VIRGINIA'S PREMIER TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR SPORTS SHOW Chris Brackett - Host of "Arrow Affliction" Favorite hunt-Anything that moves!!! Bucks to Ducks I'm just a sucker for a good ole chase!!!!! Boooyah!! I love hunting gear, I mean I absolutely am Afflicted with it, finding out what’s the best and how tough it is and now I get to share with you the gear I trust my life with. I grew up in the Heartland, the cornfields of Illinois!! “Monster buck central”!!! My first word was “duck”, no really it was. Grandpa Bob was a duck hunting fool and I had my first 20 gauge bought for me by age 2. He died that Christmas but the fire was already lit, there was no looking back, I was Afflicted!!! I wanted to get close to every animal I saw. I would beg and plead for my dad to take me hunting. I am fortunate to live in such a game rich state with the best of the best at my fingertips. This however, is a double-edged sword. There were too many species to hunt. Turkey, deer, ducks, geese, pheasants and rabbits were all over. I wanted to spend every waking hour trying to not only hunt them, but go the extra mile to figure them out. I started working in outdoor sales at age 15. Getting to surround myself with hunting equipment and finding out what worked the best was a dream come true, let alone people wanting my recommendation on what to use. This fueled the fire even more! I tried everything I could get my hands on. I would try and push equipment to its limit. It became an obsession and at 16 years old I vowed to never sell out and always use the best. Remember, the best isn’t always the most expensive, but you always get what you pay for. I am blessed to be a hunter, and even more blessed to do it for a living. It’s a dream come true, but I do have to say I work harder at not working a real job than I ever did at being a mailman. That’s right, I was a mailman for four years and then had a life changing revelation and quit to chase my destiny! Well the rest is history after seven years of filming, editing, hunting on video, and definitely being the poorest guy I knew. I caught a break, actually I shot a fish out of the air.With the release of that arrow a new sport was born EXTREME AERIAL BOW FISHING! This is where we shoot flying silver carp out of the air with a bow!!! Right place, right time. This is where preparation meets opportunity! I did 13 different national shows, won two Golden Moose Awards in two years and finally was getting noticed as a Midwestern boy that has a passion that is larger than life and the knowledge of a veteran hunter twice his age! Four years later, I’m the host of a top rated show called ARROW AFFLICTION! I can’t believe I’m encouraged to push it to the limit everyday! Wow, only in America. As Uncle Ted would say, “You can’t do this in France.” So, I pride myself on standing up for my values, fighting for the blue collar working men-n-women of this great USA. I work hard for my money like my daddy did and his before him, so I spend it on what works. I’ve killed more animals than winter and I trust all my equipment with my life. I'm always looking for a way to help introduce a new hunter to the great thing we call hunting! Shoot straight <-n--<<< Kill ‘em all!!! Chris Brackett Back to "Special Guests and Attractions" page HERE.