Craig Boddington was born and raised in Kansas, where his early big-game experience included hunting pronghorn, whitetail, and mule deer in Wyoming, Kansas, and Colorado. His outdoor writing career began in college and continued through his thirty-one years of active-duty service as a Marine Corps infantry officer. He has held editorial positions with many outdoor publications and is currently executive field editor of GUNS & AMMO, Petersen's HUNTING, and RifleShooter magazines. He has written thirty books on hunting and shooting and has produced and hosted several television shows and documentaries on The Outdoor Channel and The Sportsman Channel and is currently the host of Guns & Ammo TV. He travels the world extensively to hunt, including on his small farm in Kansas. Craig lives in Paso Robles, CA.