Bio:
Daniel James Hendricks is in his late 50’s and has been hunting small game since the age of six when he took his first gray squirrel with a Red Ryder B-B gun. He has hunted big game with a gun, bow and a camera; including whitetails, black bear, caribou, antelope, mule deer, turkeys, wild hogs and a wide assortment of exotic species since 1952. He picked up a recurve bow in 1973, then moved to a compound in 1987. He began hunting with the crossbow in Ohio during the 1994 whitetail season.

In 1993, Daniel founded North American Bowhunter, Inc. For the next four years, he wrote and produced the North American Bowhunter television show and started the North American Bowhunting Magazine.

In 1994, Daniel founded the United Foundation For Disabled Archers (UFFDA), which is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting bowhunting to hunters with physical disabilities. The organization currently sponsors two all-expense paid, fair-chase whitetail hunts in Minnesota and Wisconsin that serve approximately sixty hunters each year.

In 2001, Daniel founded the Horizontal Bowhunter Magazine, which is the official publication of the American Crossbow Federation. It is also the first International, Quarterly publication dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the crossbow and the crossbow hunting.

Most importantly, Daniel has dedicated his life to the promotion and preservation of all forms of hunting, with all weapons. He firmly believes that all hunters must work together to stem the onslaught of those who would see any facet of our hunting heritage destroyed forever. It makes no difference what you hunt with just as long as you hunt , but WE ALL must respect other hunter’s choices of weapon and hunting method. Visit the Horizontal Bowhunter Web Site at: www.horizontalbowhunter.com

Simple Duplication -01/28/2012 The plight of the modern hunter is at high risk if not in total jeopardy. Writers write about it, preachers preach about it and philosophers philosophize about it, but exactly what is being done abou ... read field journal

It Just Keeps Getting Better -01/05/2012 It has become an UFFDA tradition for the participants of each hunt to walk around at the end of the year’s event scratching their heads mumbling to themselves about how they didn’t think it could g ... read field journal

The Koda-Express Leaves Lasting Impression on Canadian Bear -12/28/2011 My recent trip to Canada for spring bear provided me with an opportunity to begin development of a personal relationship with one of the new kids on the block of the rapidly expanding crossbow world ... read field journal

Hunting with a Flare -12/24/2011 As the brisk wind added to the cold misery of the dying day, I made the decision to fill my tag if I was given the opportunity thereby bringing to an end the MN bow season for this year. There was o ... read field journal

The Maximum from The Axiom -12/21/2011 The Axiom is a user-friendly bow that is easy to assemble, comfortable to use and tough as granite, while being very simple to maintain.    With spring bear season right around the corner, ... read field journal

Parker's Tornado: A Crossbow Review -11/29/2011 Heading into the field on the next hunting trip is a jubilation that each of us that pursues wild things is very familiar with.  Visions of trophy critters and epic deeds of great cunning and c ... read field journal

The Crossbow Really Got His Goat -11/29/2011 A new convert joins the growing ranks of the crossbow hunter in Douglas’ Wyoming. Less than five minutes after the outfitter’s truck disappeared from sight down the dry, dusty trail, t ... read field journal

ANTELOPE FEVER -11/29/2011 ANTELOPE FEVER Staring at the big trophy Billy laying on the ground, I realized that I had severe case of Antelope Fever.            Movemen ... read field journal

THANK YOU MOM AND DAD -10/20/2011 Much of the credit for a life dedicated to the chase of wild things rightfully belongs to my beloved mother and father.         Born in 1949 ... read field journal

Ozark Mountain Outfitters -10/20/2011 Since 2006, we've made a trip to Missouri to visit Jim and Darlene Wilson, at Ozark Mountain Outfitters (OMO).  They provide some of the best whitetail and turkey hunting available in ... read field journal

To Dream The Impossible Dream -10/08/2010       As the crossbow continues its steady march into the hunting seasons of states and provinces of North America, evidence indicates that those who st ... read field journal

Bully For Me -09/22/2010   HBM Hunt Report from Palmquist’s, “The Farm” in Brantwood, WI.   One of the many seeds planted deep within my psyche by my parents as ... read field journal

2010 ATA Show Was Great For Crossbows -09/17/2010   The 2010 ATA show (the seventeenth consecutive for me) was another grand ol’ family reunion.   This annual pilgrimage presents a much anticipated opportunity for Ike and ... read field journal

Hot Crossbows for 2010 -09/17/2010 Excalibur's Pink Vixen The January highlight of every year for those involved with the archery industry is the Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show.   This annual archer’s reunion ... read field journal

A Crossbow Field Report: THE 6-POINT GT FLEX -01/22/2010 The deer moved through the denuded forest, its thick grey coat warmly reflecting the first direct rays of sunlight that we’d seen in a week.   In spite of a full moon that would normally ... read field journal

HBM Hunt Report: Ozark Mountian Outfitters -01/22/2010 Every year, smack dab in the middle of October, a half a dozen ACF members gather for the Fall Rendezvous in Houston, Missouri, the home of Ozark Mountain Outfitters.   Jim and Darlene W ... read field journal

THANKS, MOM AND DAD -01/22/2010 Much of the credit for a life dedicated to the chase of wild things rightfully belongs to my beloved mother and father.     Born in 1949 and schooled during ... read field journal

ATA Blueprint: A Key To The Future Of Archery -12/17/2009 Under the sage leadership of Jay McAninch and his talented staff, the ATA is instituting programs that will insure the growth of archery and bowhunting.   Hunting, ... read field journal

Crossbow Forums: A Great Place to Learn -12/17/2009 As the demand for crossbow enlightenment rapidly expands, the world-wide-web continues to lead the way in providing practical information to crossbow users.   ... read field journal

Blindsided -12/16/2009 Inching my head back towards the deer, I realized that she was on my blind side.   Most of you that know me personally are aware of the fact that I am legally bli ... read field journal