Team Hunting Life Pro Staff

Kevin Paulson, Founder 

Kevin@huntinglife.com 

Kevin Paulson(Guiding In Idaho, 2006)

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.

 

Joella Bates, Pro Staff

Business Development Manager

Waverly, Tennessee

Joella is a unique and very dedicated outdoors lady. She is constantly looking for new outdoor adventure: shooting, hunting, and fishing opportunities. She began fishing while in diapers and hunting with a gun at age 6. After taking many small game and deer with a gun and attending college via academic and rifle scholarships, Joella sought the hunting and shooting challenges that a bow and arrow afforded. For the last 19 years, she has spent most of her hunting time using a bow and arrows to harvest 52 different species. . Her fascination with big dangerous animals has seen her harvest black bears, Asian water buffaloes, alligators, and American bison; consequently, on May 10, 2001, Joella made history when she became the first woman to take an African Cape Buffalo with only a bow and arrow. In 2003, she executed a green-hunt for a Rhinoceros with a bow and tranquilizer-tipped arrow. Not stopping there, her 13-year obsession to out-do the incredible senses of the wild turkey culminated in her becoming the first woman to complete the Wild Turkey Grand Slam with only a bow and arrows between April 8 and May 6, 2004 after just 13 days of hunting. Interestingly enough, she has arrowed 13 turkeys to date.

For 14 years, Joella competed in archery tournaments from the local level to national and world events hosted by ASA, IBO, NFAA, and Buckmasters. She has shot archery professionally since 1994 and has earned over $100,000 from tournament winnings and bonuses. Her most significant achievements as a competitive archer are my five 3-D Archery World Championship titles and 1995 ASA Woman Pro Shooter-of-the-Year and 3-D and Target Archery Woman Shooter-of-the-Year. In 1998, she joined the Mathews pro staff. That year, she compiled 13 top 3 finishes in 18 events. In the past two years, Joella has been reintroduced to gun hunting. Now, she is training to compete in a 1000-yard rifle-shooting event; yes, that is 1000 yards. Long-range rifle shooting offers an incredible challenge and a new dimension to her hunting.

Her passion for sharing archery and hunting with others has her conducting motivational programs at schools and with youth groups, in-store promotional programs, seminars, and archery shooting clinics. From fund-raisers, to Kick’in Bear children’s events, to hunts with children, disabled individuals, and soldiers, Joella lends her support to introduce others to the outdoors. In January 2005, her contributions were recognized. She was inducted into the Outdoor Channel’s Circle of Honor and featured in their television show. Joella has hosted, co-hosted, and appeared in outdoor television shows and videos. Her writings have been featured in Africa Bowhunter, Big Game Adventures, Boar Hunter, Bowhunt America, Buckmasters, Catfish NOW, Florida Outdoor Adventure, Hunteen, Inside Archery, RACK, 3-D Times, The Sportsman Magazine and US Archer as well as many newspapers. Watch for articles on www.HuntingLife.com, www.outdoorenvy.com, and www.sportsmanofnorthamerica.com.

Before becoming a full time professional archer and hunting promoter, she spent 13 years as a Naturalist, Wildlife Officer, Fisheries Manager, and an Environmental Scientist. She received a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology from the University of Tennessee at Martin and a Masters of Science in Biology (Fisheries Management) from Tennessee Technological University. In 1996, Joella was inducted into the University of TN at Martin Athletic Hall-of-Fame in the sport of Rifle.Joella supports conservation. She has taught Hunter Education for 29 years, and Bowhunter Education for 14 years. She is a member of ASA, IBO, NFAA, NWTF, Buckmasters, QDMA, Safari Club, and a Life member of NRA. Joella’s two children, Bo Bates (23) and Jana Bates Crowell (21), and grandson, Laken Hunter Crowell are included in many outdoor adventures. 

Dennis Brauchle, Pro Staff

Dennis has been hunting with our team for a year and his tips and wit have impressed us all.  Dennis is our key spokesperson for the www.iamwolverine.com challenge and will be editing our Hunting Tips section for the duration.  We are looking forward to his thoughts, new ideas and getting back into the field with him in Wyoming for Antelope.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Hadley, Pro Staff

Chris Hadley is from Boonville, Indiana; a small Southwestern Indiana town ten miles north of the Ohio river and ten miles east of Evansville.  A graduate of Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky and high school teacher in Henderson, Kentucky.  At 27 years old and recently married his passion is his wife, family and hunting. Chris killed his first mallard at the age of 8 and his favorite animal to hunt is the Eastern Turkey.  Of course Chris is not going to pass on any available hunting trip.  Chris contributes to our sales team and our Hunting Tips section and we are excited to have him on our team.  Chris@huntinglife.com