John grew up in the great whitetail state of Iowa. His passion for hunting began as a young child, while accompanying his dad and grandfather as they pursued pheasants in north central Iowa. John harvested his first turkey at age 14 and has been a self proclaimed turkey hunting addict ever since. Like many people he began deer hunting as a teenager just trying to harvest "any" deer. Over the past several years however, he has become a firm believer in QDM and as such, does his part to be a good steward of the land. This entails the harvest of does and only taking mature bucks out of the herd.

John met Dave Reisner in middle school and they have been friends and hunting partners ever since. After a successful run at competitive turkey calling winning both State and Open turkey calling competitions John joined the MAD Calls Pro Staff in 1993. During the same year he became part of the Drury Outdoors/Impact Production team. Since 1993 John and Dave Reisner have been the longest tenured and most productive team in Drury Outdoors history capturing more than 100 hunts on video during that time span. They have been regulars and appeared on all of the major Drury titles including Dream Season, Whitetail Madness, 100%Wild, Longbeard Madness, and the Big Game. John and Dave were the winners of the first ever season of Dream Season TV based on audience voting. In fact they have been a part all three Drury Outdoors TV shows on the Outdoor Channel since their inception including Wildlife Obsession, Dream Season and most recently are part of the cast of the hot new show Bow Madness.

John feels fortunate to have the opportunity to capture hunts on camera each year across North America. During the past few years John has been blessed with a number of accomplishments, such as becoming a state and open turkey calling champion, harvesting/filming pope and young class whitetail deer, and harvesting/video taping multiple grand slams during spring turkey season. John says his most memorable hunting experiences thus far have been filming his wife Suzy harvest her 181” 13 pointer for Dream Season 11 and harvesting a 190" Mule Deer with a bow in Alberta, Canada for the Big Game volume 1. John feels fortunate to be affiliated with such a great company and treasures the friendships that he has forged with other team members throughout the years.

When John is not hunting and filming for Drury Outdoors, he enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, playing softball, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers, coaching football, coaching soccer, doing hunting seminars, and trying to educate/introduce others to hunting and the outdoors experience.