I'm John M, 49 years old and am an Assistant Plant Manager for a company that makes parts for Caterpillar. I live in St Louis County, MO along with my 18 year old daughter. I lost my wife of 22 years last Halloween to Luekemia. My daughter will be going away to college next fall so I will have lots of time to hunt.(Look out Whitetails)

I am a self taught hunter and have hunted small game most of my life and took up hunting deer when we started seeing them on my dad's farm in 1966. Killed a bunch with the guns before taking up bowhunting in 1993, after seeing lots of them in my neighborhood after moving to this rural area. Now totally addicted to bowhunting whitetails.Killed 30 something with the bow now and have become more selective in the last few years. I still kill a few does every year but hold out for the bigger bucks.

Usually go on a big trip every few years, been to New Mexico for elk, Alberta for Black bear, and fishing in Alaska. Hope to make it to Idaho soonto visit a fellow HNI'er and hunt some of the critters in his neck of the woods.

This will be my first year hunting my new property in Jersey County, IL. I am in the process of making it a deer paradise. Someday after my daughter moves out of the house I will probably move up to that area and hunt till they find my bones still strapped in my treestand.