Specializing in sea ducks, divers, and brant, the guides at NorCal Waterfowl have a combined 50+ years of experience and are the only operation in Northern California specializing in these hunts.

M. Paul Gery

Paul has been hunting and fishing the SF Bay/Delta region his entire life. He began hunting with his father in a floating blind in San Pablo Bay back in 1980.

His hunting "career" in California has taken him from the San Luis & Mendota Refuges in the Grasslands to the Sac Valley refuge complex and up to Tule Lake and Lower Klamath. Outside of California, he has hunted in Texas, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Maine, and Alaska.

Paul studied Natural Resources Management at Cal Poly SLO before transferring & graduating with a degree in Business Administration at CSU Chico. In addition to guiding hunts, Paul owns and manages Pacific Wildlife Studio

Dave Rooney

Dave has probably spent more time on the water than on dry land. He spent his youth as a deckhand on his Grandfather's fishing boat and now has his USCG 100 ton Master Captain's license.

When it's not hunting season, he runs charter fishing trips out of Emeryville Sportfishing for salmon, halibut, stripers, rockcod, and lingcod.

Dave has lived in Alaska, running charter boats for salmon and halibut and hunting for caribou, moose, and goats. He has also spent considerable time hunting in Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and Kansas.

He is an accomplished taxidermist, having earned 3 Masters awards from the California Association of Taxidermists (Birds, Game Heads, and Lifesize Mammals).