Troy Reno - Chief Operating Officer

Troy Reno was born in Northwest Wyoming. His father and grandfather introduced him to fishing and hunting at an early age. Since that introduction, he has continued to pursue the outdoors at a vigorous pace. Waterfowling came into the picture upon his arrival on the central North Dakota prairies as a teenager. From his very first duck hunt on a cold and blustery October morning in a mallard-laden slough, he was hooked.

After receiving his Bachelor of Administration in accounting from the University of North Dakota, Troy worked as an internal auditor and operations officer at a commercial bank for three years. Wanting a career more in line with his life interests, Troy returned to school and received his Bachelor of Science in biology from Wichita State University. From there he entered graduate school in wildlife biology at Utah State University. It was during this time that he became a student research assistant at the Delta Waterfowl Research Station in Manitoba. “After spending that summer studying waterfowl and learning about the mission of Delta Waterfowl, I knew that this was an organization that I wanted to be intimately involved with. My dream has come full circle now that I am part of an organization filled with people so passionate about conserving the waterfowl resource that I love, and passing our hunting traditions down to future generations.”

Troy lives in the heart of duck country, Bismarck ND, with his wife Claudette and three children, Brenden, Chantalle and Trevor. “The family labs, Jax and Britta, along with my wonderful wife and children, make every year one long joyous occasion, especially that part known as hunting season.”