THACKER'S OUTDOOR PRODUCTIONS AND BTTO PRODUCTIONS
'' ITS TO LOVE THE THRILL OF THE HUNT''
MEET OUR PRO-STAFF
IN 1997 DONALD THACKER, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF BTTO PRODUCTIONS  , STARTED WHAT WAS THEN A LIFE LONG DREAM OF SOMEDAY HAVING HIS OWN OUTDOOR TV SHOW. IN 1995 DON STARTED MAKING VIDEO WITH HIS FRIENDS . THE FIRST VIDEOS WERE ; TALL OAKS OUTDOORS, RUSSIAN MADNESS , AND SPRING STRUT. DON WENT ON TO RUN A HUNTING RANCH IN SOUTHERN OHIO WHERE HE MET HIS OUTDOOR HERO ROGER RAGLIN , AND HAS SINCE HUNTED AND FILMED WITH ROGER SEVERAL TIMES. LATER , DON WENT ON TO PRODUCE HIS FIRST SHOW BTTO PRODUCTIONS. AFTER 4 YEARS OF SUCCESS DON DECIDED TO START ANOTHER SHOW CALLED ''FLOCK AND FIELD ADVENTURES''. FLOCK AND FIELD DID WELL BUT NOT AS WELL AS BTTO PRODUCTIONS;  HOWEVER , IS STILL ON THE AIR TODAY . SO WITH A CALL TO A LONG TIME FRIEND OF DONS , ED JASPER OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS, THEY BOTH DECIDED TO START FILMING FOR TWO NEW SHOWS FOR 2010 . ONE BEING TITLED, ''FROM THE FIELD TO THE FIELD'', STARING N.F.L SUPERSTARS SUCH AS  ALGEA CRUMPLER OF THE TENN- TITANS , DEMETRION VEAL OF THE DENVER BRONCOS,  BILLY JOHNSON OF THE OILERS,  TO NAME A FEW.  DONS HUNTING SUCCESS STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE OF 5 , WHEN HE STARTED HUNTING WITH HIS DAD AND UNCLES . DON HAS SINCE TAKEN 135 BUCKS OVER 130 INCHES,  54 BUCKS OVER 150 INCHES,  AND 3 OVER 200 INCHES . DON HAS ALSO DONE HIS SHARE OF TURKEY HUNTING PULLING DOWN OVER TWENTY GRAND SLAMS AND 2 ROYAL SLAMS . ELK IS NOT A STRANGER EITHER AS DON HAS TAKEN 4 BULLS OVER 400 INCHES , 3 BEING WITH HIS BOW, AND 7 OVER 350 INCHES. HE HAS ALSO HUNTED IN AFRICA TWICE FOR THE BIG FIVE INCLUDING CAPE BUFFALO , AND CROCKS . WITH TRIPS TO NEW ZEALAND FOR RED STAG AND FALLOW DEER UNDER HIS BELT AS WELL.  ONE OF DONS FAVORITE HUNTS IS BOW HUNTING GATORS ALL OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEARS SHOW WHEN DON WAS PULLED FROM THE BOAT BY A 13 FOOT GATOR IN FLORIDA AND STILL WENT RIGHT BACK FOR MORE THE SAME NIGHT. SO STICK WITH DON THIS YEAR TO SEE WHAT HE WILL TRY NEXT.
TIM JUST   CO-PRODUCER / BTTO PRODUCTIONS.
I WAS BORN IN THE BIG CITY OF MILWAUKEE , WI . NOW I RESIDE IN HARTLAND, WI A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN 30 MILES NORTH WEST OF THE BIG CITY WITH MY FAMILY . MY WIFE LINDSAY MY SON CADEN 6 AND MY DAUGHTER MADYSON 12. MY FAMILY FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE TIME IT TAKES TO BE A SUCCESSFUL HUNTER AND FISHERMAN IN THIS COMPETITIVE WORLD . MY FATHER INTRODUCED ME TO THE WORLD OF DUCK AND GOOSE HUNTING AT THE AGE OF 5 , EVER SINCE THEN I WAS HOOKED. I STILL LOVE TO DO OTHER THINGS LIKE FISH , BOWHUNT , PLAY SOFTBALL , AND SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY. MY OTHER PASSIONS IS TRAPSHOOTING AT A VERY YOUNG OF 8 I WON MY FIRST TOURNAMENT THEN IT TOOK ME 30 YEARS OF PRACTICE TO BECOME A TOP NOTCH WING SHOOTER . I VALUE THE MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS I SPEND QUALITY TIME I THE FIELD WITH. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG HUNTERS INTO THE SPORT. I LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING MY LEGACY ON TO MY CHILDREN AS IT WAS PASSED TO ME . I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE AND FAMILY FOR BELIEVING IN ME AS I FULFILL MY DREAMS AND FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME ALWAYS TRAVELING AND HER STAYING HOME WITH THE KIDS AND ME MAKING ALL THAT NOISE PRACTICING ON MY CALLS . I LOVE YOU ALL.
TIM JUST
ED JAPSER  ATLANTA FALCONS
AND PRO-STAFF FOR THACKERS OUTDOOR PRODUCTIONS AND BTTO PRODUCTIONS . ED STARTED HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT TEXAS A AND M AND WENT TO THE PHILLY EAGLES , AND FROM THE EAGLES ED WENT TO THE RAIDERS. AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME WITH THE RAIDERS ED FOUND HIS HOME WITH THE ATLANTA FALCONS . ED HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LOVER OF HUNTING AND FISHING ,SO WHEN DON ASKED HIM TO JOIN THE TEAM HE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE. ED BROUGHT SEVERAL OF HIS N.F.L. BUDDIES ALONG AS WELL , WH0 YOU WILL SEE ON THIS YEARS SHOW.
DONT FORGET TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS , WITHOUT THEM WHERE WOULD WE BE....?
BILLY ( WHITE SHOES ) JOHNSON
N.F.L 1974- 1988
HOUSTIN , OILERS

BTTO PRODUCTIONS
PRO-STAFF SINCE 2005
ALGE CRUMPLER FORMALLY OF THE ATLANTA FALCONS.
AND NOW MOVING TO THE PATRIOTS THIS YEAR.    BTTO PRODUCTIONS PRO-STAFF SINCE 2005
KEVIN ROSS BTTO PRODUCTIONS
PRO-STAFF AND CO-HOST OHIO TEAM
I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A FATHER WHO IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE OUTDOORS, AND HUNTING. SO I WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS LIFE STYLE AT A VERY EARLY AGE. SOME OF EARLIEST MEMORIES INVOLVE SHOOTING AND HUNTING. AS A CHILD MY DAD HAD ME INVOLVED WITH HUNTING EVEN BEFORE I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO DRAW A BOW. HE HAD ME INVOLVED WITH STAND PLACEMENT AND SCOUTING. SO AS SOON AS I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BEGIN HUNTING , IT HAD ALREADY BEEN DRIVEN DEAP INTO MY BLOOD AND SOUL. ONE OF THE MEMORIES THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME OVER THE YEARS , WAS AROUND MY SOPHMORE YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. I HAD A FRIEND WHO REALLY ENJOYED GOING HUNTING WITH ME , BUT HE WAS STILL IN THE LEARNING STAGE OF OUR GREAT SPORT. WHILE ON A DOE HUNT MY DAD AND I HAD ALREADY FILLED OUR DOE TAGS , BUT MY FRIEND HAD NOT CONNECTED WITH ONE YET. I HAD BEEN RIBBING MY BUDDY FOR THIS , WHEN MY DAD PULLED ME TO THE SIDE AND SAID I SHOULD LIGHTEN UP ON HIM AND HE WAS JUST LEARNING. MY FRIEND HAD NOT HAD ANYONE TO TEACH HIM LIKE I HAD OVER THE YEARS. OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS , MY DAD AND I HAD HELPED TRANSFORM MY FRIEND INTO A VERY SUCCESFUL HUNTER. TO THIS DAY MY FRIEND IS A VERY ACTIVE AND SUCCESFUL HUNTER, AND IS NOW PASSING IT ALL ON TO HIS OWN SON. THIS MEMORY HAS SHOWN ME ALOT , AND HOW REWARDING IT CAN BE TO GET OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUR GREAT SPORT OF HUNTING. I HOPE MY WORK WITH BTTO PRODUCTIONS CAN HELP ME REACH OTHERS AS WELL , AND BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR PASSION OF HUNTING AND THE OUTDOORS.

KEVIN  ROSS