Kevin, 40, is a lover of his Creator, a father, a husband, a veteran, and a hunter that will spend his life leaving a legacy with his family that will ensure they remain involved in our hunting heritage, including the preservation and conservation of wildlife and their habitats.
Kevin is a freelance writer, photographer, columnist, and poet. Just-Hunt.com was born of his desire to give back to the heritage and sport that has given him so much joy over the years. His desire to bring hunters together from around the world, without argument over who shoots what or varying hunting strategies, is poured out daily on these pages by the members, and they couldn't be in better hands.
Kevin is an archery technician and avid bowhunter. Living in Navarro County, Texas, he has year-round opportunities to chase his favorite game animal, the wild hog; bowhunting them at night with his Hawglite is his favorite method. When seasons permit, Kevin also loves to charge off in pursuit of elk, deer, turkey, ducks, and dove. In the summer of 2008, his brother, Jim, visited and introduced Kevin to the art of bass fishing; Kevin now holds the title of largest bass in the family with a black bass he caught weighing nearly 9 pounds (24" in length, 20" girth).
Kevin is also on the following pro staffs: Mossy Oak Camouflage, Medalist HuntGear, ThermaCELL, Hawglite, The Buck Bomb, StarrFlight Archery, ProString Archery, RedHawk Archery, Valkyrie Archery, Titan Hunting Graphics, Spittler's Custom Game Calls
Kevin is a member of: Professional Outdoor Media Association (Voting Member), National Rifle Association, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited (Chapter Committee Member)
Arron Cottongame has lived in Corsicana, Texas for his entire life. He has son Remington (5), who has been fishing since the age of two and loves to go dove hunting with daddy. Arron also has a new daughter, Kimber, born in August, 2009.
Arron has a passion for the outdoors. He’s enjoyed fishing and hunting of all types since the age of 4. His father passed away when he was just 18 months old, but his grandfather introduced him to the outdoors. His favorite pastime is calling and hunting coyotes. He runs a professional predator management company with a partner, A&J Predator Services, 903-654-8830. Arron has a special talent – he possesses an incredible gift of duplicating the calls of a diverse array of wildlife with no artificial products. We call him our Texas Tarzan!
His greatest passion beyond predator hunting is bowhunting. He also enjoys teaching others about archery at a nearby MDA camp, and has done so for the past two years.!
Arron is a member of a Christian men's fellowship known as Legacy Outfitters. Legacy Outfitters is dedicated to improving the legacy men leave with their families, as well as helping them become better, more mature husbands, fathers, Christians and overall stewards of God's gifts, especially those gifts we find outdoors. As if that weren’t enough, he is a member of Legacy Outfitters local chapter's Archery Focus group, which encourages fellowship in the outdoors with Christians sharing like passions such as bow hunting.
Arron is also on the following pro staffs: Haydel's Game Calls and BoarHoggLight
Arron is also a member of Ducks Unlimited (Chapter Committee Member).
Although born in Colorado, Darren has lived in Arizona for over 30 years. The majority of his childhood years were spent as a young hunter growing up in the White Mountains located in the eastern portion of the state. After graduation from high school, Darren served his country in the US Air Force, while stationed at Elmendorf, AFB in Alaska. Once back in Arizona, he earned a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science and a Masters of Education at Northern Arizona University. Happily married, he and his wife have two wonderful sons, and make their home in northern Arizona.
Darren is an avid hunter, a professional guide, a volunteer conservationist, and a freelance outdoor writer and photographer. Each year he spends countless hours in the field hunting big game species in his home state of Arizona, and across the US. For Darren, “Life is about hunting with family and friends! Darren is passionate about hunting, and shares that passion with others. His articles and photographs have been published in several magazines and online.
Darren also pro staffs for StarrFlight Archery.
Jerry, aka “BowMan”, hangs his hat in Gun Barrel City, Texas. He is a Master Archery Technician and the owner of Rednek Booda Outdoors, an archery pro shop in Kerens, Texas.
Jerry has been an active player in the archery game for 12 years and began his career as an archery technician more than 10 years ago. “Have you ever just picked something up and loved it? That is what archery is to me.”
Jerry has been married to his wonderful wife, Shanna, for the past 10 years. They have two children, a son, Hunter Wayne, and a daughter, Shaelynn Faye, “She is my hunting buddy.”
Jerry is grounded in Christian faith and is heavily involved in Christ Outdoors, a ministry focused on reaching hunters and youth for Christ through our outdoor heritage. He is also the youth minister at Legendary Baptist Church in Gun Barrel City.
When time permits, Jerry enjoys chasing any number of varying game animals with a bow and hopes to step into another addiction in the near future… bowfishing!
Check out Jerry’s pro shop Web site at www.RednekBoodaOutdoors.com as well as the ministry that he promotes at www.ChristOutdoors.com.
Watch for Jerry’s contributions in the video archives and in his own BowMan Archery Tips here on Just-Hunt.com.
Jerry’s foundation: “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me. (Phil 4:13)
Nate Davey is an avid bowhunter, hog hunting expert and archery technician. Nate began his passion for archery at age 12 and began his obsession with bowhunting in 1990 at the age of 22. At the time he was living in Baytown,Texas. In 1993, he moved to Groesbeck,Texas with his wife, Tina and purchased two tracts of land that later became 4D Outfitters, a hog and ram hunting ranch in Mexia.
Nate also opened an archery pro-shop, Backwoods Archery, on his ranch in 1999. Backwoods Archery began his interest in designing and building his own line of compound bows and also sparked his interest in bowfishing. Most of what he learned in archery was through trial and error but has resulted in Nate’s high degree of experience and customer satisfaction. Nate is a triple-threat with his archery background, expert knowledge of hogs and archery hog hunting, and wealth of bowfishing experience.
Nate also pro staffs for Valkyrie Archery.
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Lance, 30, is married with one son, Cason. He was born and raised in rural South Dakota, on a farm/ranch operation. His time outside of helping out around the place or school was spent in the outdoors, hunting, trapping, fishing, tracking and just observing nature's inhabitants. He was especially passionate about calling coyotes, an activity that he still enjoys today.
After a brief stint in college he joined the Army in 1998. He's been stationed in Texas, Alaska, and back to Texas again, with trips to Bosnia and Iraq mixed in.
Lance’s interest in hunting and tracking dogs began he adopted a dog that exhibited a talent for tracking. Lance developed a thirst for watching tracking and hunting dogs work that has escalated to not only blood tracking and hunting hogs with dogs, but to training working dogs as well. Lance is on the Board of Directors for the Texas Dog Hunters Association.
Most of Lance’s pro staff contributions revolve around his expert work with dogs. Lance is also an accomplished bowhunter, chasing hogs and deer everytime he takes a break from his dogs. Lance’s other passion is sharing his outdoor passion with his son.
Lance also pro staffs for StarrFlight Archery.
Michel was born in 1969 and is of French and Spanish descent. He currently resides in Belgium but also has a home in Bourgogne, France.
Michel speaks French, some Spanish, and is well equipped having worked on his English speaking skills with great tenacity. Michel also studied high school chemistry and is a university graduate in marketing.
Michel is passionate about outdoor activities especially hunting but also appreciates some angling time on the water. He also works as a professional guide and owns a business, Liberty Hunts, where he specializes in booking international hunts between Europe and North America.
Michel loves all forms of hunting but his favorite is spot-and-stalk hunting and he recently fell in love with bowhunting and hopes to build on his hunting resume with a bow.
Michel also loves traveling of all sorts and puppets, remaining the consummate child. Michel also has the profound the belief that world wide human understanding and friendship can make our world a much better place.
Michel’s values, ideology, determination and hunting experience make him a perfect fit for our international representation.
Kim has been a lifelong resident of East Central Illinois and an avid hunter for over 20 years. She especially enjoys bear hunting but also has antelope, turkey, and whitetail to her credit. While she prefers to hunt with a bow, currently a PSE X-Force SS, she has never missed a firearm deer season in Illinois!
Kim also spent several years on amateur bass fishing circuits, becoming the first woman member of Lincoln Land Bassmasters and later serving that club in the capacity of President. During that time she learned the art of rod building and repair, a service which continues to be sought out today.
Her love of the outdoors eventually led her into the world of taxidermy and tracking dogs. She currently owns ‘Aryl’, a wirehaired dachshund who is used to recover wounded deer. She is also an award winning taxidermist and owns Hurricane Creek Taxidermy. She takes great pride in her work and loves the challenge of recreating wildlife as realistically as possible.
Outside of the hunting world, Kim works a regular job as a manufacturing accountant. She enjoys artifact collecting, genealogy, and is looking forward to competing in duathlons in the coming year.
Kim is a proud member of:
National Taxidermists Association, Illinois Taxidermist Association, National Rifle Assocation (NRA – Life Member), Women Hunters (Member Services Director), Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA), United Blood Trackers Association (UBTA), Verein Deutsch Drahthaar Group North America (Hunting Dogs)
Kim also pro staffs for Harmon Deer Scents.
Josh, 24, was born and raised in the land of Oz (Kansas). Josh has been hunting the majority of his life. He has traveled all over the United States in pursuit of big game. Josh spends every waking moment eating, working, and dreaming about hunting and dedicates his free time to teaching others about our outdoor heritage, something his grandfather, Elden White, instilled in him at a very early age.
Josh's life changed on Nov. 11, 2010 when he harvested one of the top 10 whitetail bucks ever taken in the state with a bow, and he did it on film! The Titan buck grossed 224" and netted 219!"
Because of his grandfather's teachings, Josh has taken his passion beyond the woods to create Titan Productions and Designs, a graphic design company focused on assisting everyone from the average hunter to outdoor professionals with all of their graphic design needs, including a phenomenal assortment of stock decals. Check them out at www.TitanHunting.com.
Watch for Josh's future hunts with Outdoor Allstars, hosted by Wayne Burns, on Versus Channel, Pursuit Channel and Untamed Sports TV
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In Will’s words…
For me, nights are spent dreaming, planning, and arranging this and next year’s hunts. My bedside table is stacked high with outdoor magazines and articles-most of which should have been tossed away ions ago. I cannot bring myself to do it. There’s way too much information there to waste! My prize magazine is a copy of the June 2009 Safari Club International Awards Issue. What makes this magazine so special you ask? The answer is simple. This magazine and its annual predecessors have been all over the globe with me. I’ve taken them to the Dark Continent, South America, New Zealand, Europe, Canada, and many states within the United States. I have used these magazines as a reference while hunting. Within their pages, you’ll find SCI’s Grand Slams and Inner Circles…the stuff that presently fuels my hunting experiences. The slams and inner circles categorically list animal species necessary for a hunter to harvest. Moreover, they establish the requirements for completing the slams and inner circles (the program began in 1984 to recognize the achievements of successful hunters. The awards honor hunters with broad ranges of hunting experiences). As a goal orientated individual, this magazine has given me a huge shopping list. I would love to be one of the few hunters whom have successfully completed all the slams and inner circles! I think I’m well on my way…101 different big games species to my credit (74 taken with archery gear-most qualify for SCI's record book, 12 ranks among the top ten).
Back in 1977, as a young but hardcore hunter (I could not get enough hunting), I set out to kill all five members of the North American deer family (mule deer, whitetail deer, elk, moose and caribou). I completed the task in 1990. Then in 1992, Chuck Adams completed his infamous archery Super Slam. At the time, I had no hunting aspirations of my own. I read an article from an Outdoor Life magazine detailing Mr. Adam's accomplishment (I still have the article in the top drawer of my desk. At least once a year I re-visit it). Although barely an archer at that time, I set out to copy this amazing feat. To date, I’m 17 animal species into it. This will be a mission I take to my grave. I may or may not collect all 27 members of North American big game, but I would like to at least say I was there for the hunt. For that matter, I would be happy with just a quality photograph of all species within their natural habitat. In 2003, I had a reality check while investigating a stone sheep hunt. Wow, who can afford $25,000 when he has two children, both of which need college educations (certainly not me)? My dream of collecting all 27 North American big game animals will have to wait, or at least take second priority to my children. I had to come up with a new plan, establish a new goal. It would have to be something challenging and more realistic for my income. I traveled here and there, but nothing seemed to formulate. I searched for direction… It finally hit me! I was actively gathering deer from state to state. Was it possible to collect a nice buck from ever state in North America? After some investigation, I felt this goal was very attainable…not too expensive…I could drive to many of the states. I said to myself “go for it”! Thus, a new hunting goal was born! I’m 15 of 20 states (I did kill a desert mule deer in New Mexico. Unfortunately feral hogs consumed the deer before I found it) into this goal. I plan 2-5 hunts outside Colorado every year. To be successful obtaining this goal, I need to harvest deer from two different states each year…hopefully more (Looking down the road twenty years from now). Jim Zumbo is the only man in history to attempt this feat.
I love working and playing outdoors. Soccer is a love I can no longer enjoy at a competitive level. After 34 years of playing, I was forced to give this wonderful game up. Hunting, hiking, and amateur rock collecting have replaced soccer.
I love wildlife photography! Visit my gallery; I take a lot of pride in being able to get close. Hunting with a camera enhances my abilities to hunt with a bow.
I am currently a member of PSE's field staff. I love Enigma camouflage! I will promote these two products until I die. I instruct bow hunter/hunter education classes in Colorado whenever I can.
If I have it to spare, it's yours!
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