"Old" Members Introduction (with pics)

[Umpqua Hunter]

Now that we have a place for new members to introduce themselves, I thought it might be cool for us "old" members to have a thread to introduce ourselves too! How about also posting a picture of ourselves. I would never know half of you guys if we bumped into each other out elk hunting! At a later date, you can always come back and edit your pic and introduction if ya want too.

If IKIC likes the idea, he can make this a sticky so the new members can easily see who they are talking to.

I'll start in the next post.

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

UPDATED 8/17/16:

My name is Jim and on the forum also go by UH, Umpqua but I don't go by uuhhhhhhhh or "hey you". I'm 52 years old. I'm trained as a mechanical engineer (Oregon Tech). I worked the first couple decades for my family's business which is a leading manufacturer of high performance electronic components (resistors). My work included a stint in the Netherlands doing a plant start up, product development, automation, hiring, team development, landscaping, putting hay in the barn, scrubbing floors, whatever needed done. In 1999, I lost both of my parents in an auto accident.

In 2003, I left the family business too be the teaching pastor at a "Bible Fellowship" (no denominational affiliation). A few years later, my ex filed a divorce, so I became a full time dad in order to make the most of my time with my six kids (five sons and a daughter). I've been remarried since 2010 to Christy who is truly my best friend. She is trained as an interior designer. We have a grandson (4 years old) and granddaughter (2 years old) and another granddaughter on the way!

Christy and I are currently preparing our home/ranch to go on the market (a huge job). I kept the place after the divorce so the kids had a familiar place. After many years of looking, we now own a property nearby on the North Umpqua river and look forward to "new beginnings" and making our own place together. It has an older home that is in need of a TOTAL renovation (our next big project). That house will eventually become a vacation rental and a place for our friends to come visit. Our project after that is to build our own home on the adjacent lot. The North Umpqua has a run of winter steelhead (January-March), spring Chinook salmon (May-June) and summer steelhead (June-October).

I grew up in So Cal in a family who loved the outdoors. On our small "farm" I spent many days with a pellet gun in one hand, a fishing rod in the other and my German Shorthair at my side as we did our best to keep the numbers of crows, ground squirrels, pigeons, catfish and bluegills under control. We relocated to Oregon after I graduated from high school. Shortly after relocating I got very interested in big game hunting and also in drawing quality tags throughout the west. My original interest was sheep but that expanded to other species soon after. We have since have drawn six sheep tags (three for me, one for my wife, and two for my sons) I've also drawn three Shiras moose tags, a mountain goat tag and numerous deer, elk and antelope tags. I have a Grand Slam plus an additional Rocky and Stone (Fannin).

This is me with my most recent big game animal, a 430 pound Oregon black bear from 2015.




Here's my wife Christy with her 2012 Oregon ram.




My other outdoor passion is trolling herring for fall chinook fishing on the Oregon coast.



I been through some very difficult times, which God uses to make us more like his Son (Romans 8:28-30). Overall, I've been blessed beyond what anyone deserves.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

It's a great idea! I'll see what we can do on getting a section set up for this

 

[Ikeepitcold]

This is the wife and I last New Years

An the fam on my wife's antelope hunt


We live in Reno Nv. I own a commercial refrigeration co. High Country Refrigeration we are in our sixth year in business. I've been in the trade since 1990. My wife Carin works at UPS and loads trucks early in the mornings so she has been able to raise our daughter Raegan.

I've been involved with Eastmans since 2006 when Guy and Nate Simmons went with myself and my hunting partner on a late season bull elk hunt in Eastern Nv. Our hunt was pulblished named "Sub Zero Bulls" also our hunt was filmed and was on the Outdoor Channel a couple times as well as on the Gettin Real DVD. My part of the story was published in Cabelas magazine as a write up that Guy did for Cabelas. Myself and hunting partner and wife have been in Eastmans several times. Since then Guy and I have kept in touch meeting at the ISE shows in Sacramento, Elk Camp here in Reno.

About a year or so when the forum started I jumped on board and kind of helped Adam Bender keep tabs on how things where going. Adam gave me a call about a photo of my daughter that he was putting in a issue and he asked me to become the moderator for the forum. Obviously I agreed and it's been great to work for the Eastmans and be a part of what they stand for.

 

[wolftalonID]

This is me... Elk hunting if course..

and of course doing what I do...

 

[Kevin Root]

Hi my name is Kevin Root. I enjoy the outdoors, photography, hunting and fishing. I grew up as a kid fishing and camping in the Sierras so I really enjoy the mountains most. I went on my first backpacking trip with a church group when I was a teen and I’ve been hooked on backpacking ever since.

My family did not hunt, so I learned much on my own, or though media or friends that I met from work or church. I think about being on some kind of outdoor adventure every day. I need to be better at planning them and going more and more often. Life is short and time goes by way to fast. Hunting for me is conservation, our heritage, and our job to be caretakers to the animals we hunt. There is something special to me about hunting miles away from any road and bringing an animal back out that I’ve hunted. It’s a very gratifying experience to me that is hard for some to understand.

I’m married to a wonderful woman and have a boy and a girl in college and we also have a son in high school. I’m a Christian, I love God, my family and being in the outdoors in that order. I hope to keep them in that priority.

 

[25contender]

This is a great thread. Neat to put Faces with the names.
My name is Mark even though I am not a original member I thought I would add to the thread. I am not a Montana resident but last year was my 20th elk season hunting in BigSky country. I do business with a few companies in Montana and if my business location wasn't in NC I would move to Montana. Maybe one day.
My passions are archery hunting for Elk and Deer with Turkey hunting coming in a close second. These days most of my trips are solo trips . I also keep my boat in Wanchese NC and fish out of Oregon Inlet NC targeting Tuna and Billfish. I have been married to my wife for 30 years (Lord knows how she puts up with my hunting and fishing adventures!!) I also enjoy this site as it is pretty much drama free!!
A few pics of my outdoor passions!!

First Pope and Young Elk.

My best 2013 White tail.

A little Tuna and Billfish action with friends.

 

[jjenness]

Very cool idea UH. My name is Justin and I live in central MT. I have been married for 11 years now and have 3 beautiful children, 2 girls and 1 boy. After spending 7 years on active duty in the Army I decided that it was time for me to take a back seat and let my wife complete her master's degree and I would then follow her where her new career took her. I grew up in MT and have been fortunate enough to find myself living in one of the greatest places in North America, IMO, to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors. I also spend a large amount of time archery hunting for just about every animal MT has to offer. If I am not out hunting I often can be found in the HS gym coaching, or out on the water fishing.

 

[packmule]

I'm packmule, but most people call me David. I haven't done just a whole lot of Western hunting myself, but have tagged along on quite a few trips (thus the packmule nickname) and have done some Colorado hunting off vouchers. I spend the majority of my time in the woods managing whitetail properties and thinning the local hog populations. I out kicked my coverage when it comes to my wife and we have a spastic 10 month old son. My wife hunts as well and we're just from an area where opening weekend of hunting season is treated like a religious holiday.

First deer at 6

I shoot big deer

I catch monster fish

And the wife and I

 

[Timberstalker]

Great thread UH, I need to learn how to make pictures large like you guys before I post. Would someone please tell me how?

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

Great thread UH, I need to learn how to make pictures large like you guys before I post. Would someone please tell me how?

Timber, open a Photobucket account on-line and upload your pics there. After you upload a pic, click on it, and there is a picture of a small piece of chain, the chain is a symbol for "links", click on that. Click on the IMG link ("for forums, boards") and copy it. Paste the IMG link into your post here on Eastman's. You will get a big picture.

 

[Timberstalker]

Thanks UH, I do have Photobucket. I just didn't know how to link it.

 

[25contender]

Great thread UH, I need to learn how to make pictures large like you guys before I post. Would someone please tell me how?

Go to photobucket its free. Load your photos then copy the url code and paste it in the thread you wish to post. Mark

 

[Timberstalker]

Timberstalker here, my name is Terry, I live in Central Or. Hunting has been part of my life since I was a little kid with a bb gun. Most of my first 20 years hunting big game Blacktail deer were my main focus, Bow hunting elk is my favorite hunting nowdays. The majority of my hunting to date has been in Oregon, I am looking forward to expanding my horizons though. The pinnacle of my hunting career so far was my solo Rocky Mt bighorn hunt in '11. It turned out to be an adventure I will never forget. I have been with my beautiful wife for 7 years now. I have 3 wonderful step daugters 19,16 and 14. Yes I am out numbers for sure! We stay very busy attending sporting events, camping, hunting, working and so on. I enjoy this forum a lot, it allows me to talk about hunting when ever, (my girls get tired of talking about it). I have learned a lot from many of you on here and I hope I add to the forum.

My '11 Ram





My wife and I

 

[JEandAsGuide]

Well since I never introduced myself when I joined, I guess I need to do it now. My name is Landon, I have a wonderful wife and 3 beautiful kids. I work shift work in a chemical plant that makes 100% chlorine gas. Shift work sucks with small kids but it allows me to take 2 or 3 hunting trips /family vacations a year with minimal vacation time and it pays pretty good. I have hunted everything with a season in my home state of Louisiana since I could carry a gun. Whitetail, turkeys and ducks top the list. I really have Eastmans and EF members to thank for introducing me to western DIY hunting. I always dreamed of hunting the west but was completely ignorant on how to do it without paying for an outfitter. Some of you know I made my first trip to WY last fall and had a good hunt. All that did was throw gas on the fire.

My wife with her first deer

Me with a hog

 

[JEandAsGuide]

My youngest with a buck my buddy killed

My oldest son with some ducks

My daughter after a froggin trip

 

[mattdeere]

Hi my name is Matt and I've hunting since I was a youngster. My grandfather introduced me to it and I've been going ever since. I've been very fortunate in my years to hunt some spectacular areas for tropy big game. But I find now that I prefer the experience more than the trophy. In 2004 I was invited to film a season of safaris in Tanzania East Africa. That was a "once in a lifetime" experience for me. I'm married with a 2 year old son. My wife has been slowly getting into hunting. I've attached some pics.

2012 Chetco River Steelhead

Wade Lake Montana

 

[mattdeere]

2009 Montana Muley[URL=http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/mattd11/media/DSC02529_zps5ac6ef4e.jpg.html][/URL]

 

[mattdeere]

[URL=http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/mattd11/media/383_zpsd73f3b91.jpg.html][/URL]2012 Montana Elk

 

[mattdeere]

[URL=http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/mattd11/media/DSC02099_zpsa5112b9c.jpg.html][/URL]Washington Goose[URL=http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/mattd11/media/001_zps9d01b3fd.jpg.html][/URL]My wife and I with 2 "Very Tasty Tule Cow Elk"