My passion is waterfowl hunting. There is nothing like a flock of ducks coming into the deeks on a cool, crisp morning. I hunt mostly public land. My dog, Guage, is a junior hunter, and I have thoroghly enjoyed training him, and watching him progress. We are working towards a Senior Hunter title next.

I started out making a couple lanyards for friends several years ago. I was able to customize the lanyard to how they wanted the calls to hang from the lanyard. My biggest pet peeve is when calls are banging against each other all day. I try to make the drops far enough apart that the banging against each other is not a problem. I also make sure each drop includes two loops for each call. I can't count the number of times the insert of my duck call came out from the barrel and because I have two loops on my call, I still have my call. I still use my first lanyard made, and it has been 4 or 5 years ago that I made it. I make all my lanyards from 550 grade parachute cord. The cord will not rot, and will withstand the test of time. The standard colors are olive drab, tan and black. If you want different colors don't hesitate to e-mail for price and availability.

I recently started making paracord survival bracelets after I realized how much benefit you could get from a bracelet in the event things go south. I prefer the bracelets with the buckle. In a bad situation, I would rather have a buckle that supports 800 lbs working load instead of a piece of plastic. I also make my bracelets out of a single strand of parachute cord in a king cobra braid. In my mind I would rather have a single strand bracelet that doesn't look as flashy and fancy as other multi-colored bracelets, but in a bad situation you have enough cord to do the job. It does nothing to need 15 feet of cord, and all you have is three 6 foot strands of cord.