Gary Bogner
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Gary Bogner
Gary Bogner
Gary F. Bogner has been an avid hunter and wildlife conservationist for over 50
plus years. Born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1942, Gary graduated from Muskegon Heights
High School in 1961. Growing up the son of a Michigan Game Conservation Officer,
Gary quickly developed a deep love for the outdoors with and passion for archery
that remains to this very day. By age 12, he was hunting small game and Michigan
whitetail deer and by 17, he was running an area archery shop.
Gary has hunted six continents and 15 countries, harvested over 120 plus different species of big game animals with a bow. Gary was number 5 out of currently only 8 bow hunters to complete the North America Super Slam of taking all 28 North America big game animals with a bow and with most qualifying for the record books. Gary was the 11th bow hunter to complete the North America Grand Slam Of Sheep with a bow. His travels have taken him to Africa where he became the first bow hunter to take the “Big Six” Elephant, Rhino, Hippo, Cape Buffalo, Lion and Leopard in a single safari. In May 1991, Gary was the first bow hunter to travel to Russia to pioneer bow hunting and to teaching the sport of bow hunting. Gary was the first bow hunter to take a Russian Kamachatka Brown Bear and then later took a Marco Polo Sheep in Tajikistan at 15,000 plus feet. He has hunted with both compound and recurve bows. Gary feels that one of his biggest accomplishments is his taking of his first whitetail deer with a bow and it was a doe.
Gary has shot Hoyt bows for over 15 years and has used Easton arrows for as long as he can remember. He also remembers in the beginning years making his bow and arrows from many different things. He serves as a field advisor for numerous archery-manufacturing companies and also owns Arrowhead Adventures, Inc, which produces bow hunting adventure films. Gary also owns and operates Arrowhead Lodge a Whitetail Hunting Destination in Western Michigan. For more details see Arrowheadadventures.net.
One of his strong beliefs is that all sportsmen must work to put back more than what they have taken and that wildlife is a renewable resource and hunting plays an important roll in wildlife management. He also believes that the heritage of hunting and its future depends on the sportsman and their actions. Gary encourages all sportsmen to work at preserving hunting and passing on the hunting tradition.
Gary resides in Muskegon Michigan, and has two children and six grandchildren.
Gary has hunted six continents and 15 countries, harvested over 120 plus different species of big game animals with a bow. Gary was number 5 out of currently only 8 bow hunters to complete the North America Super Slam of taking all 28 North America big game animals with a bow and with most qualifying for the record books. Gary was the 11th bow hunter to complete the North America Grand Slam Of Sheep with a bow. His travels have taken him to Africa where he became the first bow hunter to take the “Big Six” Elephant, Rhino, Hippo, Cape Buffalo, Lion and Leopard in a single safari. In May 1991, Gary was the first bow hunter to travel to Russia to pioneer bow hunting and to teaching the sport of bow hunting. Gary was the first bow hunter to take a Russian Kamachatka Brown Bear and then later took a Marco Polo Sheep in Tajikistan at 15,000 plus feet. He has hunted with both compound and recurve bows. Gary feels that one of his biggest accomplishments is his taking of his first whitetail deer with a bow and it was a doe.
Gary has shot Hoyt bows for over 15 years and has used Easton arrows for as long as he can remember. He also remembers in the beginning years making his bow and arrows from many different things. He serves as a field advisor for numerous archery-manufacturing companies and also owns Arrowhead Adventures, Inc, which produces bow hunting adventure films. Gary also owns and operates Arrowhead Lodge a Whitetail Hunting Destination in Western Michigan. For more details see Arrowheadadventures.net.
One of his strong beliefs is that all sportsmen must work to put back more than what they have taken and that wildlife is a renewable resource and hunting plays an important roll in wildlife management. He also believes that the heritage of hunting and its future depends on the sportsman and their actions. Gary encourages all sportsmen to work at preserving hunting and passing on the hunting tradition.
Gary resides in Muskegon Michigan, and has two children and six grandchildren.
