SHANE BERRY

Shane Berry was born and raised right outside of Sparta, Georgia where he still lives with his wife Lynn and two children Christopher and Christin. Shane has worked for Brown Contracting Company for 22 years and is currently working as a project manager/estimator for the company.

Shane began hunting with father at the age of 5, harvested his first deer at the age of 6 and his first turkey at the age of 10. He has harvested 3 bucks in the state of Kansas that will score over 155 Boone and Crocket. In 2003 he harvested an 8 point in Hancock County that qualified for Pope and Young record book. In 2000 he took a black bear in the state of Maine, and in 2001 and 2003 he harvested 2 5x5 bull elks in the state of Colorado. He has harvested turkeys in 14 states from South Florida to the Black Hills of Wyoming. The largest turkey he harvested was in 1999 in Baldwin County with a weight of 25 lbs. 4 oz, 12 ¾” beard and 1 13/16 spurs. He is an avid hunter of game animals; his specialties are deer, turkey and waterfowl.

In 1992 and 1993 Shane worked as a prostaffer for Chehaw Mountain game calls. After their going out of business Shane went to work with Primos game calls as a Georgia Prostaffer where he is still employed. Shane is a 3-time winner of the Primos Prostaffer of the year award. Shane is also on the Spectrum Outdoors Prostaff. He has 17 years as a committee member and is a bronze life sponsor for the National Wild Turkey Federation. He has over 6 years of volunteer work including kid’s seminars and kid’s hunts for the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Department of Natural Resources. Shane has and still guides for several plantations throughout Georgia.