Meet the Team: HuntWise Pro Staff

From the seasoned professional to the beginner hunter, the HuntWise Pro Staff is driven by a shared passion and love of the outdoors, hunting, and conservation. They share their experiences covering a wide range of hunting topics in an effort to help hunters become better hunters.

Read on to meet some of the Pro Staff team.

Jeff Sturgis, Whitetail Habitat Solutions

The whitetail guru, Jeff Sturgis, is a biologist, habitat design specialist, founder of Whitetail Habitat Solutions, and author of Whitetail Success by Design.

Driven by his passion for whitetail hunting and habitat design from public to private late, Sturgis has spent the last 30 years perfecting his whitetail algorithm. For him, what began as a love of hunting squirrels in the treetops of Southern Michigan morphed into a desire to assist others on their whitetail pursuits by sharing his experiences of successes and failures.

Through Whitetail Habitat Solutions, Sturgis has saved hunters hundreds of hours of learning and thousands of dollars in perfecting their own passions. In 2020, Jeff Sturgis joined forces with HuntWise to launch HuntCast 2.0, the most powerful deer prediction algorithm the market has ever seen.

HuntCast goes beyond weather by combining tech, science, and decades of insight, knowledge, and experience. Through videos and blogs, Sturgis arranges the pieces of the hunting and habitat puzzle together with an arsenal of resources for whitetail hunters of all levels. 

The Untamed

Born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, the Untamed crew is nothing short of adventurous. This group of four men wants to leave everyone with the impression that hunting is accessible to all.

These four men believe that we were born wild and should be living free, which they offer viewers on YouTube. From documenting an epic harvest to capturing a simple lesson, Josh, Kirk, Trace, and Jay always discover something new and tell a story.

Based in West Virginia, the group is exposed to many different species of wild game, allowing them to diversify themselves as outdoorsmen, houndsmen, and hunters. From whitetail to black bears and turkeys, this crew loves the challenge each animal can bring and what they can learn from each experience.

Chris Bee

Chris Bee, a competitive archer and bowhunter from Michigan, has been shooting the stick and string since he was old enough to pull it back. From professional archer to outdoorsman to social-media influencer, Bee emphasizes the adventure, practice, process, and thrill behind each hunt.

Bee is a five-time national champion who shot a perfect 900 as a pro at The Vegas Shoot in 2017. Having traveled the world as a professional archer, his shooting resume lists several podium finishes at national and international competitions.

Bee's personable vlog-style YouTube channel follows his passions for hunting and fishing and hones in on his time in the field. "If you do something long enough, and you're passionate about it, something good will probably come from it."

Allie D'Andrea, Outdoors Allie

A hunter, angler, conservationist, and all-around outdoors woman, Allie D'Andrea began documenting and sharing her outdoor adventures on social media in 2015 through the Outdoors Allie channel.

Beginning as a way to connect with like-minded folks who hunt for their food, care deeply for wildlife, public land conservation, and enjoy sharing a cold one around a campfire, Allie's platform has grown a tight-knit community of outdoor enthusiasts from all walks of life.

Allie aims to inspire novice and veteran sportsmen and women by encouraging the conservation of natural resources, portraying hunters and anglers as purpose-driven intellectual individuals, preserving hunting and fishing heritage, and providing entertainment through her travels and adventures.

Beyond her time in the field, Allie co-founded Artemis, a sportswomen conservation group, and co-owner of Worn and Weathered, a lifestyle and apparel brand. I enjoy spending time in the kitchen creating wild game recipes, on the water slinging a line, and exploring public land in pursuit of deer and elk.

Jon Collins, Tooth And Claw TV

 Born and raised in South Central Kentucky, predator hunter Jon Collins began hunting at a young age. Through the years, Collins has hunted various wild game species in multiple states, including turkey, whitetail deer, mule deer, elk, black bear, bobcats, and coyotes.

Driven by his passion for videography and photography, Collins was led to a position at Wired Outdoors. Available on Amazon Prime Video, Wired Outdoors follows hunters as they track elk, bucks, snakes, and more across the United States of America. The team shows how to hunt various animals with bows, traps, and rifles.

Collins has always enjoyed hunting animals, where calling comes into play. Naturally, he fell in love with predator hunting. Calling in seven coyotes on his first coyote stand, Jon naturally fell in love with predator hunting. Filming coyote hunts for Wired Outdoors soon became his primary focus, and two years later, he launched Tooth And Claw TV, a 100% predator hunting show. 

Shane Mowery, Bone Maniacs

Residing in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Shane Mowery began hunting at an early age. From Eastern to the Western United States, Shane has harvested world-class animals.

To Shane, hunting is more than just the harvest; instead, it's about learning the habits of animals and enjoying the camaraderie of friends and family. From his years of experience, Shane works with Bone Maniacs to provide knowledge to those who seek to know what it is to become a sportsman in the wild.

The Bone Maniacs story is more than just a harvest of a record-book animal or a name engraved on a plaque. Shane works with a network of outfitters, where the Bone Maniacs team hunts and assesses hunting grounds, takes inventory of the game, and gives necessary feedback on how to help maintain a growing herd. By doing this, Bone Maniacs helps increase the volume of potential mainstream hunters booking at these outfitters we have hunted with.

Bowga Hunting

Bowga Hunting is a group of West Michigan outdoorsmen, bowhunters, and conservationists. With a passion for meeting and learning from other hunters from around the country, the Bowga Hunting Podcast features a wide range of industry leaders in the bowhunting community.

From educational podcasts, videos, and articles, Bowga aims to inform and strengthen the hunt of hunters at all levels. Founded by Michigan natives James Zandstra and Jared Gortsema, the men of Bowga Hunting are accomplished bowhunters with a passion for the outdoors who have taken tons of different animals from around the Midwest.

Joined by their passion for the outdoors, Bowga works hard to share the story and pass the tradition of hunting for generations to come.

Joe Griffin

An outdoorsman and father, Joe Griffin is a Michigan native passionate about bringing new hunters into the field. With 15 years of hunting experience, Joe loves to hunt anything, but his true hunting passion lies in the West.

Coming from a family of non-hunters, Joe recognizes there's "far more to be gained from becoming a hunter than killing an animal and filling the freezer or putting horns on the wall." Joe has guided waterfowl, turkey, and elk hunts across the country and is also an active angler.

The RISE

The RISE Hunt is a Michigan-based team that travels the Midwest to chase mature whitetails. A like-minded set of dedicated bowhunters with the goal to document, create, and entertain the hunt, The RISE is a semi-live, biweekly, web-based bowhunting series.

Presenting unfiltered hunts with obstacles and strategies to learn from, The RISE is driven by their passion for bowhunting, the outdoors, and the pursuit of whitetail.

Whitetail Venatic

An outdoor and hunting channel founded by two brothers from Michigan, Whitetail Venatic focuses on whitetail archery hunting with traditional and compound bows on public land.

This fair chase hunting channel uses social media, photos, and videos to give our audience a funny, educational, and unique perspective on the outdoors.

The men of Whitetail Venatic began hunting, fishing, exploring, and doing anything outdoors at a young age. Today, the group works hard to bring unique perspectives on real-life hunting and the outdoors.
 

Hunt Moxie

A group of bowhunters from Ohio, Hunt Moxie, was created to flip the hunting industry on its head and shake things up a bit – five friends who wanted to inject new energy into a stale industry.

Hunt Moxie set out with a straightforward mission in mind: to capture the chase and share the lifestyle.

Blueline Bowhunters

This group is owned and operated by law enforcement officers who are passionate about the challenging adventure of hunting with a stick and string. BlueLine Bowhunters is based in Pennsylvania and aims to give back to military veterans and police officers and support conservation efforts.

Use the Hunting App Pros Use

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Content reviewed and updated July 22, 2024.