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Traumatic Impact Outdoors was created when two mid-twenty year old guys thought it would be neat to film their passion of the outdoors and hunting. This passion has turned into a blooming business and they have no intentions of stopping!
Traumatic Impact Outdoors, LLC was started in the early part of 2016 by a couple of mid 20-year old’s looking to show off their hunting and cinematography skills. We have since gained a Pro Staff and Field Staff Team who shares the same love for hunting, cinematography, and public services as we do. From bear to waterfowl, if there's a season we hunt it.
With well over a century in hunting experience combined, we all have a passion for the sport that is hunting. Traumatic Impact Outdoors did not just pop up out of no where, Co-owners Jared and Jordan grew up listening to stories and re-lived the hunts told by family and friends. The days of Traumatic Impact Outdoors date back to the early 1960's where family and friends hunted places like Maine, Colorado, British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska. Those stories of iconic hunts and trips were documented with cameras of the era and those photographs are available to view in our gallery.
Pro Staff
Jordan Welch
Co-Owner
Jordan has been hunting since he was a kid, and has enjoyed going on hunts with his father while growing up. His weapon of choice is a 30-06 rifle, but his favorite game to hunt is waterfowl.
When Jordan is not hunting or enjoying the outdoors he's working full time as an EMT or Volunteering as a Firefighter/Rescue Tech. Jordan enjoys hunting, fishing, photography, cinematography, video editing, paracord making, and kayaking. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and son.
Jared Smith
Co-Owner
Jared started out just rifle hunting and began bow hunting when he was 15. His first bow kill came with a longbow and homemade arrows, so far it has been the most memorable experience he's had in the woods.
Outside of the woods, Jared works full time as a Paramedic. "With a busy work schedule, it can be difficult to find time to hunt, but once you accept that sleep deprivation is just part of you personality you can find there's ample opportunity to get out and hunt!" Jared enjoys shooting, fishing, authentic Italian food, and hunting.
Dylan Welch
Dylan is a Marine Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from 2011-2012. After serving 4 year as a Marine he decided to move on with life and go to college. Dylan is pursuing a degree in wildlife biology in hopes to become a Game Warden.
When Dylan is not in school he is enjoying the great outdoors. He is active in his community as a Volunteer Firefighter. In his spare time, Dylan can be found woodworking in his grandfathers woodshop. Dylan enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, shooting both rifle and bow, adventure/exploring, and being outdoors.
Justin Brown
Justin was born in raised in the small town of Rome PA. He left his small town a few years after high school to pursue an education in the motorcycle industry at MMI in Phoenix, AZ. There he studied under the Harley Davidson program. He returned to Pennsylvania after graduation and now resides with his wife Abby in Muncy.
Justin works full time as an account manager with a wedding photography and cinematography business on the side that he runs with Abby. As if that’s not enough, he also pitches in with Abby’s blog “The Heirloom Lady” every week; where they post content relevant to homesteading, self-sustainability, and living as our ancestors once did.
Justin has been fishing, hiking, and camping his entire life and has recently rediscovered hunting, after giving it up back in his teenage years. His hunting bucket list includes a New Zealand red stag, Alaskan moose, and western US elk.
Chris Warren
Chris is a graduate of Athens High and has been all about the outdoors his whole life. Hunting, fishing, hiking, scouting, you name it, with an emphasis on conservation.
Chris has been a firefighter for 9+ years, as well as a 911 dispatcher, and doing the music thing playing gigs with Justin Raynor weekly. Chris has said that "some weeks it's hard to hit the woods, but makes it that much sweeter when I can." Chris has been shooting competition archery ever since he could pull back a bow, and now shoots for Up in Arms Shooting Supplies and Prime (G5). He has also shot in the amazing YHEC program out of Troy, PA. In his minimal free time, Chris golfs, works on his truck, jetskis, hits the range, plays music, and spends time with his dogs as well as keeping his woman happy!
Mark Welch
Hunting is Mark's passion, Mark's father was an excellent hunter and as far back as the late 1960's thru 1970's Mark went on hunts and watched slide shows from his fathers hunts."That is what ignited the spark inside me, I wanted to hunt like my dad did." Mark has hunted several states and numerous species but has two dream hunts that he would like to do. Mark has hunted elk in the Rocky Mountains but he would love to do a Rocky Mountain elk hunt on horseback. The other dream hunt Mark has is an Alaskan caribou hunt.
Mark is blessed to have a wonderful wife that supports him and his hunting passion, she also accompanies him on some of his hunts. Mark enjoys having her along to experience the hunt. Mark introduced both of his son's to hunting when they were about 5 years old, they would tag along with Mark on deer hunts and they now have the same passion for hunting as he does. Mark has also got his daughter into filming some of his hunts, which she really enjoys, so in one way or another Mark has included my whole family in the hunting experience, and that to Mark, is what it's all about. Family.
Mark is employed as a supervisor in a machine shop, he is also a Volunteer Firefighter. Mark, through the years, has competed in handgun, shotgun, rifle, and archery competitions.
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Tyler Huffman
Tyler is a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School and Lock Haven University. Tyler has a bachelors degree in geology and works as the pre-bid coordinator for Dayton Superior.
Tyler has been hunting since he was 12 years old and his favorite type of hunting is predator calling at night. Tyler is also the Lieutenant at Laceyville Goodwill Fire Company where he has been a member for 6 years. In his free time Tyler enjoys truck pulling, golfing and spending time with his wife.
Alex Wallace
Alex has been hunting ever since he was a boy with his father. The best memories he has are just being outdoors with friends and family chasing whitetails. He enjoys pretty much any outdoor activity. In his spare time he likes to shoot, fish, scout, and spend time with his family.
Alex currently works full time in a gas/oil field in Ohio. He will be hunting in PA, OH, and NC this year. Alex enjoys hunting, salt water fishing, scouting, land management, running, and electronics.
Evan Barnes
Evan Barnes has been hunting in PA for the last 17+ years. Evan's favorite game to hunt are fox and pheasant. A 12 point PA whitetail and two Caribou top his big game success list. Evan runs a real estate and new home construction company. In his spare time when not hunting he serves as a Township Supervisor, Lieutenant for the Wysox Fire company, and sits on several boards in the community. He also enjoys running a hobby photography studio with his wife.
Thomas Fritsch
"In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. The excellent people who protest against all hunting, and consider sportsmen as enemies of wild life, are ignorant of the fact that in reality the genuine sportsman is by all odds the most important factor in keeping the larger and more valuable wild creatures from total extermination." -Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas holds the value held within this quote to be fundamental. He had many whom enriched his youth by sharing their time and experience with him. Thomas learned animal behavior while picking berries, fishing, and scouting. Very early on Thomas became fascinated with black bears. This became a true passion for him. Early in his youth observing bears at the dump; a common pastime, picking berries from the same bush that a small bear was, and his first large bear seen was bigger around than the burn barrel and taller than the tractor. Thomas hunts because it's an integrated part of his heritage. He only hopes he has been able to inspire and enrich the next generation to the value of hunting. This is priceless in his mind.
Field Staff
Tanner Folk
Tanner has been hunting and fishing ever since he could walk and it is a very big part of his life. The best thing about hunting and fishing is the traditions that are passed down for many generations that make us the hunters and people we are today.
His favorite wildlife to hunt is the turkey because of the difficulty of chase. Tanner attends Kansas State University Studying Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Management and is on the shotgun sports team.
In his spare time he likes to scout for potential walk-in hunting areas, watch the outdoor channel, and fish with friends. Tanner plans on hunting in Kansas, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania this upcoming year.
Brett Goodwin
Brett is a Northeast Bradford graduate as well as a Lackawanna College graduate and has been hunting since before he was able to even carry a gun, following his father and uncle around whenever he would get the chance to tag along. Since his first doe kill at the age of 12 he has been and avid outdoorsman, everything from camping and hiking, to hunting and fishing he enjoys every aspect of being outdoors. Last fall he broke into the world of waterfowl again loving every second, but now being spring into summer, fishing big channels and any back wood pond he can find has become his focus. When Brett is not running his business he is enjoying, golfing, fishing, camping, hiking, hanging out with his family, or just relaxing by a fire.
Andrew Bell
Andrew has always loved the outdoors, growing up on a farm, his earliest memories of the outdoors are bow hunting as well as tons of kayaking. Andrew is always up for hunting, all species of game animals both land, air, and water.
Andrew currently works as the unit clerk in the local emergency room. He is going to school in the fall to further his career into nursing. His favorite seasons are early bow season, as well as spring gobbler. "I have learned over time, taking a lack of sleep as a normal thing, you always have time to hunt..."
Dog Staff
Moose
Moose is a Black Labrador Retriever who came from the late Jason Luckey and his kennel, Lucks Labs. Moose was born in 2015 and has been hunting ever since.
Moose enjoys hunting waterfowl but also likes running the fields for upland birds. In his spare time Moose enjoys swimming, chasing tennis balls, and anything to do with the outdoors.
Onya
Onya is a Black Labrador Retriever who also comes from Lucks Labs. Onya is a year younger than Moose. Onya prefers hunting upland birds and enjoys pheasant hunting.