Name: Steve Hoover
Age: 32
Hometown: Discovery Bay, CA
Occupation: Wholesale Manager
Years of hunting experience: 12
Area of magazine coverage: East Bay
Species in CA you specialize in: Archery Blacktail Deer and Waterfowl
All species you hunt in CA: Deer, Pigs, Waterfowl, Turkeys, Bear, Predators.
Most memorable CA trophy: I hunted a deer we named “Bubba” for 3 years In California’s A zone. We kept after him and I was finally able to get a good stalk on him and was able to harvest him. He ha an unusual curve to his G2 on one side and is my best archery blacktail to date.
Motto: “Tracks are only good if there is a animal standing in them.”

Gear List:

Bow: Bowtech Destroyer
Sight: Spott Hog Hunter Hog It
Release: Scott
Arrows: Easton Full Metal Jackets
Broadheads: Montec

Rifle: Ruger 300 Winchester Mag
Shotgun: Browning Gold
Optics: Leopold Binos and Range Finder
Camo: Sitka and Predator
Pack: Badlands and Sitka
Boots: Danner Elk Hunters