I don't listen to music much any more but I do like music. Blues, Bluegrass, acoustic guitar, rock, R & B, classical. I sometimes just like silence. I can sit in the woods and just listen to nature. The wind, frogs, birds, the rustling of a field mouse in the litter of the forest are all sounds I appreciate like many people do not.

My reading interests are very wide. I like murder mystery, history, gun related and outdoor articles. I subscribe to a number of conservation magazines like the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. I receive American Hunter with my NRA membership and really like the "Armed Citzen" stories. I am a member of the Minnesota Historical Society and enjoy reading about Minnesota and World History.

My interests primarily revolve around hunting and fishing but I also like movies,cooking and gardening. Photography is another hobby that I enjoy.

CSI, LOST, NCIS. I watch the History Channel, Discovery Channel, and of course, all the Outdoor Channels. I love TIVO! Recordings for a rainy day!!!

I guess I don't really know who my heroes are. I look up to God and thank him every day for allowing me to survive. I thank him for my family. I thank him for my wife and kids. Every day I'm alive is a blessing. My wife and mother are my greatest earth based heroes. My wife for tolerating me and putting up with my hunting and my mother for just being my mother. I believe that the women in a man's life has the greatest infleunce on who he becomes or doesn't become. Behind every good man is a better woman!

I look up to my father for teaching me about the difficulties of life. He taught me how to survive at all costs. He taught me a great deal about the woods and nature and passed on the passion of the outdoors.

Someday I hope to look up to my children as they become adults and raise their own families. We have good kids and I think my wife and I are on the right track with them.