I'm motivated by what HUNTING has taught me, what I can learn....what my father taught me through it and what I get to teach and share with my kids, family, my friends here at HNI and even my students.

I have andfeel an ingrained need to provide for my family. Hunting provides some of the bestnutrients known to man....especially in todaysfast food,unhealthy food, easy access/obese society.

I like living simple, gathering from the land whetherit befrom agarden oran animal harvestetc. Hunting is a huge part of that. I have a couple fancy named degree's that I earned in college...they both involved science, the funny thing is, theyconfirm why wildlife management and over all social, physical and emotional health arepositively effectedby hunting.

A huge motive for me is also that I love to hunt old smart bucks for the "challenge". I need challenges inlife or I get bored. I have never been bored with whitetails, I will die knowing I still had more to learn. Icherish that about whitetails.Other animalssomewhat motivate me...but whitetails are special. I have elk and mule deer, bear, moose, turkeys around in my hunting areas...but matching whits with what I consider the savviest critter in the woods to kill, an old whitetail deer thats seen his share of predators and humans in his day really gets me excited, daily, I never stop thinking about them.

So for me its not one thing, its a combination of motives that keeps medriving on.Heck I get as excited about finding a shed as most do when they kill a critter. I also like that I get a lot of exercise in this country from hiking...Several aspects of motivationare included....hunting proveds something I can doEVERY DAY OF THE YEAR if I choose that is whitetail related....I just love being in the mountains.

Last I feel closer to God when I am alone out hunting in the mountains..