Gene Bead Shooter Hickman
Hivaranno
My name is Gene Hickman and I am a
retired Air Force Colonel with +26 years service. I have been very involved in
teaching and education both in and out of the military, having worked several
years as a wildlife educator, and with 3 years of High School and 8 years
of college teaching experience. I am a certified wildlife biologist and am
currently self-employed as a contract wildlife biologist, educator and
consultant. I have formal education and/or advanced degrees in
Wildlife Biology, Geology, Environmental Education and Military History. I
have always been an ardent student of both American and Natural History. I
have been involved in Native American studies, pow-wows, buckskinning, black
powder hunting & shooting, hunting, canoeing, trekking, primitive
camping, primitive technology, historic interpretation, etc., and I have
periodically been a competitive shooter of rifles and pistols, and a
long-time competitive shotgun shooter (mostly trap, skeet and some sporting
clays). It seems like I have been doing these things for as long as I can
remember, as I started at a young age with my father, who was my greatest
influence. My father had a formal education in Forestry with an emphasis in
wildlife, although he spent 24 years in the military. Growing up in the military I
lived, hunted and fished, all over the country and the world. My father was
an avid hunter, fisherman, reloader, gunsmith, canoeist, competitive shooter, a
sometime reenactor, and an enthusiastic student of American History. When
my father read me Two Little Savages by Ernest Thompson Seton, at an early age,
I was hooked. Consequently, all of my interests, avocations and education seemed
to just naturally lead me to the Western Fur Trade. American Indian Sign
Language and the material culture of the Fur Trade are some of my primary
interests. I am currently booshway of the Manuel Lisa Party.
As Always,
Your Obedient Servant,
Gene Hickman
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