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

LAZARUS -07/03/2009     A quarter of a century raising miniature dachshunds has produced a mountain of memories and tons of tales that serve as profound object lessons as well as qualifying as certif ... read field journal

Book Review: Cougar Attacks -06/23/2009    Having monitored recent developments in the struggle between the wild cougar and modern man and harvesting my first cougar with a bow several years ago, I was very interested in ... read field journal

SHAWNEE OUTDOORSMEN CLUB -06/23/2009   There has been many clamors about the need for 3-D and target tournaments that would allow crossbow hunters to gather and compete.   IBO and the NFAA have taken the first step b ... read field journal

SUMMER TROPHY SHOTS -06/19/2009    The summer months are a great time slot to hone your photography skills with a bevy of occasions that afford the serious camera buff an opportunity to capture some great trophy ... read field journal

Ohio Blowout -05/21/2009   In Ohio we saw no deer, but the time spent socializing and reuniting with the Snyders made it an absolutely perfect get-away.   Each fall one of our huntin ... read field journal

The Most Precious Gift -05/19/2009    Continuous reflection on the first fifteen years of the United Foundation For Disabled Archers (UFFDA) has given me an unclouded insight into one primary fact: The realization of ... read field journal

Palmquist’s “The Farm” -05/19/2009   “The patient sentinel will be entertained by a steady parade of wild creatures that move about in their daily routine.”   For the past five years dur ... read field journal

Diamond K Dream Hunt -05/10/2009    David Janczak of Green Bay, WI received a telephone call in August from an UFFDA Board Member.   Caller Dave Birkett, the foundation’s 1st Vice President, informed D ... read field journal

Care To Shoot A Round -05/09/2009    As the winter turns moldy with the green of spring, snow bound bowhunters emerge from the warm security of their lair.   The confinement of the cold season has the hardcore ... read field journal

BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER -05/08/2009 With enough noise and grunting to wake a deaf man (which pretty much describes me), two bears came crashing out of the dense Canadian bush on a dead run and stopped suddenly, smack dab in the ... read field journal

OHIO TURKEY TALE -04/26/2009 Multiple gobbles echoed through the trees as the excited turkeys responded to the beckon of the guide’s passionate hen call. Tracie Snook sat at the base of a large elm tree, cushioned from the ... read field journal

Where Does The Majority Really Lie? -04/24/2009       With the passing of each day, it’s my privilege to talk with crossbow enthusiasts from all across North America.   One thing has become obvious to me - the ... read field journal

The Enemy Within -04/06/2009 As I hammer away at the keys of my computer getting the next issue of Horizontal Bowhunter Magazine ready for press, I look at the world around me and wonder how many more years will w ... read field journal

MDHA – BIG BROTHER TO THE DISABLED -04/02/2009 The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association has gained an excellent reputation by supporting a bevy of worthy causes that promote and preserve the tradition of deer hunting. At any event that’ ... read field journal

Blind Sided Bear -03/19/2009 A blur of dark, thickly furred legs silently swishing through scrawny blueberry plants caught the hunter’s attention and opened the spigot to his adrenal gland. Without hesitation, the bold, ... read field journal

Bear Mountain Boar -03/19/2009 Hogs moved in and out of the dense cover of the cedar swamp giving the impression of the proverbial "can of worms" . A small group of pigs would move off the trail in one direction and anoth ... read field journal

TRIUMPH AT BEAR MOUNTAIN -12/15/2008 As the large, shaggy silhouettes of the Russian Boars wove in and out of the thick timber, the hunter’s heart beat louder and faster. Long, black snouts worked the air currents in search of h ... read field journal

TED NUGENT IN CONCERT -12/15/2008 Anyone that is actively involved with the sport of hunting and has not heard of Ted Nugent must be living under a rock. One can hardly find a hunting magazine that does not contain a stor ... read field journal

FLUKE INCIDENTS -12/12/2008     When hunters gather together around a crackling campfire and begin sharing episodes of past adventures, the subject always comes around to the big ones that got away because of ... read field journal

FOURTEEN YEARS OF RAISING THE BAR -11/26/2008 Each year at the end of the UFFDA Camp Wilderness Hunt, its participants nod their heads in agreement that it just can’t get any better than the most recent event. Unique people, extr ... read field journal