Name: Martin Tindle
Location: Shelbyville, KY
Position: Willowpine Outdoors Pro-Staff
Favorite Critter to Hunt: Whitetail Deer
Favorite Fish to Catch: Blue and Flathead Catfish
What is your favorite thing about hunting and fishing?
The challenge that comes with hunting is a huge part of why
I am so passionate about the sport. I also love the experiences. I've had the
opportunity to see things that a good majority of the population has not
because of my time spent in the field.
What was your best day in the field hunting or fishing?
September 25, 2014, I was bow hunting for a deer that I had
seen the previous gun season. That season ended, and a new season began. Spring
scouting: April, I had my first trail camera picture of him. I continued to
watch him grow all through the summer months, with pictures of every stage of his growth. I moved my set up in hopes of catching him during daylight hours.
The second time I hunted him from the tree, at around 7pm, I
turned and saw him coming from a standing corn field. While he was approaching
I stood up, turned around, and got ready. As he walked behind me I drew my bow
and settled my pin the way I had done so many times before, but this was
different; I had watched this deer grow, knew where he slept and even what he
liked to eat. My heart raced and pounded so loudly I thought he would surly hear
it, but it didn't matter because for him it was too late. This buck and my story unfolded as I
released my arrow and watched it hit its mark. He bolted into the brush and
suddenly a loud crash, and I knew that that this chapter was over.
This was my first Pope and Young deer, and one of the most
memorable moments of my life. This moment meant so much to me because it was a
deer that I had actually gotten to know over the year. I had the opportunity to
watch him grow, and to end harvesting him was a feeling that is almost impossible
to describe.
Tell us about how you started in the outdoors, and why do you maintain the lifestyle...
I started hunting when I was 9 years old. My Great
Uncle took me out for the first time on the fall squirrel opener many years
ago. I had woke up ready to go and excited for my first hunt
ever. Before I left with my Uncle, my Dad handed me a .22 rifle that I had been
practicing with, I was ready. My uncle picked me up and off we went to a farm
that was his honey hole for years. As I sat with him waiting for the sun to
come up, I remember I started hearing birds chirping and sounds of the woods,
suddenly I heard a noise I wasn't familiar with at the time, and it was a
squirrel barking! My uncle said calmly "that's where we're headed,"
as he nudged me to move in that direction. We walked down a trail for a while
staring into the trees looking for anything out of place, but we found nothing.
I left that morning without firing a single shot, but I was enthralled with the
idea of getting to go again. I learned a lesson that morning without knowing at
the time, but this lesson has stuck with me for all these years, a hunt measured only in
trophies falls short of what the actual purpose should be.
As the years went on I started deer hunting with my Dad, and
I was fortunate enough to take a doe with an old side-hammer style
muzzleloader. The spring to follow I was able to take my first turkey. My
father may not have been the first to take me hunting, but he has always been a huge
part of my desire to hunt. He instilled in me a passion to chase big
whitetails, and we actually started turkey hunting at the same time, so
learning together has had its ups and downs. One example is the time we both
figured out that once the tom answers and goes silent, he's coming, and that you
should by no means get up and go toward him! Those types of experiences have created great memories and lessons learned, they brought us together and gave me a love and passion
for hunting and fishing.
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Willowpine Outdoors & Tackle Company is excited to welcome Martin Tindle to the team! We wish him many successes in the field and on the water!
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