My Father was a Self Taught Hunter and Fisherman, coming from a city life, he was mainly drawn to the meat involved in the sports. He started a meat hunter and to this day is still a meat hunter...which isnt necessarily a bad thing! He got my brothers and Sister all into the Outdoors Scene and I started going with them occasionally when i was probably 10. then at age 13 he purchased an old Remington 870 Wingmaster 16ga. for me...Used that weapon for four years...untill early july when i purchased a mossberg 835

2 years ago a buddy i hunt with all the time got me into Bowhunting. I was 15, had like 7 or 800 dollars saved up and went and purchased a 2003 Pearson 440 Quad, I have been hunting deer for two years now with 1 miss. That man also got me into turkey hunting 4 years ago, taking me out with him a few times and now i can safely say that I Live for Spring Gobbles, it's my absolute favorite season.

But what's funny is currently, one of my brothers, (they're twins) just graduated from N.C. State as a Professor of Philosopy and Hardwood Management (now a professor at Arkansas University), and my other brother is a soon to be a Professor of Philosopy and Fish Toxicology at Southern Illinois University, and my sister, after a long wait has just become a Game Warden in Durango, Colorado. All because of my dad and my sibling's grandfather who was a DNR officer in NY.