Kevin Paulson, Founder and CEO

Having grown up in a Forest Service family Kevin began his time in the woods at a very young age on the back of his father being packed up the mountains on fly fishing trips in the Tahoe National Forest.  His first hunt came in 1975 at the age of 5 with his father chasing mule deer along the Nevada border.  On that first hunt he saw the Western most herd of Antelope and watched his father take a mule deer.  Kevin was hooked on hunting and the pursuit of big game.

Over the last 37 years Kevin has hunted as far north as Saskatchewan, owned an outfitting business, chased and guided elk hunters in Idaho and now is the President and CEO of HuntingLife.com.

 Kevin has also dedicated his life to conservation and maintains a strict policy of donating 10% of his personal earnings to conservation organizations and 10% from HuntingLife.com to conservation.  Kevin is a committee member for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Life Member and is a committee member for the NWTF.  His membership in several organizations shows his dedication to habitat and youth hunting.

Dennis Brauchle, Pro Staff

Dennis has been hunting with our team for a year and his tips and wit have impressed us all.  Dennis will be hunting this year in Manitoba for Whitetail and enjoys the pursuit of Turkey and Deer in his home state of Pennsylvania.  His tips are cumulated from over 50 years of hunting experience in the east.  His dream hunt is pursuing a Canadian Moose in the next couple of years.

Paul Bambara, Pro Staff

Paul Bambara brings 50 plus years of hunting and fishing knowledge to our website. A Chiropractor by profession, Paul has also managed to stay very active in the outdoor field.He holds a New York state license to guide as well as a Coast Guard 100 ton Masters Captain license. During the late 1990's through 2002, Paul ran boat based black bear hunts in Alaska’s southeast islands along with salmon, halibut , and lingcod fishing in the famed inland passage.From his first trap line while still in elementary school to hunting and fishing on five continents, Paul has a wealth of wilderness experience to draw upon.

His biology background mixed with an insatiable love of wildlife and a passion for bow hunting gives Paul unique insight into the animals we love to hunt. Paul brings stories of his own adventures as well as product reviews and question answering forums to our website. E-mail Paul direct with questions about wildlife behavior, hunting, or future trip advice to paul@huntinglife.com and he will try to answer your questions right here on the website.

Don and Ginny (Husband and Wife Team), Pro Staff

Don & Ginny Rickards: They are a married team that enjoys hunting and fishing together. They have hunted big wild hogs and done lots of fly fishing for Bonefish in the Bahamas islands where the normal beachgoers don’t visit. Deer Hunting in Pennsylvania is a passion for Don that takes up a lot of his time in the fall and early winter. But their current obsession is hunting in Africa. Together, in four trips, they have taken 28 different species and 40 Plus animal there. They also act as live references at the sports shows and throughout the year for Motsomi Safaris of South Africa & Mozambique. With limited funds they are slowly pursuing the Big 5 as a couple. They have hunted Leopard for almost 3 weeks (with no success) but will try again.  Then there was the hair razing experience with Don getting his female lion at just 40 yards and closing. This past March 2009 they spent a few rough days chasing a problem crop raiding/village harassing elephant in Mozambique, only to get busted within 30 yards. The most recent success on the same trip was getting the first ol daga boy Cape Buffalo in that area of Mozambique, Africa,
 
Don & Ginny’s background are as diverse as they are personally. Don is a hyped up enthusiast in whatever he enjoys.  He is a retired Philadelphia Firefighter/medic and construction company owner who grew up serving newspapers on horseback and trying to lasso deer.  And now, he lives the dream of retirement and shares his life with his BEST hunting/fishing buddy ever. He has hunting buddies all over the country and pulls on their expertise as needed.  Big Joe Kelley is THE expert in primitive hunting and is an expert in handmade leather goods and art. Bill Odor is a custom knife maker. And his best friend, PaulB is a master fly tier and fisherman, as well as a plethora of knowledge on many subjects.    
 
Ginny the “Brain” as she is called, tries to keep Don in line and works with 4-H, a youth development program. She grew up on a farm in Ohio and starting hunting when she and Don went on there first trip to Africa. (She’s the one who talked him into going.) She claims she got caught up in all the testosterone around her and had to try it.  It is the one sport she loves and is good at. It is the first thing she has ever done that makes her totally forget the office and all the problem surrounding life today.  And she has been hooked ever since.
 
They hope to bring their recommendations and experiences from years of hunting and fishing trips to the Hunting Life team, especially through the unique perspective of husband and wife. You guys should try it. Don says she smells nicer and snuggles better them those nasty guys at hunting camp… LOL  You may contact them at Don@HuntingLife.com or Ginny@HuntingLife.com

Logan Hinners, Pro Staff

Logan grew up in Spring Valley, MN and his parents introduced him to hunting and fishing at an early age.  His father was a an instructor for

both Firearm Safety and the 4-H Shooting Sports program both of which have instilled a strong skill set for his current position as a guide for Elkhorn Outfitters in Craig, Colorado.  Logan has a front seat to one of the greatest learning experiences in the world spending months in the field around great hunters learning about hunting ethics and safety in the field.  His ability to test gear and understand the functionality in the field is going to provide tremendous value to our team.

Logna is currently attending college in the off months from guiding and hopes to get a degree in Graphic Design.  His passion for the outdoors keeps him hunting, fishing, camping, shed hunting, boating, motocross and snowmobiling.  He spends quite a bit of time with his faith, family and friends and he is a rabid fan of the Twins. His specialties are Whitetail, Muleys, Antelope, Elk and Turkeys.  Don't hesitate to contact Logan with questions at logan@huntinglife.com.

Greg Hubbell, Jr.  Pro Staff

16-year-old Greg Hubbell Jr. from Belmont, CA, is a Junior at Carlmont High School in Belmont, Ca. Greg is a good student, loves to play baseball, loves verturing into the outdoors, and is an accomplished wildlife caller. He has attracted the attention of the main stream media appearng on the following popular television shows Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Steve Harvey Big Time Show, the NBC Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, has also been on NPR Radio, and heard on radio around the world. A sports segment on NBC11 in the San Francisco Bay Area that was done on Greg Hubbell Jr. was picked up in 18 different markets and even led to a N. California Emmy Nomination in 2008 for a sports segment.

He has also been a Featured Presenter at the Smithsonian Institution Natural History Museum of the United States in Washington D.C. in 2004, celebrating 100 years of the National Fish & Wildlife Service, and again in 2010 celebrating 100 years of the of the Natural History Museum itself. He makes appearances and does seminars too.

For over 8 years Greg Hubbell Jr. has travelled across and throughout the country making friends, and competing against the best competition callers in the USA. His wildlife calling accomplishments are truly World class. Greg is the only person to:

• Win 19 Individual World Wildlife Calling Championships
• Hold more than 2 different Individual World Wildlife Calling Championships simultaneously. He has held 5 and has done this 2 times.
• Win more than 2 spicies of Individual World Wildlife Calling Championships, he has won 8.
• Win World Championships with a reed device (duck & goose), a diaphragm device (turkey & elk), and his voice (2 in the elk “voice” division, and the 2011 Swan).
• Win both the Duck and the Goose Krugerfarms Cup contests (like the Nascar Cup points system for each).
• Greg Hubbell Jr. is one of the most accomplished wildlife callers in history.

You Can Reach Greg Jr. at:  Gregjr@huntinglife.com

Rudy Hassall, Pro Staff

Rudy Hassall has a love of wildlife, backcountry hunts, bowhunting and the great remote wilderness of our planet. Rudy spent his time in Delaware and moved to Virginia at the age of 14.  A great friend from school introduced Rudy to the world of hunting and Rudy grows his passion for hunting every day.  Rudy took his first deer on opening day with a bow in the rain.

Rudy is passionate about bowhunting primarily for small game, predators and big game.  He is a first generation hunter and completely self taught.  He loves sharing his stories of missed opportunity as well as his success with anyone who will listen and he loves nothing more then sitting around a campfire and listening to great hunting stories by anyone who will tell them.

Rudy lives in Virginia with his beautiful wife, his young son and 2 dogs with 3 other sons in an extended family.  Rudy is Co-Chair for the Bull Run CHapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, a member of SCI and Izaac Walton League of America.  He is also holds a PMP from the Project Management Institute and knows his way around computers.

Rudy is the founder of www.windedbowhunter.com where he provides updates on conservation, environmental issues, hunting updates, gear reviews and whatever else strikes his fancy.  You can contact rudy at rudy@huntinglife.com

Marty & Hally Killion, Pro Staff

Marty Killion was raised in the Midwest along the Missouri River in Western Iowa; it was not until moving to Wyoming that he realized his passion for the outdoors and hunting.

Marty was injured in the line of Duty Police/SWAT officer and forced to retire in 2004. He is also a sponsored professional strength athlete bench pressing well over 500 pounds in a t-shirt.

Relatively new to hunting but in his short 12 years as a hunter he has had many accomplishments in taking 35 different species of big game and 9 of those being inside the Top 10 ranking for Safari Club International. Marty brings the experience of hunting from Northern Alberta to Mexico and California to Florida along with 3 Alaskan adventures. His preferred method of hunting is with a muzzleloader.

Marty is a member of SCI and the NRA. He is also a measurer for Safari Club International. You can contact him at Marty@HuntingLife.com

Hally grew up in a log cabin in the woods of Southern Indiana. She moved out West to pursue a degree in Fish and Wildlife Management at Montana State University.  It did not take long before she began hunting turkeys and Montana whitetails.  Hunting came naturally as a great way to enjoy the outdoors and to learn first hand about behavior and ecology of wildlife.  As an undergraduate, she pursued every opportunity to do research on wildlife and to get out in the field.  She met landowners and worked with ranchers and was able to hunt in some of the most beautiful areas Montana had to offer a hunter.  After graduation, she immersed herself in the issue of whirling disease of wild trout which was impacting the blue ribbon trout streams of Montana.  She received her Master's degree in Fish and Wildlife Management with numerous publications on whirling disease detection and ecology.  Her career path has now taken her to become a Senior Wildlife Disease Biologist working primarily with chronic wasting disease (CWD) and brucellosis in big game species as well as plague and tuleramia in carnivores and rodents.  Her passion for all species of wildlife is evident in her career path as well as her hunting accomplishments.  Hally also has shown to be a conservationist and protector of our 2nd amendment right in being members of both SCI and the NRA. To her credit as a huntress she has taken a SCI top 10 Rio Grande turkey in Texas, whitetails in several states and several trophy pronghorn in Wyoming.

Mitch Strobl, Pro Staff

Mitch grew up a Hoosier on the state line of Indiana and Ohio, near Cincinnati. Mitch's father introduced him to small game hunting at an early age and he began deer hunting at age five. Throughout his life he has had two loves, Hunting and Baseball. Mitch is currently a pitcher for DePauw University and majors in Biology with an Environmental Science Minor. Mitch works at the DePauw University Nature Park where he works on various conservation projects and builds habitat for wildlife.

Mitch's grandfather introduced him to archery at the age of 13, and this is when archery hunting took over his hunting passion. Hunting for Mitch is a family activity with many family members sharing in this great common bond of hunting and conservation. Mitch has interned with the United States Department of Agriculture on various land resource and wildlife farm projects. He also is the founder of the DePauw University Conservation Club, where a group of determined students discuss conservation topics and carry out various projects to make a difference in the conservation world.

"In my opinion, the ability to call myself a hunter is a god given gift and I am thankful that I live in the great country we call America, where we can enjoy this lifestyle season after season." Mitch Strobl

Mitch enjoys sharing his passions of hunting with youth and other hunters, drop him an email at mitch@huntinglife.com

Josh Morrissey, Pro Staff

Josh is an 18 year old college student at Winona State University, majoring in Ecology.  Josh has a very strong commitment to conservation a

nd a wealth of experience in hunting and fishing.  Josh is a committed waterfowler and member of Ducks Unlimited.  Josh is working to bring Ducks Unlimited to the campus of Winona State.  Josh is a former member of the Hunt Recorder and Notes Book Pro Staff.  Josh is well respected in his hometown and because of his hard work and ethical hunting he has gained permission to hunt thousands of acres of private farmland and forests, as well Josh hunts many small and large public tracts of land for waterfowl and big game.  Josh is a strong advocate of introducing youth and others to the traditions and passions of hunting, fishing and the outdoors. Please feel free to contact Josh at: josh@huntinglife.com

Chris Telinda

Growing up in a family that had a passion for the outdoors and conservation, I have been able to see first-hand the most ethical ways of pursuing my love for hunting. I was born and raised in Cincinnati Ohio, and now reside in Quaker City Ohio. I have attended Lincoln Memorial University, majoring in Wildlife Management and playing baseball. After LMU I graduated from Hocking College with a degree in Wildlife Management. I enjoy introducing new people into the outdoors and observing their emotions as they have an opportunity to harvest an animal. I am also a certified NASP instructor, I believe it is a great organization, and teaches kids not only how to shoot a bow but how to go about their life as well. I have been able to work with the ODNR and the WVDNR on numerous wildlife projects and studies. I wish to continue my career in the Natural Resources field, and plan on hunting until I cannot draw my bow back anymore.

Travis (TJ) Johnson, Pro Staff

Travis (TJ) Johnson grew up in Grand Forks, ND with a tremendous love for the outdoors.  His father instilled this love of the outdoors in TJ at a very early age and to this day TJ's the family hunts every year together out at the family's "Two Goose" hunting camp.  TJ enjoys hunting with his friends and family out at the camp on a yearly basis for predators, ducks, geese and Deer.  TJ is involved in the yearly preparation of food plots and working with local landowners to cull predators and assist in wildlife management.  He is a Junior at North Dakota State University as an Agriculture Economics Major.  In 2009, Travis had his best year of hunting in North Dakota and he and his father even took a trip out to Colorado for an elk hunt.  We look forward to great stories and food plot tips from Travis.

Justin Morrissey, Pro Staff

Justin is currently a freshman attending University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a major in Field Biology and minor in journalism. Justin is the brother of Pro Staffer Josh

Morrissey and they have been hunting together for years. Justin grew up hunting and fishing around Baldwin, WI with his family and friends. Justin is currently working as a camera man for Josh, but will also be seen in front of the camera on a regular basis. Justin is well respected in his area as an outdoorsman and conservationist. In school, most of his friends know him for the strong passion he shares for the outdoors. To Justin, there is no such thing as an off season. He ice fishes and scouts all winter, chases turkey in the spring, scouts new hunting spots and bowfishes in the summer, and then heads to the woods in the fall for Waterfowl and Whitetail. We are proud to have Justin on our team and look forward to seeing him grow as a team member, hunter, videographer and more. You may contact him at justin@huntinglife.com

Roger Hurst, Pro Staff/Business Development

Family History
I was born in Missoula, Montana. My great-grandfather and grandfather were dairymen in the Bitterroot Valley at Stevensville and avid hunters. My family then migrated to the Yakima Valley in Washington State. My father hunted the mountains of Eastern Washington both for deer and elk. He also enjoyed pheasant hunting and fishing.

Hunting Style
My style of hunting has been do-it-yourself hunting, on public land, for deer, elk and small game. I hunt with my son and best friend. We hunt in the Cascade Range of Eastern Washington in the Little Naches area drainage. Throughout the year my thoughts surround my next season’s hunt. I try to hunt every hunting day available when work doesn't interfere.

Where I Hunt
My hunting has also led me to the North Cascade Range in the Glacier Peak Wilderness for the high buck hunt in September. This is hike-in only, –no wheeled vehicles allowed in the Wilderness areas. My time there is spent hiking in seven to ten miles, with a sixty-pound backpack, setting up camp and glassing in the high basins for a big buck.I hunt for both deer and elk with modern rifle, as I enjoy shooting sports. My training for modern rifle also qualified me for the 600-yard, long-range course at my gun club. Not that I would take that shot on a regular basis, I want to know my limits with the equipment I use.

Related Efforts
I am currently a Master Hunter for the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Department. This is a qualification that only a few hunters enjoy in the state. The program is designed for hunters to “give back” to the community by volunteering  time to enhance conservation efforts for deer, elk and other wild game. We also help ranchers and farmers who have depredation issues on their property. Our duties are also being the “eyes and ears” for the Gamer Wardens while we are out in the field.

Accreditation
Hunting is really a year-round sport for me. If I am not hunting, I am talking about hunting or getting my equipment ready for the next hunt. My avid love for hunting doesn’t just stop with the hunt itself; I am also a longtime member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Mule Deer Foundation, Washington for Wildlife, National Rifle Assocation, North American Hunting Club, U.S. Sportsman’s Alliance, Kittitas County Field & Stream, Cascade Gun Club, Washington Arms Collectors and American Legion.

Contact Roger at Roger@huntinglife.com