I guess I'm the first pastor to respond to this thread. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor in the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference. I heard "the call" at 17 years old, went to Auburn for my undergrad, then Emory for graduate school. Now,at 32 years old,I've been preaching in the local church for 12 years. I currently serve in Hartford, AL and plan on staying a while. The flexibility of my schedule allows me time to hunt, but funerals seem to lock out many of my "planned" hunting trips. I used to backpack a lot, but it is hard to take a week or two to go the the Smokies. It is much easier to bowhunt within an hour of the church. I'm currently trying to start an outdoor video ministry and Bible study for bowhunters.