Mike has been a waterfowl enthusiast for 53 years.  He began learning about hunting waterfowl with his grandfather who owned a farm and duck hunting club in the Missouri-Mississippi River Delta west of St. Louis.

Mike has hunted waterfowl on both sides of the State as well as in Oregon, California, Utah, New Mexico, Missouri, and Canada.  He has owned and operated a waterfowl hunting club and provided guiding services in that capacity.  Mike has a deep passion for waterfowl and holds memberships in Ducks Unlimited, Delta Waterfowl, Washington Waterfowlers and also sits on the Fir Island Snow Goose Management advisory board to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Mike has been one of the biggest contributors to the success of North Sound Waterfowl.