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Eric Strand
Oregon, USA
My name is Eric Strand. I am 22 years old and currently live in Monmouth, Oregon located in the heart of the Willamette valley. I'm a full time student at Western Oregon University where I will be graduating with a major in Marketing. I spend well over 100 days a year in the field chasing ducks, geese and turkeys. I currently work for Dave Smith Decoys and spent last summer as an intern with Ducks Unlimited. This year will be my second year serving as a board member for the Oregon Waterfowl Festival, a waterfowl festival held each summer here in the Northwest. I enjoy every aspect of hunting but what I hold closest to my heart is the calling and communication with waterfowl and turkeys. I started hunting and calling when I was 15 years old. My life was quickly taken over by my new found passion for hunting ducks on a nearby refuge, Sauvie Island. This passion led to a full blown obsession and I can't imagine not being a waterfowl hunter, every aspect of the hunt from the decoys, blinds and dogs to the calling, scouting and friends made along the way, I just love it. My obsession has taken me all over the west and Canada along with parts of the south both hunting and competition calling. Competition calling is a great way to make the off season just that much shorter and hopefully make me a better meat caller.
My new found passion is photography and cinematography. I enjoy carrying a camera just as much as a gun at times and the trials and tribulations associated with trying to capture the feeling/excitement of the hunt on film. When I'm not hunting, calling or taking pictures/filming I enjoy fishing and spending time with my family and friends.
"Shoot em with their feet down" - Eric Strand
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