Terry Madewell has run wild in the outdoors since he was a kid, and has always made mental notes of his experiences. Growing up on the Tennessee River, he was blessed to have two mentors who taught him early on the value of simply being part of nature and enjoying the outdoors. His Papaw was the owner of the Minnow Bucket which Terry inherited when his beloved Papaw passed. His other mentor, Coy ? was his Papaw’s best friend and the two readily allowed the young Terry to join them on their outdoors adventures.

 

Terry entered Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn., to study Engineering, but the love of the outdoors led him to earn a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management, with minors in Agriculture and Forestry.

 

He first began freelancing outdoors stories more than 50 years ago, with his byline appearing in local, regional, and national publications. Over the years, he’s won many writing and photography awards. Pursuing a career in the field of Natural Resources allowed him to continue his love affair of the outdoors.

 

Terry’s a former member and President of the Tennessee Outdoor Writers Association (TOWA), and is a founding member of the South Carolina Outdoor Press Association (SCOPe). He’s hunted and fished throughout the nation, and especially enjoys sharing the outdoors with his children and grandchildren. He’s fished and hunted  for many species, but he developed an obsessive passion for hunting wild turkeys, and has tagged the ”Slam,” all four major species found in America.

 

While Terry grew up in Soddy Daisy, Tenn., he moved to South Carolina in the mid-1980's and lives in the mid-state area with his wife, Jacki. He hunts and fishes the Palmetto State from the mountains to the Atlantic, and he still pursues gobblers and bucks through pine forests, swamps, and hardwood stands when not on lakes or rivers fishing--or writing about these adventures.

 

Most importantly, he still wakes up excited to see what adventures the new day brings, remaining diligent about not burning daylight, his Papaw's first lesson, on their first trip, when Papaw first started Terry on this outdoors journey at the “ripe old age” of eight.