About Us

Where are you from?  Winfield, WV

Tell us about your family:  married 20 years to Stacy. We have one son, Brody and a nephew Mor 

What is your occupation and how long have you been doing it?  Been working construction and excavating in the coal mining industry for the past 25 years. Started my own excavating company in 2011.

How did you meet the other Untamed guys?  Jay and I met at the Little League field when we were talking and figured out we had a mutual friend and been hunting together since.  I’ve know Zack’s family for years, but we started hanging out and hunting together around 2009/2010 time period. 

Most epic hunting adventure that you’ve been on?  If I had to pick one it would probably be my first Mountain lion hunt in Colorado. I had always wanted to run cats with hounds and been going ever since. 

Who introduced you to the outdoors and/or taught you how to hunt? I feel very fortunate to have had men like my Grandfather, Red & Roger in my life that all helped and taught me about hunting and the outdoors. 

What is your favorite animal to hunt?  It’s really a toss up between Turkey and Running my hounds for black bear. 

What is your most memorable hunt?  Hands down calling in Brody’s first Turkey. Beautiful area and 5 strutters came in to our set up and we ended up doubling up. 

What critters do you currently hunt?  If the opportunity is there, anything that is in season with fur, feathers or skin (frogs)

What is your #1 bucket list hunt?  At some point in life, I dream about getting to Alaska and bowhunting Brown Bear on the peninsula. 

Favorite State/Region to hunt in for deer and turkey?  I love West Virginia for both. Just love hunting in the mountains. 

What is the biggest buck that you missed? Tell us about one that got away:  lord there have been a lot!! Lol. But let’s talk about one since starting The Untamed.  After sitting for 8 days in Ohio during the rut, I finally got an opportunity on the morning of day 9 at a big 11 point Jay had been hunting all season. The buck kind of snuck in on us and startled me cause when we fist saw him he was at 20 yds already. I took the shot at 14 yds and ended up high centering him in no man’s land. It was a heartbreaker but we got pics of him on trail camera a couple weeks later which made me feel a smidge better. 

Who do you think is the best bow shot of the group and why?  It’s definitely not me!  I’m a pie plate guy when Zack and Jay like shooting at quarts. 

Who is the best with a shotgun and why?  Jay, because he puts in the extra effort of shooting his shotguns a lot. 

Who is the best with a rifle and why?  I have to vote for myself on this one. From my early days as a youngster hunting squirrels with a 22 magnum to my training w the Marines I’ve always enjoyed hunting with and shooting rifles. 

Where are you from? Paradise WV

Tell us about your family: Married my high school sweetheart Miccah and we have 3 kids Emma, Ella, and Ean. 

What is your occupation and how long have you been doing it? I’ve been in Medical Device sales for 20+ years

How did you meet the other Untamed guys? Met Josh at the Little League Baseball field one day when he overheard me and my brother talking about a big buck. His ears perked up and he immediately was trying to find out where we was hunting. lol 

Met Zack on my first ever Southern WV bear hunt. 

Most epic hunting adventure that you’ve been on? Idaho public land backcountry archery elk hunt. Incredible adventure. 

Who introduced you to the outdoors and/or taught you how to hunt? My dad introduced me to the outdoors hunting squirrels, rabbits, and deer. My cousin Jeff taught me how to turkey hunt. 

What is your favorite animal to hunt Turkeys

What is your most memorable hunt? Don’t have one in particular but several that all involve hunting with family and friends

What critters do you currently hunt? Turkey, Deer, Bear, Rabbit, Pheasant, Quail, Elk, Coyote…. I’m up for anything though

What is your #1 bucket list hunt? Archery Rut Elk in prime unit of AZ

Favorite State/Region to hunt in for deer and turkey? Appalachian Mountains

What is the biggest buck that you missed? Tell us about one that got away: Main frame 12 with twin kickers off his G2’s that I shoulder bladed in OH. Watched him chase does 10 days later. 

Who do you think is the best bow shot of the group and why? I’d say Zack. He practices the most and shoots some trad

Who is the best with a shotgun and why? I’d say me on this one. I have to take moving shots with a shotgun for pheasants and rabbits. I also load my own turkeys shells and pattern them so I’m pretty dialed in. 

Who is the best with a rifle and why? I have to give this one to Josh since he went through Vortex training program, but I did classify as expert marksman back when I was enlisted in the military. 

Where are you from? Born and raised in Logan WV

Tell us about your family: Married to a very patient wife , Shelby.  We have a set of twins Leighton & Raegan who both love to get out in the woods with mommy and daddy every chance they get . We also added our newest addition in June of 2025 , Sienna .

What is your occupation and how long have you been doing it? General Construction and Residential Excavation 

I pursued a college degree out of high school . Once I completed that , I started an excavation business and expanded into general construction also a few years later. 

How did you meet the other Untamed guys? Josh and I had been friends for quite some time prior to starting the YouTube channel . 

Being from a different area in the state, I didn’t know Jay until the Untamed came around . 

Most epic hunting adventure that you’ve been on? Most epic ? That’s a tough one . I haven’t been on most people’s thoughts of “ epic “ hunts , but if I had to pick my favorite , I would say it’s a turkey hunt in Eastern Ky mountains in the spring of 24. A roller coaster of a day to say the least . 

I could also pick a half dozen bear hunts that definitely have had their fair share of epic moments . 

Who introduced you to the outdoors and/or taught you how to hunt? I wasn’t brought up in your typical hunting household . My parents weren’t hunters , I had a couple older fellas that would take me in the woods. One would take me each rifle season here in Wv for a few days each year , and the other squirrel hunting a couple times a year . 

Having met some older , what would become great friends , really helped me jump start my passion to get out there . 

What is your favorite animal to hunt? Ask me in November , I’m telling you whitetails.

Ask me in January , I’m telling you gobblers .

What is your most memorable hunt? My wife , Shelby , killing a monster buck while pregnant with our twins. That was awesome. We had to recover the deer at the break of day because we had a doctors appointment shortly after that same day!

What critters do you currently hunt?  Deer , turkey, squirrel, bear, and anything in between.

What is your #1 bucket list hunt? #1 would probably be grizzly hunt with a bow.

-#2 and more realistic , I’d definitely settle for a Iowa archery tag during prime time!

Favorite State/Region to hunt in for deer and turkey? Growing up here in the mountains of Wv, it’s hard for me to say otherwise. 

Appalachian Region

What is the biggest buck that you missed? Tell us about one that got away: I hunted a 180+ buck , for 3 years , countless hours and miles spent in the woods chasing him with only one encounter coming on the 3rd year on December 12th. Late season , cold weather, I thought I had him. He came in from directly behind / below me never presenting me with any kind of a shot . At one point , he was 15 yards . I watched him walk out of sight , and the following year he was killed on the road locked up with another buck . 

Who do you think is the best bow shot of the group and why? Can I raise my own hand ?? 

The old heads ( Josh and Jay ) don’t have the eye sight that they once had!

Who is the best with a shotgun and why?  I’m going to give this to Jay, because he uses one the most. 

Who is the best with a rifle and why? I’ll give the nod to Josh , because of his military background.