Legend Biography

Dr. Jimmy Sites is a professional speaker, best-selling author, and award-winning
television producer and host. Jimmy has spoken live to hundreds of thousands of
people in various venues, including keynoting the Legends of the Outdoors annual induction banquet three times. He shares the dual message of conservation of
the outdoor lifestyle and how to walk daily as a follower of God. Jimmy holds a
doctorate in biblical communications, and he has taught on the university and graduate school level. He also served a preaching minister for several churches, and currently host a Bible Study Basecamp Podcast found on You Tube. He just completed his new book called Decoys of Deception, which will be available on Father's Day 2025.
Jimmy hosted and produced the award-winning Spiritual Outdoor Adventures with Jimmy Sites television program for 22 years, and it is not in syndication on CTN and HuntChannel.tv covering 70% of the world weekly.
Jimmy's next television production will launch in 2025 and is an outdoor competition reality show starring teenagers. It is called Basecamp 101 with Jimmy Sites. One winner will receive over $60K worth of college scholarships, gear, and a trip for their family.
In 2010 Jimmy and his team won the Big Buck Outdoor Games, competing against 20 of the top outdoor television producers from across the United States. In 2012 Jimmy became a cartoon character in Kids Korner Outdoors with Jimmy Sites and 30 cartoons have been produced teaching children ages 4-12 the various safety measures and ethics related to outdoor sports. In 2014 Jimmy was named American Outdoor Sportsman of the Year by the Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame.
Jimmy has graduated 86 students from his annual Producers Camp, training people of various ages how to produce outdoor television and video projects. His greatest adventure was filming a documentary with a Stone Age Indian tribe in the Amazon Jungle.
Jimmy is a strong advocate of conservation, and he has been interviewed on many radio and television talk shows including Fox News with Gretchen Carlson where he debated the Executive VP of PETA, and on multiple occasions by MSNBC. Jimmy also serves as a spokesperson for several non-profit organizations, including 36 years for Compassion International – a child development organization that cares for over 1.5 million children in 26 Third World countries.
Jimmy is a musician and songwriter, and has seven songs recorded by country and bluegrass artists. His most recent songs were produced by multiple Grammy-award-winning producer John Carter Cash.
Jimmy is married to Amanda Mullens (married May 1984) and they have two biological children, Christin (born August 1989) and Jonathan (born January 1992). Jimmy and Amanda also offered their home to 17-year-old Mary Kirby, and she lived with the Sites family until she married at the age of 23. Jimmy and Amanda now have four grandchildren as well. They live in a log lodge on the edge of a wooded hollow just north of Hendersonville, Tennessee.

CURRENT TV PRODUCTIONS:
Spiritual Outdoor Adventures with Jimmy Sites (22 seasons now in syndication weekly)
Basecamp 101 with Jimmy Sites (currently in production and launching on air in 2025)