Doug "ddejong" DeJong lives in the Kansas City area with his wife, Mary, of 30 years.  Doug developed a love for hunting and fishing while growing up in the middle of Minnesota’s lake country.  On his first hunting outing he bagged a wood duck with a 16 gauge, and has been hooked on hunting ever since.  Doug has four children, including three boys all of whom enjoy hunting and fishing together.

Doug lost touch with the outdoors after moving to Dallas upon college graduation.  After relocating to Kansas in 1998, he was reintroduced to hunting and has taken it back up with passion.  Ten years ago he bought an 80 acre farm in SE Kansas which he actively manages for turkey, deer, and quail.  Five years ago he purchased another 100 acres on the Missouri side to allow him another set of seasons to hunt deer and turkey, as well as ducks and bass in the ponds and creek.  Over the years Doug has seen the results of active whitetail management with bigger and bigger bucks, but gets as much satisfaction of working the properties as he does with the harvest.  He has a German Shorthair Pointer named Pepper to share in the upland game opportunities central and western Kansas offers.  He has also made forays to Wyoming for antelope on two occasions.  He and the boys make regular summer fishing forays back to Minnesota and Canada.

Doug has a passion for introducing new hunters to the sport, and routinely brings ‘newbies’ on their first hunts at his farms.

Professionally Doug is a pharmacist, and serves as the Senior Director of Pharmacy for an eleven hospital system.  He relishes the fact that he loses cell phone coverage the moment he turns onto the gravel road leading to his farms, allowing him to unwind and enjoy the great outdoors.  Doug is an active member of Ducks Unlimited, Quail Unlimited, and the NWTF.