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Ron has been a dedicated sportsman, conservationist and outdoorsman all his life. He has been featured in several nationally distributed videos on horse packing, wilderness trout fishing and high country bugling elk hunting, and in dozens of national outdoor and horsemen’s magazines. He was a professional horseman over 40 years and a full-time outfitter and guide for over 37 years.

During the winter and spring, Ron teaches horse packing and western big game hunting for groups such as the NRA and the RMEF. During the summer, Ron specializes in pack trips into the backcountry of Yellowstone Park for large cutthroat trout. In the fall, he conducts wilderness, horseback, pack-in hunts for bugling elk, mule deer, moose and trophy bighorn rams.

Ron and his wife Carol live in a log home in the spectacular Wapiti Valley, 20 miles from Yellowstone Park. Their closest neighbors are hundreds of deer and elk. They retired in December 2009.

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Marc Watts is the president and founder of the award-winning Sable Trail Productions and is recognized as one of the most successful modern day safari hunters in the world. Marc is sthe only hunter ever who has harvested both, a top 5 SCI Lord Derby eland and mountain nyala. He's a firm believer that every animal can and should be taken with one well placed shot. Born in Michigan, Marc is a verteran of twenty-one safaris in ten different countries. To date he has released eight best-selling safari DVDs. The latest is titled, "Back to Africa: The Best Bwana Moja." "1 is Done" is his second book. He is known as Africa's premier marksman. Marc is a lifetime member of SCI and has harvested nearly 300 animals on the continent of AFrica, inlcuding eight cats and twenty buffalo. He's an AIDS activist donating much of his DVD profits to HIV research and prevention through organization Opportunity International.

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Dave Holt grew up hunting and trapping near Sharon, Pennsylvania. At age 8, he entered the field of competitive archery and competed through his teens in hundreds of tournaments. He took 1st place in his class in all but five of these many competitions. He began bowhunting at age 10, taking his first whitetail at 14.

A life-long bowhunting perfectionist, Dave has devoted years improving equipment and analyzing the skills necessary to provide bowhunters a greater chance for success. With over 50 years of competitive archery, bowhunting, product design, coaching and testing experience, he is one of the worlds’ most respected technical archery writers. Most of all, he consistently proves that a solid understanding of bowhunting equipment is a huge advantage in the field. He has a tremendous desire to assist and educate other bowhunters—believing that education is the key to the preservation of bowhunting.

Dave spends about 6 months bowhunting each year, dividing his time between Africa and North America. These adventures give him plenty of opportunities to test new hunting methods and check his laboratory research under hunting conditions. His own performance and the success of those who have learned from him are testimony to his understanding of the sport. Dave presents bowhunting seminars worldwide. Respected archery guru Norb Mullaney has proclaimed Dave’s latest book, Balanced Bowhunting II (2004), as “the most authoritative archery book ever written.”

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David M. Newcomb, graduated with a BA from University of Pennsylvania in 1967, and completed his Masters in Architecture at Harvard in 1972. From 1974 to 1998, his firm - David M Newcomb, Architect, was primarily involved in the design/build of high-end residential projects.

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Upon completion of his post graduate studies at the University of Colorado, Garry Gordon incorporated E.A.R., Inc. to serve the needs of industrial accounts seeking compliance with government regulations regarding noise. In addition to setting up industrial accounts, Garry was also responsible for setting up one of the largest special instrument companies that sold and serviced audiometric equipment to both industrial and medical accounts for a 10-state region. He also befriended Dr. Sydney Gurshkov from Insta-Mold to develop one of the strongest distribution and manufacturing points for high grade silicones that could be used for ear protection, hearing aids and radio communications. This partnership has lasted for over 38 years and is currently responsible for marketing high quality silicones throughout the world to audiologist, ear, nose and throat doctors, industrial accounts and recreational accounts.

It was not until approximately 1978 that Garry focused on the hearing healthcare needs of the recreational markets that include hunters, shooters, motorcyclists and musicians. As a result of these efforts, Garry and his company have been highly recognized as one of the strongest resources for recreational hearing protection systems that include both electronic and non-electronic designs. Garry has had the pleasure of working with members of the NRA, Safari Club International, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, North American Wild Sheep, American Trap Association, National Sporting Clays Association, etc. and now Pheasants Forever. (See www.recreationalaudiology.com)

Gary has contributed to several major publications and presentations regarding hearing loss. These include Outdoor Life, Sporting Clays, Field and Stream, Trap and Field and the 1990 International Symposium of Sports Medicine held in Moscow, Russia.

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Dr. Craig Bade has been an active member of the Michigan Chapter of SCI for over twenty-six years. His wife, Amy, is a vegetarian who has accepted hunting and has numerous trophies from over a dozen safaris. He has two sons: Connor, age 17, and Gavin, age 19.

Dr. Bade has maintained an active solo practice in Holland, Michigan, for over thirty years. He has hunted several times in Alaska, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada, and has also hunted in Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Kyrgyzstan and many of the western states. Dr. Bade has lectured at SCI meetings, medical society meetings, sporting clubs and public medical seminars, and has consulted for many SCI members traveling overseas. The depth of his hunting experience and medical background will help people prepare for a safe and enjoyable adventure.

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Craig Boddington, outdoor writer speaking on arms and ammo for Africa.

Johan Calitz, respected outfitter speaking on what your outfitter and PH will expect from you and what you should expect from them.

Beverly Wunderlich, longtime booking agent speaking on what to take, how to go, and the paperwork you'll need for your safari.

Ludo Wurfbain, publisher of Sports Afield and Safari Press, speaking on what to read before, during and after your safari.

Jack Atcheson, retired taxidermist/booking agent, speaking on what to do while in Africa to assure the best possible mounts of your trophies.

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Vicki and Gil Ash have been shotgunning for 36 years, enjoying both field hunting and competitive target shooting. In 1994, their interests turned to teaching and began second careers as professional shotgun instructors. Having observed more than eight million shotgun shells being fired in the last fifteen years, the Ashes have studied visuo-motor skills and identified differences in visual perception between men and women. This has given them a unique ability to diagnose and solve any shotgunning problem, and they have developed a system that they now teach worldwide. Based in Houston, Texas, the Ashes provide instruction to 2,000 people each year. To date, Vicki and Gil have written eight books and produced six instructional DVDs. They are the Shooting Editors for Sporting Clays Magazine and the Shotgunning Editors for Safari Magazine.

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Webb Hammond has been flint knapping and making knives for more than 30 years. He learned to hunt, fish, and craft aboriginal tools and weapons from his father, an avid outdoorsman and forest ranger. He learned the basics of knapping from his father and further honed his art by duplicating collected stone tools and points left by Paleolithic hunters. He has crafted, and hunted successfully, with primitive bows and atl-atls fitted with stone points.
Webb is known for his artistic re-creation of tools and weapons from around the world in styles that include Mayan, Egyptian, Danish, Clovis and Folsom. He continues to refine his knapping skills, creating points for collectors, replica Paleolithic knives, and ceremonial blades used by the descendants of aboriginal tribes. His stone and steel knives are an artistic blend of rare stone, bone, and steel which he collects during his hunts and travels.
Webb conducts basic and advanced flint knapping classes for hunters, historians, collectors, and amateurs, demonstrating and teaching both percussion and pressure flaking techniques.

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Tom Julian is a life member of SCI with over forty years of hunting experience throughout North America, Russia, New Zealand and Africa. He has over forty years background in homebuilding and fine cabinetry. He has also spent the last twenty-five years in helping to design and build custom Trophy Rooms.

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Writer, photographer and television host (Winchester Whitetail Revolution and others) Ron Spomer has been pursuing, studying, photographing and hunting everything from bunnies to buffalo on six continents for 43 years. You’ve undoubtedly seen his wildlife and hunting photos in some publication or other. He’s been published in more than 120 different magazines. You’ve probably read a few of his articles in American Hunter, Rifle, North American Hunter, Successful Hunter, Sports Afield, Gun Hunter, Sporting Classics, Outdoor Life or dozens of other magazines. Perhaps you’ve read one of his seven published books.
Spomer is no part time wordsmith. This winner of the Leupold Outdoor Writer of the Year in 2006 and Zeiss Outdoor Writer of the Year in 2007 has been cranking out copy since 1976, averaging 100 published pieces annually. His photos and articles have won dozens of annual competitions and awards. And in the past five years you may have seen him loping across your TV screen in pursuit of something large, antlered or horned. Spomer has hunted six continents and is particularly experienced at backpack and horseback hunting for sheep, caribou, moose and mountain goats. He studies, reviews and reports on hunting optics, rifles, ammunition and ballistics, as well as most aspects of hunting and game animal behavior.

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Il Ling New grew up hunting and fishing, and started working for her father's outfitting service as a teen; she received her first guide's license at 17. Later, she became the first female captain of her university's shooting team. Il Ling is a professional guide in the US; she has also hunted in the UK, Asia, Australia, and Africa. At Gunsite, she teaches hunting rifle, hunting handgun, and wingshooting, as well as defensive handgun, rifle and shotgun. Il Ling is also a National Sporting Clays Association Instructor.

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Vicki and Gil Ash have been shotgunning for 36 years, enjoying both field hunting and competitive target shooting. In 1994, their interests turned to teaching and began second careers as professional shotgun instructors. Having observed more than eight million shotgun shells being fired in the last fifteen years, the Ashes have studied visuo-motor skills and identified differences in visual perception between men and women. This has given them a unique ability to diagnose and solve any shotgunning problem, and they have developed a system that they now teach worldwide. Based in Houston, Texas, the Ashes provide instruction to 2,000 people each year. To date, Vicki and Gil have written eight books and produced six instructional DVDs. They are the Shooting Editors for Sporting Clays Magazine and the Shotgunning Editors for Safari Magazine.

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Fare Game Chef, Lisa Freeman, has preached the gospel of wild game and outdoor cooking from coast to coast. She provides Executive Chef services for NASCAR, Inc. She is a presenting Chef for Safari Club International’s annual convention, with her popular “Wild Game & Wine” pairing seminar. She donates and supports the international conservation projects of the Banovich Wildscape Foundation, appointed member of Duck’s Unlimited Culinary Council and formerly a columnist for Field & Stream Magazine.
According to Lisa, “Sensational food doesn’t have to be complex when fresh, quality ingredients are used.”

A popular authority on wild game cooking, Lisa grew up in the fertile San Joaquin Valley of Central California where her family raised livestock and owned a restaurant. She quickly learned to appreciate the beauty of fresh cream, butter and free-range eggs and has made a career of learning the secrets of preparing wild game and enhancing the enjoyment of the sporting and outdoor life.

Lisa took up hunting and fishing at an early age, and by the time she was a teenager she had mastered the art of camp cooking and knew how to rely on natural resources for recipe ingredients. Lisa turned her love of cooking into a career, attending Columbia College where she studied Hospitality Management and graduated in Culinary Arts and Food Service Technology. Lisa teamed with a local farm to develop a California Extra Virgin Olive Oil, worked in the wine and spirits industry and ran a small herb farm and catering company before focusing exclusively on putting her chef skills to work. A popular wild game expert, speaker and teacher, Lisa creates custom and interactive events that incorporate wild game and outdoor cooking in showcasing products and foods that appeal to the sporting life market.

Lisa’s passion for wild game cooking shines through in her personal appearances. Her credits include culinary direction for “The Full Bloom Show” and the PBS show “Michael Chiarello’s Napa” where Lisa worked with a team of chefs in culinary production. She has been featured in many national publications and hosts “Taste of the Outdoors” recipe segment within the California Sportsman radio show on Sacramento’s KHTK 1140 AM.

Lisa’s list of clients, cooking promotions, classes and media appearances keep her traveling much of the time, but she’s finding time to work on her first cookbook – the topic of course is her favorite subject: wild game cooking and wine. Look for Lisa’s new cooking series to air on ESPN Outdoors.

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Craig Boddington was born and raised in Kansas, where his early big-game experience, in the mid-1960's, included pronghorn and mule deer in Wyoming, whitetail and mule deer in Kansas, and mule deer in Colorado. When not involved with hunting and shooting, much of his early years were spent in Boy Scout activities. At 14 he became an Eagle Scout, at 16 received a Silver Palm on his Eagle, and at 17 was the youngest person to become Activities Director at his regional Boy Scout camp. A member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, he attended the University of Kansas on an NROTC scholarship, graduating with an English degree and a regular commission in the United States Marine Corps. His outdoor writing career began in college and continued while on active duty. In 1979 he joined Petersen Publishing Company, where he served as Associate Editor, GUNS & AMMO magazine; Editor, GUNS & AMMO Specialty Publications; Executive Editor, Petersen's HUNTING Magazine; and from 1983 to 1994 Editor of Petersen's HUNTING Magazine. His current position with InterMedia (former Petersen's and Primedia) is Executive Field Editor InterMedia Outdoors, including GUNS & AMMO, Petersen's HUNTING, and RIFLESHOOTER.

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Eduard Katzke was born in Namibia, and has been wandering Africa's wild places since childhood. He studied agriculture and qualified as a Professional Hunter after doing two years National Service. Eduard's passion for hunting big game and big bore rifles led to the founding of the Big Bore Association of Southern Africa, with whom served as chairman for seven years. Currently President of PHASA and provides safari hunting services through his company Katzke Safaris.

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David M. Newcomb, graduated with a BA from University of Pennsylvania in 1967, and completed his Masters in Architecture at Harvard in 1972. From 1974 to 1998, his firm - David M Newcomb, Architect, was primarily involved in the design/build of high-end residential projects.

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Born in 1979, Jofie was raised hunting in the bush with his father, Joof Lamprecht. Jofie hunted his first leopard at 5, shot his first Oryx at 6 and his first Cape Buffalo at 12 years old. Today, Jofie is a big game professional hunter in Namibia and is a partner of Hunters Namibia Safaris, an exclusive big game hunting and photographic safari company. Jofie is also an accomplished and published photographer, leading a range of exclusive photographic safaris every year.

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Cabela’s T.A.G.S. Manager and Big-Game Consultant
Growing up in Western New York, Eric developed a strong appreciation for the outdoors. Upon graduating from the University of Dayton, his hunting pursuits led him to the Rocky Mountains, where he filmed big game hunts for clients. It was here that Eric picked up on the fact that trophy-caliber Western big game is often harvested in limited-entry game management units. He also realized that to hunt in these areas, your quest must begin in the office applying for the tags. Eric has become very well-versed in the pursuit of attaining these special tags. His ongoing dedication to figuring out which units to apply in; what the best drawing odds and harvest percentages are; and research into ever-changing laws and application deadlines can be put to work for you.

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Dr. Lloyd Newberry was born and raised in Georgia where he developed a love of wildlife and hunting on the family farm. Completing a doctorate at the University of Georgia, he followed a career in teaching and research, and later became Dean of Faculty in the University System. He is also a land developer and timber farmer.

Lloyd has served on many conservation and wildlife related boards, and writes and speaks eloquently on the subject. He is a senior editor for Sporting Classics Magazine and contributes to numerous other publications on old sporting art, duck decoys and fine guns.

A passion for hunting has led Lloyd and his wife, Martha, to five continents and 53 countries. He authored Pages of Time - Memoirs of a Southern Sportsman and The Big Five, now in its second printing. His latest book European Hunter describes his hunting experiences in 33 European countries. A feat unmatched by any other sportsman, this book is already heralded as the all-time definitive reference on hunting in Europe.

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Ron has been a dedicated sportsman, conservationist and outdoorsman all his life. He has been featured in several nationally distributed videos on horse packing, wilderness trout fishing and high country bugling elk hunting, and in dozens of national outdoor and horsemen’s magazines. He was a professional horseman over 40 years and a full-time outfitter and guide for over 37 years.

During the winter and spring, Ron teaches horse packing and western big game hunting for groups such as the NRA and the RMEF. During the summer, Ron specializes in pack trips into the backcountry of Yellowstone Park for large cutthroat trout. In the fall, he conducts wilderness, horseback, pack-in hunts for bugling elk, mule deer, moose and trophy bighorn rams.

Ron and his wife Carol live in a log home in the spectacular Wapiti Valley, 20 miles from Yellowstone Park. Their closest neighbors are hundreds of deer and elk. They retired in December 2009.

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Marc Watts is the president and founder of the award-winning Sable Trail Productions and is recognized as one of the most successful modern day safari hunters in the world. Marc is sthe only hunter ever who has harvested both, a top 5 SCI Lord Derby eland and mountain nyala. He's a firm believer that every animal can and should be taken with one well placed shot. Born in Michigan, Marc is a verteran of twenty-one safaris in ten different countries. To date he has released eight best-selling safari DVDs. The latest is titled, "Back to Africa: The Best Bwana Moja." "1 is Done" is his second book. He is known as Africa's premier marksman. Marc is a lifetime member of SCI and has harvested nearly 300 animals on the continent of AFrica, inlcuding eight cats and twenty buffalo. He's an AIDS activist donating much of his DVD profits to HIV research and prevention through organization Opportunity International.

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When precision rifles or extreme rifle accuracy is discussed, the Jarrett name always pops up. Kenny Jarrett has been producing precision rifles for thirty years. His rifles have established 17 world records in benchrest competition, six of which Kenny achieved himself. Small bore shooters, high power shooters, and silhouette shooters have all enjoyed a trip to the winners circle with Jarrett equipment through the years. Hunters worldwide have grown to trust the Jarrett name above any other when their lifetime quest is at hand. Kenny Jarrett knows rifles. He's often referred to as the expert's expert!

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Il Ling New grew up hunting and fishing, and started working for her father's outfitting service as a teen; she received her first guide's license at 17. Later, she became the first female captain of her university's shooting team. Il Ling is a professional guide in the US; she has also hunted in the UK, Asia, Australia, and Africa. At Gunsite, she teaches hunting rifle, hunting handgun, and wingshooting, as well as defensive handgun, rifle and shotgun. Il Ling is also a National Sporting Clays Association Instructor.

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Tom Julian is a life member of SCI with over forty years of hunting experience throughout North America, Russia, New Zealand and Africa. He has over forty years background in homebuilding and fine cabinetry. He has also spent the last twenty-five years in helping to design and build custom Trophy Rooms.

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Jim Shockey is an award-winning outdoor writer, television host and professional big game outfitter whose career has spanned more than 20 years. “Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures” television show is the top Nielsen-rated hunting program and airs year-round on Outdoor Channel in the United States and in Canada on WILD TV. This year, Jim and team will launch their newest television production, “Jim Shockey’s The Professionals” debuting in July on Outdoor Channel.
Jim’s thousands of published writings and photos have appeared in all of the major national outdoors magazines, his hunting DVD’s are distributed worldwide, and his web site is one of the most highly trafficked sites among outdoors celebrities.
Jim’s is the winner of SCI’s prestigious CJ McElroy Award and Professional Big Game Hunter of the Year Award. His personal hunting experiences include travel to the remotest, wildest and most beautiful reaches of the world. His energetic and adventurous approach to worldwide big game hunting and conservation have made him one of the most respected hunting personalities alive today.

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Writer, photographer and television host (Winchester Whitetail Revolution and others) Ron Spomer has been pursuing, studying, photographing and hunting everything from bunnies to buffalo on six continents for 43 years. You’ve undoubtedly seen his wildlife and hunting photos in some publication or other. He’s been published in more than 120 different magazines. You’ve probably read a few of his articles in American Hunter, Rifle, North American Hunter, Successful Hunter, Sports Afield, Gun Hunter, Sporting Classics, Outdoor Life or dozens of other magazines. Perhaps you’ve read one of his seven published books.
Spomer is no part time wordsmith. This winner of the Leupold Outdoor Writer of the Year in 2006 and Zeiss Outdoor Writer of the Year in 2007 has been cranking out copy since 1976, averaging 100 published pieces annually. His photos and articles have won dozens of annual competitions and awards. And in the past five years you may have seen him loping across your TV screen in pursuit of something large, antlered or horned. Spomer has hunted six continents and is particularly experienced at backpack and horseback hunting for sheep, caribou, moose and mountain goats. He studies, reviews and reports on hunting optics, rifles, ammunition and ballistics, as well as most aspects of hunting and game animal behavior.

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Ken Johnston, of Okemos, MI, is the man behind the unusuaul muzzleloading gun. Even though you don't see his name everywhere, Ken is no newcomer to guns and shooting. He is a third-generation gunsmith, and he created his first gun at the tender age of ten. Firearms have always been his passion and, with the inquisitiveness of how to make something work better and more efficiently, is how the Ultimate Muzzleloader was bron. Ken created and perfected the revolutionary ignition system, and was granted a double patent in 2002. Building the muzzleloader started out as just a hobby, but such a demand developed for it that it turned into a full-time business. Ken still has the same perfectionist attitude that he had in his early days of being a tool and die maker. His personal guarantee goes with every gun.

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James A. Swan, PhD. is a columnist for ESPN Outdoors.com, an actor who has appeared in 18 films including "Murder In the First", "Midnight Caller", "Jesse Hawkes" and the "Nash Bridges" TV series, 30 TV commercials including Hallmark and Toyota, and print ads including Ask Jeeves, Kaiser Permanente and Air Touch cell phones. He is the author or co-author of 10 popular books including In Defense of Hunting, The Sacred Art of Hunting and Chasing The Hunters Dream, and he is a film and TV producer. In 2009, he produced a 66-minute documentary entitled “Endangered Species: CA Fish and Game Wardens”, which was narrated by Jameson Parker. He is currently a Co-Executive Producer of the "Wild Justice" TV series for the National Geographic Wild Channel.

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A North Carolina native, Lane Therrell had her first horsepacking experience in the Big Horn mountains of Wyoming at age 15. An avid backpacker and primitive camper since age 4, she realzied the horses could take her farther and faster into the backcountry than her own two feet could. And horsepacking has been a passion for her ever since.
Most recently, she worked as a packer and camp cook at Golden Trout Wilderness Packtrains in the Sequoia National Forest, which is on the western slope of the Sierras in Southern California. While leading numerous backcountry pack trips, her National Rifle Assocaition (NRA) certification for firearms safety instruction served her well along the trail, helping to keep everyone safe. While packing bear hunters and deerhunters into and out of remote areas, she experienced the joys of hunting, and vowed to become an avid hunter herself. Lane enjoyed a career in public relations for agriculture and is currently in nursing school at Samuel Merritt University in Sacramento, CA. In between backcountry pack trips with her two mules, she works as a freelance writer. Some of her outdoor writing can be seen in Western Hunter magazine.

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Webb Hammond has been flint knapping and making knives for more than 30 years. He learned to hunt, fish, and craft aboriginal tools and weapons from his father, an avid outdoorsman and forest ranger. He learned the basics of knapping from his father and further honed his art by duplicating collected stone tools and points left by Paleolithic hunters. He has crafted, and hunted successfully, with primitive bows and atl-atls fitted with stone points.
Webb is known for his artistic re-creation of tools and weapons from around the world in styles that include Mayan, Egyptian, Danish, Clovis and Folsom. He continues to refine his knapping skills, creating points for collectors, replica Paleolithic knives, and ceremonial blades used by the descendants of aboriginal tribes. His stone and steel knives are an artistic blend of rare stone, bone, and steel which he collects during his hunts and travels.
Webb conducts basic and advanced flint knapping classes for hunters, historians, collectors, and amateurs, demonstrating and teaching both percussion and pressure flaking techniques.

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Dave Holt grew up hunting and trapping near Sharon, Pennsylvania. At age 8, he entered the field of competitive archery and competed through his teens in hundreds of tournaments. He took 1st place in his class in all but five of these many competitions. He began bowhunting at age 10, taking his first whitetail at 14.

A life-long bowhunting perfectionist, Dave has devoted years improving equipment and analyzing the skills necessary to provide bowhunters a greater chance for success. With over 50 years of competitive archery, bowhunting, product design, coaching and testing experience, he is one of the worlds’ most respected technical archery writers. Most of all, he consistently proves that a solid understanding of bowhunting equipment is a huge advantage in the field. He has a tremendous desire to assist and educate other bowhunters—believing that education is the key to the preservation of bowhunting.

Dave spends about 6 months bowhunting each year, dividing his time between Africa and North America. These adventures give him plenty of opportunities to test new hunting methods and check his laboratory research under hunting conditions. His own performance and the success of those who have learned from him are testimony to his understanding of the sport. Dave presents bowhunting seminars worldwide. Respected archery guru Norb Mullaney has proclaimed Dave’s latest book, Balanced Bowhunting II (2004), as “the most authoritative archery book ever written.”

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Upon completion of his post graduate studies at the University of Colorado, Garry Gordon incorporated E.A.R., Inc. to serve the needs of industrial accounts seeking compliance with government regulations regarding noise. In addition to setting up industrial accounts, Garry was also responsible for setting up one of the largest special instrument companies that sold and serviced audiometric equipment to both industrial and medical accounts for a 10-state region. He also befriended Dr. Sydney Gurshkov from Insta-Mold to develop one of the strongest distribution and manufacturing points for high grade silicones that could be used for ear protection, hearing aids and radio communications. This partnership has lasted for over 38 years and is currently responsible for marketing high quality silicones throughout the world to audiologist, ear, nose and throat doctors, industrial accounts and recreational accounts.

It was not until approximately 1978 that Garry focused on the hearing healthcare needs of the recreational markets that include hunters, shooters, motorcyclists and musicians. As a result of these efforts, Garry and his company have been highly recognized as one of the strongest resources for recreational hearing protection systems that include both electronic and non-electronic designs. Garry has had the pleasure of working with members of the NRA, Safari Club International, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, North American Wild Sheep, American Trap Association, National Sporting Clays Association, etc. and now Pheasants Forever. (See www.recreationalaudiology.com)

Gary has contributed to several major publications and presentations regarding hearing loss. These include Outdoor Life, Sporting Clays, Field and Stream, Trap and Field and the 1990 International Symposium of Sports Medicine held in Moscow, Russia.

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Dr. Craig Bade has been an active member of the Michigan Chapter of SCI for over twenty-six years. His wife, Amy, is a vegetarian who has accepted hunting and has numerous trophies from over a dozen safaris. He has two sons: Connor, age 17, and Gavin, age 19.

Dr. Bade has maintained an active solo practice in Holland, Michigan, for over thirty years. He has hunted several times in Alaska, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Canada, and has also hunted in Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Kyrgyzstan and many of the western states. Dr. Bade has lectured at SCI meetings, medical society meetings, sporting clubs and public medical seminars, and has consulted for many SCI members traveling overseas. The depth of his hunting experience and medical background will help people prepare for a safe and enjoyable adventure.

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A North Carolina native, Lane Therrell had her first horsepacking experience in the Big Horn mountains of Wyoming at age 15. An avid backpacker and primitive camper since age 4, she realzied the horses could take her farther and faster into the backcountry than her own two feet could. And horsepacking has been a passion for her ever since.
Most recently, she worked as a packer and camp cook at Golden Trout Wilderness Packtrains in the Sequoia National Forest, which is on the western slope of the Sierras in Southern California. While leading numerous backcountry pack trips, her National Rifle Assocaition (NRA) certification for firearms safety instruction served her well along the trail, helping to keep everyone safe. While packing bear hunters and deerhunters into and out of remote areas, she experienced the joys of hunting, and vowed to become an avid hunter herself. Lane enjoyed a career in public relations for agriculture and is currently in nursing school at Samuel Merritt University in Sacramento, CA. In between backcountry pack trips with her two mules, she works as a freelance writer. Some of her outdoor writing can be seen in Western Hunter magazine.