Pro Staff
Chris
Elliott is a hunting junkie. In September, he starts out chasing dove
and early season waterfowl. After that, it's a mixture between bow
hunting big Illinois whitetail and waterfowl hunting. After the rut, it’s
all waterfowl for him! He also loves to pheasant and quail hunt with his German
Shorthaired Pointer, but his real passion is bow hunting deer and blastin’
waterfowl. The land Chris hunts isn’t always the best but he still gets it done.
He hunts a mixture of public and private land, spread out through the north and
central areas of Illinois. Chris Elliott is a young hunter but not shy
of acomplishments in the outdoor world. He’s on The Sportsman’s Channel’s “Battle
of the Bow.” He also is a co-founder of
a sanctioned waterfowl calling contest “The Southern Illinois Waterfowl Calling
Classic.” There is no off season for
Chris as he is always competing in calling contests or 3-D archery shoots.
Tyler Breashears
Lonoke, Arkansas
Tyler is from Lonoke, Arkansas. Tyler is a full time college student at Arkansas Tech University. Tyler is an avid outdoorsman in the state of Arkansas and surrounding states. Tyler has been waterfowl hunting since the age of 13. Traveling to the Arkansas green timber and the White and Cache Rivers. Tyler Also enjoys fishing, deer hunting, frog hunting, and turkey hunting. Tyler started competition duck calling in 2009. Tyler Won his first duck calling contest in Drew, Miss. At the Delta wings duck calling contest. Also, in 2009 Tyler continued on with his contest calling and placed 4th in the Chick Major memorial scholarship contest. In 2011 Tyler won the Two Rivers Regional duck calling contest in Pittsfield, Ill, which qualified him for the World championship duck calling contest that is held in Stuttgart, Arkansas each November. Tyler has placed in numerous main street and meat calling contest. Tyler is a member of the Decoy Outdoors pro staff, and also a member of the Echo calls pro staff. He enjoys watching football, stock car racing, and anything that is outdoor related.
Chris Carr
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
When Chris (39) was young, he could remember waiting for his Father to return from deer camp to hear the stories and see his harvest. He would count down the days until he was old enough to go out with his Father to hunt. After his Wilkes University and semi-pro football career came to an end in 1998, he was more hooked on hunting than ever before. It does not matter if it's out for ducks in a boat, deer from a tree stand, or any game animal in between. If he could get out into woods, it works for him.
Personally, Chris is married to his wife Heather (who puts up with his hunting obsession). His daughter Ally loves to fish and his sons Quinn and Owen are already waiting at the window for him to get home with stories.....Check him out at his Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Working-Mans-Hunter/151667688204620
Tom Younce
Jackson, Missouri
Yes, Tom was on the water his first week of life and never looked back.
Born and raised on the beaches of Ventura, CA, Tom enjoyed a life of Surfing, Free diving,
spear fishing, cliff diving, swim team and playing Water POolo in High school.
Right out of High school Tom went to work in the Offshore oil industry on you guessed it..
Boats. In fact, Tom was fired from one boat co. in 1983 along with the entire crew because the oil co,
was not amused that they were water skiing behins a 100 foot crew boat, around the
Oil Rig, 9 miles off the CA. Coast. Tom, lived to have fun.
Tom then went to a much larger 220 foot vessel and worked setting drilling rigs in the
Bering Sea out of Dutch Harbor from 1984-1986. Tom says that was just beyond insane.
The oil Industry went belly up in 1986 and Tom went toi work in the onshore side of the Oil Industry
where he met an avid Bowhunter who taught Tom the basics. Yes sir. Tom was done in.
Tom visited his cousins in Missouri in October 1990 and was done. He went home, quit his Job,
and moved to Mid Missouri in Sept. 1991. From there Tom picked up a Bow, became self taught and began
to enter tournaments. Yes, he was beaten, but, he was noticed by the local shop and they took him in and
trained him proficiently. He then worked in the Pro Shop part time for 17 years.
Tom is Married to his High School sweetheart, and owns his Own Gun Store, Second Amendment Guns
in Jackson, MO. The store offers a complete online store with over 50,000 items.
In the Fall, Tom is a Hunting Guide in N.E. Missouri for R and B Outfitters.
Tom lives for the outdoors and introducing youngster's into the wonderful world of the outdoors.
Remember folks, Hunting is not about the kill. It is all about the experience. The sights, the smells.
The wildlife that we see and never take. Sharing the tree with the Owls, the Hawks, etc.
Pass these ideals onto the youth. They thank you later.
Rick Woods
Garden City, Kansas
Rick started hunting at the age of 5 by following his dad into the fields hunting pheasants. At the age of ,7 he won his first shotgun at a Ducks Unlimited banquet. Rick grew up in Elizabeth, Colorado, where he started duck and goose hunting at the age of 13. Growing up, he hunted everything that he could get a tag for. When he was old enough to drive, he started hunting all over Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. In 2008, he moved to Kansas where his love for the outdoors and waterfowling really grew. He hunts from August to May, chasing birds all over Kansas and Colorado with his wife and good friends. In the summer he does alot of fishing and camping. He also helps out at local youth events, where he teaches kids how to call and identify the various waterfowl species.
Kolton Winn
Lehi, Utah
Kolton Winn is
very passionate about his hunting. He has been out in the field with his dad
since he was 4. He remembers watching his dad dump that first mule deer with a
muzzleloader and knew from that day on that he was an addict. He loves to hunt
anything he can, but his real passion lies in waterfowl. With his dad he grew
up hunting ducks, geese, mule deer, turkeys, grouse, doves, elk and any other
tag they could get their hands on. Kolton prides himself in being able to
finish birds in the spread, and is very dedicated to filling any tag he
has. Kolton is going into his senior year of high school, and does most of his
hunting with his buddies now, but loves going out from time to time with his
old man.
Luke Wiatrek
Falls City, Texas
Luke has been in the outdoors for as long
as he can remember. His dad and three older brothers got him started by
taking him along on every trip that had to do with the outdoors. Luke grew
up in a small south Texas town just an hour south of San Antonio,hunting just
about anything there was to hunt in Texas, from deer hunting to trapping hogs. Anything
with the outdoors is where you can find Luke. He remembers being just old
enough to shoot a gun and his dad would take him rabbit hunting with a single
shot .410. It progressed from there, that single shot .410 ended of
becoming Luke’s first gun. His older brothers showed him the secret of the
sport and taught him the importance of being a hunter. He remembers
when he got hooked on dove hunting like it was yesterday! A little piece of
property right in front of his grandparents house that they use to hunt is
where Luke developed the passion he now has for the outdoors. Ever since then, he's
been chasing wildlife. Luke does a lot of different hunting: sitting in a
deer blind waiting for that monster south Texas buck to walk out, shooting
dove, calling a big ol’ gobbler into range, or you might find him on the bay
catching trout and reds all day long. His love for the outdoors will never go
away, and hopes one day to have kids of his own that will follow in his
footsteps.
Nick Sanchez
Nick Sanchez grew up in Wakefield Kansas. He is 22 and attends
college at Emporia State University. He spends his summers working for the
Canadian Wildlife Service working in the arctic. Up there he helps with studying
the snow goose populations and habitat. He also bands snow geese and white
fronts, as well as king eiders and old squaw. He was introduced to hunting at a young age
and has been hooked ever since. He has been blessed with the opportunity to
have all types of hunting here in Kansas. Nick has many types of geese ranging
from cacklers and specks to big honkers in the winter. He spends most of my
time chasing waterfowl all over Kansas, and hunting ducks and geese out of layout
boats. They have given him the concealment that is necessary to hide where
normally you wouldn’t think of hunting. Nick also loves to chase turkeys in the
spring with his bow, as well as bow hunting deer in the fall. Nick believes
that his passion for waterfowl is what drives him. He takes pride into all
aspects of the sport. He also loves to hunt with others, from old friends to
new. Passing on what he loves most in hunting and being able to share the
memories of the hunt with others is what matters most in a hunt to him. Nick
also helps put on many youth hunts throughout the year. Nick is also a part of the Buck Gardner Calls,
Dakota Decoys and Drake Waterfowl staff as well.
