My father is who introduced me to the outdoors when I was young. He taught me
to be an ethical sportsman, safety, and the ways of the woods and water. I cut
my teeth on the water hunting ducks and geese on the Eastern Shore. When I
was twelve I was able to go on my first deer hunt with a gun. Watching my
brother go deer hunting years previous absolutely killed me but now I was old
enough to go.
Opening morning of the Delaware shotgun season, pop put me in his favorite
spot. An old wooden platform stand in “The Big Tree”. Dad hung a lock on thirty
yards behind me to supervise the morning hunt. At 7:30 A.M. dad snapped his
fingers to tell me “there’s a deer”. I looked and looked but to no avail. As the
deer passed behind my dad, I watched as he drew down and at the blast of the
shotgun, I saw it. Dad had harvested a 174 inch Delaware public land giant right
in front of me. Not a bad way to start a hunting career.
The next year I harvested my first buck. The following year I purchased my first
bow to just try and get out in the woods more, and it’s been an obsession ever
since. Sometimes, the word obsession doesn’t even cover it. Nowadays it’s all
about food plots, shooting 3-D, and just getting out in the woods. Filming has
brought a whole new aspect on the way we hunt. To say it is tough would be an
understatement, but to say that it is fun and fulfilling would also be.
I am a full time employee of Delmarva Power as a union Journeyman Lineman. I
am also a husband to my wife Sara and father to my son Wyatt. Hopefully one day
I can teach my son the way my father taught me. Shooting a 174 in the process
wouldn’t hurt either.
to be an ethical sportsman, safety, and the ways of the woods and water. I cut
my teeth on the water hunting ducks and geese on the Eastern Shore. When I
was twelve I was able to go on my first deer hunt with a gun. Watching my
brother go deer hunting years previous absolutely killed me but now I was old
enough to go.
Opening morning of the Delaware shotgun season, pop put me in his favorite
spot. An old wooden platform stand in “The Big Tree”. Dad hung a lock on thirty
yards behind me to supervise the morning hunt. At 7:30 A.M. dad snapped his
fingers to tell me “there’s a deer”. I looked and looked but to no avail. As the
deer passed behind my dad, I watched as he drew down and at the blast of the
shotgun, I saw it. Dad had harvested a 174 inch Delaware public land giant right
in front of me. Not a bad way to start a hunting career.
The next year I harvested my first buck. The following year I purchased my first
bow to just try and get out in the woods more, and it’s been an obsession ever
since. Sometimes, the word obsession doesn’t even cover it. Nowadays it’s all
about food plots, shooting 3-D, and just getting out in the woods. Filming has
brought a whole new aspect on the way we hunt. To say it is tough would be an
understatement, but to say that it is fun and fulfilling would also be.
I am a full time employee of Delmarva Power as a union Journeyman Lineman. I
am also a husband to my wife Sara and father to my son Wyatt. Hopefully one day
I can teach my son the way my father taught me. Shooting a 174 in the process
wouldn’t hurt either.
Toby Otwell - Team Delaware
Occupation: Union Journeyman Lineman
Wife: Sara
Kids: Wyatt
Specialties: Whitetail, Sika, Waterfowl and Upland Game
Occupation: Union Journeyman Lineman
Wife: Sara
Kids: Wyatt
Specialties: Whitetail, Sika, Waterfowl and Upland Game
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