SCOTT BESTUL

Scott Bestul shot his first whitetail 35 years ago. That buck hooked him on deer hunting.
Now among the country’s most widely published outdoor writers, Scott has published hundreds of articles on whitetails and the people who hunt, study, manage, photograph and enjoy America’s most popular game animal.
The bluff country of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is his favorite stomping grounds. "The rugged topography found in the bluffs and coulees of this region not only grow some of the country’s greatest bucks, but also present some of the steepest challenges for hunters," he says. "The severe terrain creates tricky winds and unique travel patterns that can challenge even the wisest deer hunter.”
He is a long-time contributing editor for Field & Stream and frequent contributor to Bowhunter, Deer & Deer Hunting and North American Whitetail.
Scott and his family live in rural Winona County.

GARY CLANCY

Gary Clancy, his wife Nancy, and assorted hunting dogs, live in a log cabin along the Root River in southeastern Minnesota.
“It has been my good fortune to have hunted whitetail deer in 21 different states and Canadian Provinces, and I can tell you from personal experience, that hunters here in Minnesota have it darned good."
Clancy’s feature articles and photographs have been published in North American Hunter, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Sports Afield, The Volunteer, North American Whitetail, Whitetail Journal, Whitetail Strategies, Deer & Deer Hunting and others.
He has written seven books about deer and deer hunting." White-Tailed Deer", "Advanced Whitetail Hunting", "Calling, Rattling & Decoying Deer", "Treestand Strategies", " Hunting The Whitetail Rut", "Tough Bucks" and "Strictly Whitetails".

JASON COLEMAN

Jason Coleman has been a chef for 20 years. He is an avid  bowhunter and a life member of the Wisconsin Bowhunters Association and North American Hunting Club.
Jason is the production chef in charge of catering at Fox Valley Technical College. His favorite part of the job and cooking at home is to create new recipe ideas.

BYRON FERGUSON

Byron, the archery trick shot man, is a spectacularly good archer and an excellent bowhunter. He has performed in the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Chile and Japan for crowds up to 50,000. Byron proudly bears the honorary Jicarilla Apache name “Tdo-ee-cee-ee”, which means “The one who does not miss”.
He has written “Become The Arrow” book and produced two videos on the same topic.

BILL HESSELGRAVE

Bill is a professional butcher and a long-time deer hunter from northwestern Wisconsin. That’s a good combination, good background for someone who thoroughly enjoys showing you how to process your deer easily and efficiently.

MARK KAYSER

Mark Kayser has photographed and written about the outdoors since junior high and in a career spanning two-plus decades. His travels have spanned three continents.
Mark is the whitetail columnist for North American Hunter, backyard whitetail bowhunting columnist for Bowhunt America magazine; conservation editor and bowhunting council coordinator for North American Hunter.
His work has been published in nearly every major outdoor publication on the market today. He co-hosts North American Hunter on Versus, Whitetail Revolution on Versus. Whitetail Challenge. In 2008 Mark will host a new series on Versus, "TruckVault’s Xtreme Hunts."

TONY LaPRATT

Tony has been in the land management (for whitetails) business since 1995. Tony and his associate Chris Pierson (a childhood friend) have visited, laid out food plots, created deer beds specifically for bucks and does, selected stand locations, etc. on more than 70,000 acres of hunting and farm land. Tony specializes in small acreages (155-acre client average). He owns 52 acres in southern Michigan, with only 25 wooded, and has taken seven bucks that gross over 150 B&C on that small parcel. He’s been consistent for more than 20 years on trophy class whitetails ... 29 in all.

MICHELE LEQVE

Michele Leqve has taken nine big game species with bow and arrow. Her top trophy is the 9-1/2 foot polar bear she took in Nunavut Canada, April 14, 2006. She is the first woman to take a polar bear with a bow.
She has been published in Bowhunter and Bear Hunting. She has taught archery and bowhunting classes at Women in the Outdoors events in Minnesota and is also involved with the WomenHunters Club.

ALEX RUTLEDGE

With more than 30 years of hunting experience, Alex Rutledge is well versed in calling deer, turkey and predators. Alex was the National Amateur Turkey Calling Champion and Missouri State Turkey Calling Champion in 1986. He later won the Grand National Gobbling Championship.
Alex has appeared on TNN Outdoors, ESPN Outdoor Adventure Magazine, several hunting videos and television commercials. He also has been featured in numerous outdoor magazine articles and as a guest on radio stations nationwide.

GORDON WHITTINGTON

Gordon is the producer of North American Whitetail’s television program and former editor of North American Whitetail magazine. He’s hunted whitetail all over North America.
He’s seen a wide, wide range of programs designed to produce healthier whitetail populations and bucks with the strength to grow better antlers. Gordon has definite ideas on the right way to evaluate your land and create good food plots and habitat improvement practices.

BILL WIESNER

Bill’s nickname is “Bear Crazy”, but it could just as well be “The Big Turkey”. He has shot 23 turkeys with bow and arrow.
He is a bow designer; the first hunter to complete the Great Lakes Grand Slam (bear, deer, turkey) with all types of archery gear -- compound, recurve, longbow and self-bow with stone heads; the first hunter to complete all five Wisconsin Bowhunters Association awards in one year (coyote, bobcat, turkey, deer, bear); a hunter eduction instructor for 25 years, and a member of the Red Arrow Society, awarded by the Lakota Sioux Nation for archery contributions to the tribe, an award rarely given to a non-tribal member.