Jay Hettinger currently lives in West Fargo, ND.

My entire life I have lived for the outdoors. When I was a kid I couldn't wait until the summer when grandpa and grandma would take us trout fishing in the Black Hills. Before I was able to hunt big game my cousin and I would hunt rabbits and squirrels with our grandpa. Once I was able to get a license we hunted near Platte, SD and While Lake, SD for deer and pheasants.

My summers during college, I lived with my brother Scott, he helped me purchase my first bow. That first fall of archery season I arrowed a 4x2 whitetail, the rest is history and I have been exclusively bow hunting ever since.

In 2000 I was the archery manager for Scheels All Sports in Mankato, MN. I was married in fall of 2000 and was able to get my wife Greta involved in bow hunting. We have been bow hunting together when possible ever since. We now have two children ages 4 and 11mo and hopefully they will be joining us on hunts soon. I have been working for Microsoft since 2002. When I am not hunting I am spending time with my wife and kids.