About Us

About Eastern View Outfitters…

Eastern View Outfitters is a Full-time, year-round hunting and fishing guide service owned and operated by Bryce Collins. Bryce is sponsored by and proudly represents WhiteRock Decoys company, “Be a nomad.” EVO’s homebase is centered in Plattsburgh, NY adjacent to the world class Lake Champlain region fishery.  We have access to some of the most productive farmland the Northeast has to offer. The Lake Champlain Valley is a rich and fertile landscape that provides habitat for large populations of waterfowl species, deer, wild turkeys and fish!  Lake Champlain is also rated as one of the Top 5 best bass fisheries in the country! As an upstate New York native, Bryce Collins has nearly 20 years of experience hunting and fishing across New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania and numerous other states. With his wealth of knowledge about the region and access to thousands of acres of private farmland, Bryce and the guides at Eastern View Outfitters bring you the best hunting and fishing trips available and provide these services at great rates!

About Bryce Collins…

Bryce is a New York State Guide and Licensed United States Coast Guard Captain. He is the Sole Proprietor of Eastern View Outfitters, and currently resides less than 15 miles from where he grew up with his Black Lab Hudson. Bryce graduated Cum Laude from SUNY Plattsburgh with a B.S. degree in Environmental Science. After college he pursued a career in his field, taking a Government position utilizing GIS mapping as part of a Community Plans Team in western NY. After several years he chose to make a life change, giving up a career in his field and to follow his true passion…. The Outdoors! Amongst his outdoor pursuits Bryce has traveled to and guided in numerous other states, including New Mexico for Merriam’s turkeys and in south Florida for the elusive Osceola turkey only found there.  In the spring of 2012, Bryce added a single season Grand Slam to his accolades. Traveling to Florida, Oklahoma, New Mexico and New York to harvest the four wild turkey subspecies, all in the same spring season. (Rio-Grande, Merriam’s, Osceola, Eastern). He is currently working on his quest for the US Super Slam!  When he is not in the field you can find him volunteering his time as a Board Member for the National Wild Turkey Federation, mentoring Youth-Hunts, or training his dog and competing in AKC sanctioned Retriever Hunt Tests. “I have chosen to dedicate my life to sharing my knowledge and love of the outdoors with others…. What better way to carve out an existence in this world”