Legend Biography

A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF GRAND LEDGE MICHIGAN, TOM NELSON HAS BEEN SHOOTING A BOW AND ARROW FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. HIS LOVE FOR ARCHERY BEGAN AS A YOUNG BOY AND NOW HE BRINGS HIS PASSION FOR ARCHERY AND BOWHUNTING INTO MILLIONS OF HOMES EACH WEEK AS HOST OF THE AWARD WINNING “AMERICAN ARCHER T.V. SHOW” NOW IN ITS 25th SEASON ON THE OUTDOOR CHANNEL.
TOM IS ALSO A REGULAR GUEST ON ESPN RADIO AND A.M. OUTDOORS RADIO AND ALSO WRITES A MONTHLY BOWHUNTING COLUMN FOR MICHIGAN OUT OF DOORS MAGAZINE. HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN OVER 300 ARTICLES, PUBLISHED IN MAGAZINES SUCH AS BOWHUNTER,WESTERN BOWHUNTER, HUNTING THE WEST, BEAR AND BEAR HUNTING, SAFARI, AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS. TOM WAS RECENTLY RECONIZED BY THE MICHIGAN BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION AS A MASTER BOWHUNTER, ONLY THE 12TH PERSON TO BE HONERED WITH THIS AWARD IN OVER 60 YEARS. DURING HIS ALMOST 5 DECADES OF BOWHUNTING, TOM HAS TAKEN OVER 300 BIG GAME ANIMALS REPRESENTING OVER 30 DIFFERENT SPECIES WHILE BOWHUNTING IN 27 STATES, EIGHT CANADIAN PROVINCES, MEXICO, NAMIBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND AND EUROPE. TOM IS A PAST BOARD MEMBER AND FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE POPE AND YOUNG CLUB AND IS A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER AND VICE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE ARCHERY HALL OF FAME.