VTA District 10 Director's Report
Russell Hale
310 Madison Ave. APT G
Fort Eustis, VA 23604
Phone: 406-696-9600
Email:
rjhale1@yahoo.com
Fellow trappers,
I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as I take
on the new responsibility of representing District 10. My name is Russell Hale
and I am a member of the Active Duty Army stationed at Fort Eustis. I am
originally from Las Vegas, NV and spent a lot of time in Northeast Michigan. I
have lived in Virginia for almost 1 year and love it. The landscape here is some
of the most beautiful I have ever seen and I have been halfway across the world.
A little history about myself, I graduated from University of
Nevada, Las Vegas in 2009 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. I am due to graduate
again in February, 2011 with an M.S. in Sports Management. I joined the Army in
2008 and am due to get out in 2012. I am married and have 1 daughter. I have
also started a nuisance furbearer control company for the Hampton Roads area
called “Lickity Split Pest Solutions”. I cannot wait for trapping season so I
can finally get my hands dirty.
To be honest, my trapping experience is limited at this point
mainly due to the military. However, I spent my childhood on the trap line with
my father in Michigan. He has taught me a lot me of things and now that I am out
on my own I have been absolutely chomping at the bits to get my own trap line
going. My family was very into hunting and trapping but I was always more
interested in trapping because it requires extensive knowledge of the animal
being trapped. I always enjoyed the idea of going into the animals stomping
grounds and outsmarting them.
In any case, I am looking forward to learning a lot from this experience. I will
help out whoever asks as much as I can.