I grew up hunting on the Texas gulf coast, and really fell in love with it when my dad took me duck hunting when I was about 12. From that day on, I knew I’d be involved with hunting for the rest of my life.

When I was paralyzed in the summer of 1986 in a diving accident, it was the one thing I knew I could not give up on. Three months later, I was back in the woods deer hunting. Eighteen years later, Streamlight & Buckmasters’ American Deer Foundation voted me Challenged Hunter of the Year for 2004.

In the meantime, I’ve been going afield after big game all across the United States and in three different countries. I created a website called Follow Me Outdoors in 1996 which has been one of the longest running and most extensive websites for disabled outdoors & recreation.

I started free lancing for magazines across the west because that was more interesting for me. I've been published in Rack Magazine, King's Hunting Illustrated, Eastman's Hunting Journal, Horizontal Bowhunter Magazine, United Federation For Disabled Archer's Magazine, and Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine.

I have a degree in Wildlife & Fisheries Science and another in Counseling from Texas A&M and the University of Houston, respectively. I suppose both are a study of animals. But lately I’ve been more involved in hunting than ever before.

In 2010, Safari Club International chose me for their Pathfinder award for accomplished disabled hunters who have also lead others back afield. In the fall of that year, I launched Disabled Hunter Magazine, a digital publication designed for challenged outdoorsmen and women. And in 2011, I was named to the Outdoor Life 25 as an innovator in the hunting world for that year.

I look forward to keeping up my field journal and take you with me on all my outdoor trips.