Babe Winkelman
Founder, Babe Winkelman Productions
Bill Jordan
Founder & CEO, REALTREE
Bill Miller
Executive Director, North American Hunting Club; Executive Producer/Host, North American Hunter Television on Versus; VP, Media Development & Production, North American Media Group, Inc.
Brad Rucks
Publisher, Deer & Deer Hunting
Bret Overturf
Artist/Owner, Wildlife Studio
Charles J. Alsheimer
Behavior Editor, Deer & Deer Hunting
Daniel E. Schmidt
Editor, Deer & Deer Hunting
David Blanton
Co-Host, Realtree Outdoors
Don and Kandi Kisky
Co-Hosts, Whitetail Freaks/Whitetail Extreme
George Winslow
Host, Bullseye Outdoors
Gina Brunson
Co-Host, Jon Brunson Outdoors
Gregg Ritz
Host, Thompson/Center’s Game Trails
Hal Shaffer
Co-Host, Huntin' the World TV
Jon Brunson
Co-Host, Jon Brunson Outdoors
Ken Cobb
Co-Host, Huntin' the World TV
Kenny McCrea
Co-Owner, McCrea Outdoors Productions, LLC
Larry Weishuhn
Co-Owner, Los Cazadores
Lee and Tiffany Lakosky
Hosts, Scent-Lok’s Gettin Close with Lee & Tiffany
Mark Drury
Co-Owner, Drury Outdoors - Founder, MAD Calls - Co-Host, Dream Season, Bow Madness, Wildlife Obsession
Micky McCrea
Co-Owner, McCrea Outdoors Productions, LLC
Mike Hanback
Author, Television Host, Blogger - BigDeer.com
Mike Weinkauf
President, Babe Winkelman Productions
Nicole Jones
Co-Host, Driven 24/7 - VERSUS and the Pursuit Network
Pat Reeve
Co-Host, Driven 24/7 - VERSUS and the Pursuit Network
Paul Butski
Co-Host, Sportsmen’s Outdoor Strategies
Ralph Cianciarulo
Co-Host, ARCHER’S CHOICE® and THE CHOICE
Ray Howell
Kicking Bear Foundation
Terry Drury
Co-Owner, Drury Outdoors - Co-Host, Dream Season, Bow Madness, Wildlife Obsession
Tom Miranda
Host, Realtree’s Whitetail Country, Strategies in the Wild and Territories Wild
Tom Nelson
Host, American Archer TV
Vicki Cianciarulo
Co-Host, ARCHER’S CHOICE® and THE CHOICE
Wade Middleton
Host, Fishing & Hunting Texas, Co-Host, Americana Outdoors
Pat Reeve
Co-Host, Driven 24/7 - VERSUS and the Pursuit Network
At the age of six, I started hunting with my father Keith. My dad’s love for whitetail deer hunting soon rubbed off on me and now, some thirty years later, I still love everyday hunting just as I did when I first started. My professional career in the outdoor industry really began kind of by mistake or should I say “lucked into it.” I was working as a whitetail guide for Tom Indrebo at Bluff Country Outfitters located in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
Through the connections at BCO I met many people already in the hunting industry. Gene Bidespacher, who was the current producer for Buckmasters TV, urged me to take my passion and hobby of photography to a higher level and to start running the video camera. One year later, I had to step away from my guiding job and went to work as a freelance videographer for both Tom Miranda and Hunters Specialties.
Eventually after lots of hard work and determination, I landed a full time field producer/pro-staff position with Hunter’s Specialties located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
My next big career break came when I was hired to produce and co-host North American Whitetail Television. The show quickly became popular and was nominated and won several awards.
After putting over 40 Pope and Young bucks on the wall, three which gross Boone, I thought my hunting career was going well until my greatest accomplishment yet, which was shooting the largest typical ever taken by hunter on professional video scoring 200” Boone and Crockett. I don’t know if I’ll ever top that but I know I’ll sure have fun trying!
