John Devney - Senior Vice President

John grew up just outside of St. Paul, MN where he was introduced to hunting and fishing by his father Jack. From an early age (he started shadowing his father on duck hunts since age 4) John became an obsessed waterfowler. Starting with ventures north to pursue bluebills on the once great diver lakes of Lake of the Woods, Leech and Big Winnie, John got hooked on chasing the black and white speedsters on big water.

John graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in government and philosophy from St. John’s University in Minnesota. Prior to coming to Delta he worked in the sporting goods and marine industries with a background in sales and marketing.

John lives just outside Bismarck with his wife Carmen and labs Finnegan and Seamus. John’s true passion is for waterfowl hunting but also spends time afield pursuing upland birds, turkeys and deer as well as fly fishing for trout and walleyes and bass.

According to John, "It is great to live in a place where I have the opportunity to spend so much time with the birds I love from the breeding season right through to watching them from a duck blind, and it is truly rewarding to work for an organization that has contributed so much to the waterfowl resource and the sport of waterfowl hunting.