Bio:
Daniel James Hendricks is in his late 50’s and has been hunting small game since the age of six when he took his first gray squirrel with a Red Ryder B-B gun. He has hunted big game with a gun, bow and a camera; including whitetails, black bear, caribou, antelope, mule deer, turkeys, wild hogs and a wide assortment of exotic species since 1952. He picked up a recurve bow in 1973, then moved to a compound in 1987. He began hunting with the crossbow in Ohio during the 1994 whitetail season.

In 1993, Daniel founded North American Bowhunter, Inc. For the next four years, he wrote and produced the North American Bowhunter television show and started the North American Bowhunting Magazine.

In 1994, Daniel founded the United Foundation For Disabled Archers (UFFDA), which is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting bowhunting to hunters with physical disabilities. The organization currently sponsors two all-expense paid, fair-chase whitetail hunts in Minnesota and Wisconsin that serve approximately sixty hunters each year.

In 2001, Daniel founded the Horizontal Bowhunter Magazine, which is the official publication of the American Crossbow Federation. It is also the first International, Quarterly publication dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the crossbow and the crossbow hunting.

Most importantly, Daniel has dedicated his life to the promotion and preservation of all forms of hunting, with all weapons. He firmly believes that all hunters must work together to stem the onslaught of those who would see any facet of our hunting heritage destroyed forever. It makes no difference what you hunt with just as long as you hunt , but WE ALL must respect other hunter’s choices of weapon and hunting method. Visit the Horizontal Bowhunter Web Site at: www.horizontalbowhunter.com

Whitetail Lessons -10/24/2009   Most of you who know me personally are aware of the fact that I have been legally blind in my left eye since birth. Light and some larger shapes are discernible, but I am unabl ... read field journal

DVD Review: Impact Safari & Crossbow Compulsion -10/20/2009   Africa for many of us is still an unfulfilled dream that simmers in our mind overpowering our nostrils with the heavy aroma of mystery and adventure. It is my fondest hope to travel ... read field journal

Scoring With a Scorpyd -10/20/2009   It was fourth down and inches to go and I had vowed, in blood, to score.   In the still morning, just as the first shafts of sunlight be ... read field journal

Hunters Standing Together -09/24/2009 The only thing that should be important to the hunters of North America is doing everything that they can to bring ALL hunters together in one unified force. We cannot do that b ... read field journal

Claim Jumper -09/24/2009 I settled into my treestand making final preparations for my evening hunt excitedly thinking that this was going to be the night. I always think that at the onset of an outing, whether it ... read field journal

Crossbow Vs. Vertical Bow: Tactical Differences in the Field -09/24/2009 Crossbows, for the very first time, are a legal option during the entire archery season in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas and the lower two thirds of Michigan. Since the legislation was passe ... read field journal

Pronghorn Paradise -08/19/2009 The arthritic creaking of the windmill broke the stillness as the gusts of wind hitting its 6-foot blades caused the aging rotor to slowly spin.   The handsome Pronghorn buck paid no ... read field journal

Miles Of Trials And Smiles -08/17/2009 Mortality is an inexplicable quantity that, with the passing or time, slowly becomes more profound to those who benefit from longevity.   For the average person, the passing of loved o ... read field journal

Sharing The Hunt -08/17/2009   As fall rapidly approaches, bowhunters scramble to tune their equipment and fling hundreds of arrows to hone their skills and technique.   For with autumn, the arche ... read field journal

Like Being Married -07/22/2009      The hunter’s mind wandered back to his home in Minnesota as he thought about his wife and sons that waited for his return from Manitoba in just a few short day ... read field journal

Crossbows 101 -07/20/2009      Things have taken and interesting turn in my life.   Circumstances beyond my control have dictated changes that have been both beneficial to my beliefs and ... read field journal

Lazarus -07/03/2009   A quarter of a century raising miniature dachshunds has produced a mountain of memories and tons of tales that serve as profound object lessons as well as qualifying as certifiable d ... read field journal

Book Review: Cougar Attacks -06/23/2009    Having monitored recent developments in the struggle between the wild cougar and modern man and harvesting my first cougar with a bow several years ago, I was very interested in ... read field journal

Shawnee Outdoorsmen Club -06/23/2009 There has been many clamors about the need for 3-D and target tournaments that would allow crossbow hunters to gather and compete.   IBO and the NFAA have taken the first step by crea ... read field journal

Summer Trophy Shots -06/19/2009 The summer months are a great time slot to hone your photography skills with a bevy of occasions that afford the serious camera buff an opportunity to capture some great trophy shots.   ... read field journal

Ohio Blowout -05/21/2009   In Ohio we saw no deer, but the time spent socializing and reuniting with the Snyders made it an absolutely perfect get-away.   Each fall one of our huntin ... read field journal

The Most Precious Gift -05/19/2009    Continuous reflection on the first fifteen years of the United Foundation For Disabled Archers (UFFDA) has given me an unclouded insight into one primary fact: The realization of ... read field journal

Palmquist’s “The Farm” -05/19/2009   “The patient sentinel will be entertained by a steady parade of wild creatures that move about in their daily routine.”   For the past five years dur ... read field journal

Diamond K Dream Hunt -05/10/2009    David Janczak of Green Bay, WI received a telephone call in August from an UFFDA Board Member.   Caller Dave Birkett, the foundation’s 1st Vice President, informed D ... read field journal

Care To Shoot A Round -05/09/2009    As the winter turns moldy with the green of spring, snow bound bowhunters emerge from the warm security of their lair.   The confinement of the cold season has the hardcore ... read field journal