Born and raised in Western Pennsylvania, hunting was in my blood from an early age, and that included deer hunting. I was never one to hunt strictly for antlers, but they were a fascination. At the age of fifty, I had the opportunity to become an "Official Scorer" for Buckmasters Trophy Records. I jumped on it and seemed to have a natural instinct for the process. Over the ensuing years, I have "scored" more that 3000 sets of antlers, of which more than 1000 have met the minimum standards for entry into the "Record Book" At some point in the process, I took to writing down the stories that were told me by the hunters while I was scoring their antlers. This led to stories being published and the fun has continued to the present time.