LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

I would like to take this opportunity to provide a brief background for my family and myself. My grandfather made his living selling cattle and riding horses in the upper peninsula and in later years, the north side of Milwaukee County. My father was
also a livestock dealer, selling mostly beef and dairy cattle. I, on the other hand,
was more interested in wildlife. As soon as I was old enough, nearly all my time was spent hunting and trapping. I really enjoyed pheasant hunting and raised purebred English Setters for many years. My trapping efforts were centered around muskrat,
mink, raccoon, and fox. In 1966, I realized my dream of an Alaskan hunting trip.
I went for 2 weeks, but I ended up staying for 3 months! I came back with a record
book moose, a full curled Dall Sheep and a nice caribou.

By the 80s, I decided to see if all my wildlife knowledge could be tuned into a business. We started small but are now, probably, the largest animal removal service in southeast Wisconsin. I have completed enough courses to be the only Certified Wildlife Control Professional in Southeast Wisconsin. I am also Vice President of WWCOA (Wis. Wildlife Control Operators Assn.) I have belonged to both the WTA (Wisconsin Trappers Association) and NWCOA ( National Wildlife Control Operators Association) since they began. I am certified in all trapping and wildlife licensures as well as having a certification in Pest Control and Rodent Control. I have appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX television news programs.

I have had articles printed in the Wildlife Control Technologies magazine and this year was a speaker at the WCT/NWCOA seminar in Las Vegas and the WWCOA seminar in Wisconsin Dells. I have been happily married for 40 years and have 3 children (all married) and 4 grandchildren.