John Rutt
Location |
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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA USA |
Favorite FOXPRO Sound |
Lightning Jack |
Favorite FOXPRO Unit |
Krakatoa |
Weapon of Choice |
Browning .22 Hornet |
Favorite Species to Hunt |
Bear |
Favorite Location |
Lycoming County, Northern PA |
https://www.facebook.com/john.rutt |
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YouTube |
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Biography
John Rutt grew up in the heart of the rich agriculture country in Lancaster County Central Pennsylvania. He was first introduced to hunting at the age of 12 by his father, Leon Rutt, with his first shotgun, a Remington 870 express 12 gauge. For the first part of his hunting career, His focus was small game hunting on his grandfather's farm and hunting deer in northern PA. John has a great love and passion of the outdoors. He is an avid hiker, backpacker, boater, skier and also snowshoes. For ten years, John played club rugby and had minimal time for hunting except for deer and bear in northern PA.
It was until about 2010, john became very aggressive with hunting. People that know him, state that hunting is a passion in his life and thrives off of it. John has developed a love of waterfowl hunting and also upland bird, turkey, and crow hunting. He states bird hunting is entirely different than hunting predators and deer and gives you a different rush and appreciation of the owners of the sky. Snow goose season in Pennsylvania is extremely passionate to John as they migrate through this area of PA, and come in the thousands.
John has actively pursued learning, meeting mentors, and mastering predator hunting and trapping. Being in central PA, this area is rich with foxes and raccoons. On a given winter night, he can be found with his FOXPRO actively pursuing these animals and waiting for those red eyes to show themselves and experiencing a night of excitement. He has also became a certified wildlife nuisance control officer in PA and has his cable restraint certification.
John's proudest hunting moment was calling in a black bear in northern PA, having it run up on him, standing up 17 yards away and John