I’m 23 years old and I’ve spent the better half of my life living in Alamance County, North Carolina. I’m convinced that my father’s love for deer hunting fostered a permanent infatuation with the outdoors in my life. As a 12-year old, I killed my first deer at my grandpa’s farm in northwestern PA. From the time that bolt-action .243 barked in 1996, it was a slippery slope towards obsessive addiction. My passion is white-tailed deer hunting, especially with archery equipment. However, as my blog name would suggest – I don’t consider myself a one dimensional outdoorsman. I am just as likely to be wading shallow lake waters trying to arrow prehistoric bowfin and torpedo-shaped grass carp, busting the January brush for cottontails, combing hillsides for antler sheds, calling ducks in a timbered swamp, battling monster flathead catfish, or setting traps for beavers and raccoons. My passion also takes me outside NC boundaries – bowhunting elk in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, glassing pronghorn in Wyoming’s plains country, or stalking mulies at the base of the Bighorn Mountains. The list could go on.

I guess the thing that makes me somewhat unique is that I have taken my love for the outdoors and genuinely made it my life’s pursuit. I received a 4 year degree in wildlife sciences from North Carolina State University in December 2006. Since then, I’ve been working on a master’s degree in the same field. I am using GPS collars to examine how adult bucks react to hunting pressure at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland. After this phase of education is complete, I will be deciding whether to pursue a Ph.D. or enter the federal or state workforce as a wildlife biologist.

Well, enough about me, my wife is extraordinarily beautiful and loving. We were high school sweethearts and just got married in January 2008. My dad is still my best hunting companion. I’ve also shared many days afield with some great friends…you know who you are.

Finally, what can you expect from my blog. I will bring you many exciting experiences, practical how-to tips, and great interviews with dynamic people in the outdoor arena, but I also want to bring you a unique perspective from the science behind the great outdoors.