I have been hunting since 1981. I have been Bow Hunting exclusively since 1986. I have been very fortunant to hunt several states and have taken eight different big game species of north american animals. My favorite big game is Whitetails, although Elk Hunting is so exicting when you can call them in within bow range and harvest such a magestic animal. I love to hunt Russian Hogs which are almost totally nocturnal so we hunt them at night when there is a half to a full moon. I have been married for 28 years, I have three children and three grandchildren. Family is very important to me. I am one of the casualties in that I fell 34 feet from a broken branch in 1989 breaking my back but was able to walk a mile and a half to get help and after a thirteen hour surgery I had rods and pins in my back but was so fortunant to not have died or I should have been paralized but I am not and am so fortunant. I still hunt just about as much as I always did but with pain. I am truly one of the fortunant ones. I love to get others into hunting and helping any way possible and love to see others get into the great sport of our God given right to hunt but never abuse the land or the animals we persue. I try very hard to get kids into hunting and see there faces when they harvest their first animal which gives us all hope that the ones behind us will carry on the gret tradition of hunting and pass it on.