Host the Missouri Sportsmen Radio Show on KWKZ 106.1 Cape Girardeau
6:00 a.m. on Saturday's, which I have done interviews with the people on
the following link http://www.southmosportsmen.com/showguest.htm
Age: 34
Born: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Was
introduced to the outdoors 26 years ago by my grandfather, who lived to
fish and hunt. Not only did he teach me to fish and hunt, but also taught
me to respect the outdoors as a place to be preserved and set aside for
all future generations to enjoy.
My
personal experiences in the outdoors contain a variety of activities. There
is not much I haven’t done or experienced, when it comes to fishing and
hunting. I spend probably about 200 days a year on the water or in the
woods. I spend a lot of my time locally buy have had several hunting and
fishing experience outside Missouri and Southern Illinois. The following
are just a few experiences that I have had the privilege of adding to my
adventures, some local and others around the country:
FISHING:
Tennessee River: Striper
Stream fishing for Smallmouth (locally)
Fished in Alaska for Salmon, Flounder and Trout
Several Canada trips (for Walleye, Northern, and Smallmouth)
South Dakota: Lake Oahe and Missouri River (Walleye)
Sardis, Ms: several times a year for Crappie
Kentucky Lake 10-15 times a year for Smallmouth and Crappie
Ohio and Mississippi River for Flathead Catfish, Sauger and White Bass
Lake Egypt: Bass and Crappie
Cedar Lake: Bass and Red Ear
HUNTING
Ontario, Canada: Black Bear and Moose (Bow)
New Mexico: Mule Deer(Rifle)
South Dakota: Mule Deer(Bow)
Canada: Goose hunting
Stuttgart, Arkansas: Duck hunting yearly
Colorado: Elk
Bow Hunt: Missouri and Southern Illinois
Goose and Duck Hunt: Missouri and Southern Illinois (Grassy, Duck Creek,
Wappapello)
Turkey Hunt – Missouri and Southern Illinois
Pheasant and Grouse (Iowa and South Dakota)
Fortunately,
I have gotten to experience a vast range of things that the fishing and
hunting has to offer, but there is more out there to be experienced. I
haven’t even scratched the tip of the iceberg, yet!!
My experience
with outdoor equipment of all sorts is fairly vast, all through high school
and college I have worked in outdoor oriented places:
Worked for
Phegley Shooters Supply (sold guns / worked on bows)
Shot bows competitively
on 3D circuit for several years, ASA and IBO events (Indiana, Georgia,
Kentucky, Florida, Arizona, Illinois and Missouri)
Work for JBR
Outfitters (sold variety of outdoor goods, but mainly worked on and sold
bows and sold Orvis Flyrods).
I have helped
out Dan Foutz, start the hunting end of Foutz’s Hunting and Fishing Store
in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Own 320 acres
in Southern Illinois – have been working on a management program there
for the last five years. This management program includes, no only the
management of the wildlife, but also the land and the resources that are
so vital to the wildlife. Plot has 25-acre lake, which we are trying to
manage to produce trophy Bass and Bluegill. The last five years of management
of this ground, has widened my depth of knowledge tremendously in the areas
of food plots, tree planting, tree harvesting, and many other related subjects.
Organizations
I am proud to be a member of:
Ducks Unlimited (Cape Girardeau Chapter), Treasurer
National Wild Turkey Federation
Bootheel Boss Gobblers
B.A.S.S.
Field Tester and Consultant for Imperial Whitetail Clover
Buckmasters
North American Hunting Club
