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| Gary
Kramer
is
a
full-time
outdoor
writer
and
photographer
based
in
Willows,
California.
He
is
a
Contributing
Photographer
for
Sports
Afield
and
is
the
Senior
Correspondent
for
the
Bird
Hunting
Report.
One
of
the
most
prolific
writer/photographers
in
the
country,
his
images
and
words
are
regularly
published
in
Ducks
Unlimited,
Petersen's
Hunting,
American
Hunter,
Shooting
Sportsman,
WildBird,
other
magazines
and,
numerous
books,
calendars
and
corporate
advertizing.
Since
2002,
Gary
has
been
a
featured
photographer
in
Cabela's
Conservation
Calendar
and
has
won
numerous
awards
including
"The
Best
of
the
Best"
top
honor
in
the
Outdoor
Writers
Association
of
America
photo
contest.
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| Gary
has
traveled
the
globe
for
more
than
two
decades
in
search
of
new
and
interesting
hunting,
fishing
and
photographic
opportunities.
These
travels
have
taken
him
to
the
sands
of
the
Sahara
in
Egypt
and
Chad,
the
alpine
tundra
of
Sweden,
the
Pampas
of
Argentina
and
Uruguay,
the
moors
of
Scotland
and
the
swamps
of
Zambia
and
Botswana.
Gary
has
hunted,
fished
and
photographed
in
30
foreign
countries
as
well
as
Hawaii,
Alaska
and
the
continental
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| Gary
earned
Bachelor
and
Master
of
Science
degrees
in
wildlife
management
from
Humboldt
State
University
and
for
26
years
was
a
biologist
and
refuge
manager
with
the
US
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service.
From
1989
to
1999,
he
was
the
manager
of
the
Sacramento
National
Wildlife
Refuge
Complex
where
he
directed
the
management
of
six
wildlife
refuges,
largely
devoted
to
providing
wintering
habitat
for
waterfowl.
Gary
retired
from
the
Service
to
pursue
his
writing
and
photo
career
full
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