Art Helin
Pro Staff
Art Helin
Art Helin
Art Helin of Dodgeville, Wisconsin, began hunting 25 years ago under the instruction
of his father and grandmother. What started as small game and deer hunting in his
home state grew to an obsession to hunt nearly every big game species across North
America. Thus far, his adventures have allowed him to successfully harvest many
animals from six different big game species and four turkey species. Although he
enjoys any type of hunting, he is mad about whitetails and turkeys!
Art’s hunting success and passion for teaching others has lead to his pro/field staffer positions for Realtree, New Archery Products, Hunters Specialties, Moultrie and Vortex. Art and his wife, Michelle, have filmed for the Archer’s Choice and The Choice TV shows and Archer’s Choice Media and Double Bull Archery video series. He promotes these and other companies and the great outdoors by working trade shows, attending retail store grand openings and providing in-store training to their employees, conducting seminars, and writing stories for outdoor media.
When speaking with people, Art draws upon his own past experience, successes and failures, as well the over 150 days per year in the field hunting, guiding and scouting. To assist him in scouting, he takes advantage of the tools and technology available including aerial and topographical maps and trail cameras. He has planted food plots for years, which started out small and often failing, and now just keep growing and getting better year after year! Art practices woodland management on his 40-acre property and has recently completed timber stand improvement and pond projects, and is eager to share what he has learned with all of us.
Art is busy promoting archery and hunting in his community when he’s not afield. He is president of the local National Wild Turkey Federation chapter, which hosts a highly successful, award-winning Learn to Turkey Hunt event. In six years, the event has grown from nine to nearly thirty new turkey hunters, primarily women and youth. Participants have also included children with chronic or terminal diseases from the United Special Sportsmen’s Foundation. In addition to the turkey hunt, Art is becoming involved in local youth deer hunts and turkey hunts for the disabled. Art also teaches classes as a National Bowhunter Education Foundation instructor.
Art lives in rural southwestern Wisconsin with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Alana (16) and Elizabeth (12). While Art loves hunting, what he has really come to enjoy, even more, is hunting with his wife and daughters. His proudest moment came last deer season when Alana shot her first deer, a doe. When he is not in the woods or working as a real estate appraiser, he is busy attending basketball and soccer games, dance recitals, and band concerts.
Art’s hunting success and passion for teaching others has lead to his pro/field staffer positions for Realtree, New Archery Products, Hunters Specialties, Moultrie and Vortex. Art and his wife, Michelle, have filmed for the Archer’s Choice and The Choice TV shows and Archer’s Choice Media and Double Bull Archery video series. He promotes these and other companies and the great outdoors by working trade shows, attending retail store grand openings and providing in-store training to their employees, conducting seminars, and writing stories for outdoor media.
When speaking with people, Art draws upon his own past experience, successes and failures, as well the over 150 days per year in the field hunting, guiding and scouting. To assist him in scouting, he takes advantage of the tools and technology available including aerial and topographical maps and trail cameras. He has planted food plots for years, which started out small and often failing, and now just keep growing and getting better year after year! Art practices woodland management on his 40-acre property and has recently completed timber stand improvement and pond projects, and is eager to share what he has learned with all of us.
Art is busy promoting archery and hunting in his community when he’s not afield. He is president of the local National Wild Turkey Federation chapter, which hosts a highly successful, award-winning Learn to Turkey Hunt event. In six years, the event has grown from nine to nearly thirty new turkey hunters, primarily women and youth. Participants have also included children with chronic or terminal diseases from the United Special Sportsmen’s Foundation. In addition to the turkey hunt, Art is becoming involved in local youth deer hunts and turkey hunts for the disabled. Art also teaches classes as a National Bowhunter Education Foundation instructor.
Art lives in rural southwestern Wisconsin with his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Alana (16) and Elizabeth (12). While Art loves hunting, what he has really come to enjoy, even more, is hunting with his wife and daughters. His proudest moment came last deer season when Alana shot her first deer, a doe. When he is not in the woods or working as a real estate appraiser, he is busy attending basketball and soccer games, dance recitals, and band concerts.
