Never did well in school, he joined the military at a young age. Served in the Korean War for a few months, after which several more tours in Vietnam before retiring in his late 30s. He then started his own small time hunting company, operating in the Canadian wilderness and Alaska. After a few years, he managed to get quite well known in certain circles, managing to bring in quite a lot of trophies.
Being known as quite dependable, professional and deadly he managed to take down quite many queries in his hunting career.