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Willi Schmidt
Willi Schmidt |
Age: 41
Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado. I currently live in Westminster, Colorado
What age did you start hunting? I accompanied my dad in the field when I was 5 or 6 but started hunting small game myself when I was 10. In Colorado, you couldn't hunt big game until you were 14 when I was growing up.
How many days a year do you hunt: 45
Favorite Big Game Animal: Elk
Favorite Hunting Area: Colorado
Favorite Style of Hunting (still hunting, ground blind, spot and stalk): Calling/spot and stalking
Weapon of Choice (rifle, shotgun, modern compound bow, longbow/recurve, black-powder): Modern compound bow
Weapon Brand/Model of Choice (based on selection above): Bowtech, currently the Tribute but soon it will be the Destroyer.
Favorite RutWear Product: Rutwear Midseason Qtr Zip Pullover
Proudest Achievement: Having an unbelievable archery elk season in 2009, harvesting 3 bulls in 3 states, all DIY on public land
Email (optional): elkcaller@gmail.com
I grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado where my father was a Professor of wildlife biology with Colorado State University. In 1984 he went to work for Ducks Unlimited and later the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. I accompanied him in the field at a very young age. It is through him, who is still my best hunting partner that I gained my passion for the outdoors and learned my conservation values.
I enjoy all types of hunting, but whenever it involves calling to and interacting with the game I'm after, I enjoy it much more. Waterfowl hunting, turkey hunting and elk and deer hunting during the rut are my favorites, with archery elk hunting being tops. I enjoy the challenge and close range opportunities that archery, shotgun and muzzleloader hunting provide the best, but will certainly pack a rifle into the woods as well. I have been a co-host and guest for several outdoor television shows on the Versus Network, including Beretta's Waterfowler's Edge, Winchester's Turkey Revolution, and Winchester's Whitetail Revolution. I was just named as one of three Co-Hosts to the 2010 season of Winchester's Whitetail Revolution.
I am an avid outdoorsman and conservationist and have been involved with Ducks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy and Colorado Conservation Trust. I am also active in improving wildlife habitat and am involved in three recreational properties, where I am working to improve either the hunting or fishing habitat. Two properties are in Colorado which my family and I get to enjoy personally. The third one was recently purchased in the Nebraska panhandle and although I will certainly enjoy it personally, it is a business venture and after I improve the habitat, I will likely run a hunting club, which my partner and I will manage.
I live in Westminster, Colorado with my wife and two children, who I thank everyday for allowing me to pursue my passion for the outdoors.
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