Red, white & blue in his veins.
He's what a
country song
is made of.
Everybody's tryin' to be it. But he just is.
LeRoy runs an ag co-op by day, bird dogs and a loft full of pigeons the rest of the time. Waylon — or whatever old-school country or rock the radio's got — turned up. Red Bull in the cupholder of one of his trucks. Dogs loaded before the sun thinks about coming up. Huntin', fishin', and a firm belief that most of life's problems can be fixed with a tailgate, a good dog, and a little time in the field.
He learned hard work — and dog work — from his dad Dan and his uncle Lynus, who learned it from their dad Albert. Those traditions run five generations deep now, carried down to LeRoy's kids, all five of them. Every one has joined him in the field at some point: his boys Xander and Roman ride along most days, and Ashton joins from time to time. Lexie has hunted with him and plans to join next season, and Mikayla lives for deer camp and shed hunting. His wife Sarah? Right there through all of it, shaking her head at every new dog — and loving on every last one.
Then there's Maverick — LeRoy's grandson, three years old, already helping Papa in the field, shed hunting like he invented it, and feeding the pigeons at Wolf Creek Lofts whenever he gets the chance.
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Straight Off LeRoy's Phone
Dog work at the pond
Addie — out with the pack
In Loving Memory
DAN BRADLEY
Father · Hunter · The One Who Started It All
"The best days of your life will be spent in a field with your dad, your son, and a good dog."
Iowa Deer Season · Family Land
Forged Traditions
It started with Dan — the kind of dad who took his boy outside and made the outdoors feel like home. LeRoy grew up in those fields. Then he brought his own boys, Xander and Roman, back to the same land the same way.
Last deer season, on a quiet Iowa afternoon, LeRoy, Xander, and Dan sat together in the same blind — on family land. All three harvested a deer within minutes of each other. Same afternoon. Same blind. Same family.
Roman had harvested his the day before — the whole family together one last season, carrying on the deer camp tradition Dan started decades before.
That was the last hunt. Nobody talks about it without going quiet first.
It all started with a dad, a son, and a field.It always does. That's Wolf Creek.
The last hunt — together
Dan & Marti
Dan & Maverick
Little Roman — with one of Papa's bucks
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