everyone all the luck in the world on your hunts and may Toxic Calls light up the Spring woods for you this season!!!

BLAKE HURST

Hey my name is Blake Hurst, I'm 23 years old and live in West Columbia Texas I work for the county of Brazoria road and bridge district. I have been hunting for a good majority of my life but have only been duck hunting for about 7 years or so and it has become a complete obsession, I live, eat, sleep and breath duck hunting. I have been on the Toxic Calls Prostaff since 2012 and have enjoyed working with such a great product.

JAKE JENKINS

My names Jake Jenkins im from Taneytown Maryland. Im 26 years old Ive been hunting sence I was 8 years old. I enjoy being outside it dont matter if its hot or cold rain or snow youll always find me in the woods hunting deer or in a feild slaying birds. I want to say thanks again to everyone at Toxic Calls for giving me the opportunity to be in the field with you guys. Thank you.Im glad to be a member of the Maryland Prostaff Team.

BEN MATTESON

My name is Ben Matteson and I’m from Glendive, Montana.  I work out in the oilfield in Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana and unfortunately, spend far too much time at work.  When I do get time off I can be found out and about with my Labs, scouting for birds or chasing big game.  Growing up here in Eastern Montana, I hunted upland and big game and didn’t pursue waterfowl until I moved to  Illinois after college.  There, I became friends with a group of guys from the local Ducks Unlimited chapter who introduced me to hunting waterfowl on the public waters of Grass Lake and in the surrounding farm fields.  I was hooked after my first hunt, and dogs, boats and a trailer full of decoys soon followed.  I spent the next 13 years hunting ducks and geese in Southern Wisconsin and North and Central Illinois, and took yearly trips to Michigan in the fall and worked the spring migration for Light Geese as a guide in Nebraska and even managed to come back to Montana a few times to chase ducks and geese along the Yellowstone.

Three years ago my family and I moved back to Eastern Montana, and fortunately for me, waterfowl hunting is not as popular as big game and upland hunting. So, between the big skies, lots of cropland and low hunter numbers, I am very lucky to have plenty of places and opportunities to hunt on my days off.  While doing this, I have been able to introduce a good number of friends and their kids, and even a few strangers to duck and goose hunting. I was lucky enough to have had a lot of great teachers/mentors in the field, and now I’m trying to pay that forward by doing the same.  There is nothing quite like the look on a kids face (or anyone new to the sport, for that matter) after a bunch of geese or ducks commit to the decoys and come in, paddles down.  I have been blessed to see some beautiful sunrises and sunsets over the decoys(all of ‘em), watched some great and some not-so-great dog work, and met a lot of great people out here.  I look forward to many more memories.

I’m very happy to be a member of Toxic Calls Pro Staff,  a company whose products I fully endorse and enjoy using.  Between the quality workmanship of the calls and the outstanding customer service, you can’t go wrong.  I’d like to thank Toxic Calls for this opportunity to represent them on the Pro Staff, and to my wonderful wife for tolerating a cluttered garage full of duck and goose decoys and gear and the blowing of calls in the house and muddy dogs. Waterfowl hunting is much more than feathers on the boat seat, and I hope to see ya’ out there.

GREG D. HILL

My Name is Greg D. Hill,born and raised in the Great State of Missouri. I am a team member of Ozarks Wildlife Management and Guide. I am also a member of Toxic Pro Staff. I had a passion for the Great outdoors at a young age, fishing Missosuri streams and ponds with my Great Grandfather. Rabbit hunting, Quail and Coon hunting with my Dad. This progessed into my Passion for Bow hunting and Turkey hunting and I have now been introduced to Water Fowl hunting with Travis Rapp, owner of Ozark wildlife Management and team member Adam Gower. I am so Hooked on Water Fowl hunting,(like I need another Hobby) I have guided numerous Turkey hunts,with Sucess and placed bow hunters in the right place at the right time. I have taken multiple pope and young bucks and been Turkey hunting for 36 years. I am proud to represent the Toxic Turkey call Pro Staff and Ozarks Wildlife Management Team .....O-YEAH !!!!!!!.