| Shane Benoit, a member of the well-known hunting family, consistently tracks and shoots some of the biggest bucks found in the great Northern Woods. |
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| Doug Bent of Braintree is an articulate spokesman for hunting who cares deeply about the sport. He has raised his three daughters to hunt. |
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| Ron Boucher is the official national scorer for the Boone and Crockett Club. He hunts in New England and the Canadian provinces. |
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| As a young adult Phil Brown of Glover lost the use of his legs in an automobile accident. He hunts on an ATV and is in the woods every season. |
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| The late Prentiss Dwinell of Plainfield grew up in a hunting family during the era when "everybody used to hunt." |
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| James Ehlers of Colchester is an enthusiastic deer hunter and the publisher emeritus of Outdoors Magazine. |
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| Barry Forbes of Middlebury is passionate about hunting and trapping and is a great lover of wildlife. |
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| The late Roy Hines was a farmer in Hinesburg. Many years back he shot a record-breaking a 278-pound buck on Middlebury Mountain. |
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| Stanley Holmquist is a retired game warden from Rochester. Over the course of his career he made the transition from hunter to protector of deer. |
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| The late Cleo Johnson was a life-long hunter and Deputy Warden in Rochester. His story about the deer, Lady, was featured in the Vermont Folklife Center anthology Visit’n, volume 10. |
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| Ray Keyser of Proctor, former governor of Vermont, has been hunting his family’s land in Chelsea since he was a boy. |
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| Reg Kribstock is a Christmas tree farmer in Braintree who hunts big bucks in the deep woods of Northern New Hampshire. |
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| Frank Kurant of Pittsford is passionate about both hunting and fishing and has published his own book about hunting, Deer Hunting Illustrated. |
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| Rupert LaRock and his son, Joe, share a passion for hunting and have hunted together since Joe was a child. They are also avid muskrat trappers. |
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| Fish and Wildlife Lieutenant Doug Lawrence supervises wardens in Vermont’s Central District and grew up hunting in Mendon. |
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| Stan Redlon of Strafford is a bow and rifle hunter who hunts primarily in the woods around his house. He lives off the grid. |
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| Mark Scott is the Education Program Manager for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. He has twenty-five year’s experience working in fish and wildlife education and is an avid deer hunter. |
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| Nellie Staves learned to hunt on Vermont’s Walden Mountain and teaches hunter and trapper safety courses near her home in Tupper Lake, New York. |
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| Gayle Streeter and her 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, hunt near their home in Morrisville. Gayle’s husband, Joe, is also an avid hunter. |
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| Mary VanVeghten was first inspired to hunt by her father who introduced her to the sport. She now hunts whitetail deer with her husband, Terry. |
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| Joanne Ward was raised in a hunting family in Braintree, and now–with children of her own–is wondering who will carry on this tradition. |
