Born and raised west of Birmingham, AL on the Warrior river, hence the handle. First generation trapper, raised hunting and fishing though. Veteran US Army, former residential framing carpenter and cabinet maker, general run of the mill river rat, trotliner and former coonhunter. Began trapping as a means of aquiring raccoons to train the hounds and keep control of vermin around the homeplace. Now a full time Nuisance Wildlife Control Technician operating in metro Atlanta.