| A message from OW's Owner & Webmaster DeWayne Knight |
| OhioWaterfowler.com was founded in 2002 by Captain Mark Budnick. Captain Mark's initial vision was for "OW", or "O-Dub" as many members call it, to be a "cyber" gathering place for friends to get together and discuss the sport they all shared a passion for; waterfowl hunting. OhioWaterfowler.com was created to provide waterfowl hunters a place to meet, discuss, learn, debate, make new friends, and generally share the sport and camaraderie at all times throughout the year. When Mark started out, the website had just a handful of members. The number swelled to about 1,700 members when in March of 2006, Mark decided to pursue other interests and sold OhioWaterfowler.com to me, DeWayne Knight, the current owner and webmaster under who's guidance the website has grown to include over 5,100 members! Your host, DeWayne Knight got his start hunting 40 years ago, and first waterfowl hunted over 30 years ago. In the time since, DeWayne has acquired tons of experience in the sport, working to refine his skills through time in the field. But, waterfowling is not just a hobby to DeWayne; it has also been his vocation. DeWayne got started, "in the industry", by becoming involved with guiding as a sideline pursuit. Being is sales as a profession for most of his adult life, DeWayne put those sales skills to use for companies in the industry and became a Pro-Staffer for Avery Outdoors and Zink Calls. This led to DeWayne being hired full time as the first ever National Sales Manager for Zink Calls. DeWayne's time with Zink Calls came to an end when he was recruited by Flambeau Outdoors to become their National Sales & Marketing Manager for the Hunting Division. While with Flambeau, DeWayne focused primarily on new product development. DeWayne acquired OhioWaterfowler.com from it's founder Mark Budnick in March of 2006, and has worked continuously to grow the website and it's content. Since that humble beginning in 2002, OhioWaterfowler.com has grown to be so much more than just a duck hunting oriented message board. Today's message board includes forums covering a wide range of topics. They include subjects related to duck and goose hunting from decoys, to calls, to boats, to shotguns and shells. Other popular forums include deer, turkey, predator, and upland hunting oriented forums, as well as sporting dog forums and even forums to discuss fishing inland lakes, rivers, as well as Lake Erie and beyond! Moving forward, you will see big changes to the website. In addition to the message board we will have an online store, conservation pages, product review pages, and much more! Welcome, and enjoy! |
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