Clay Hayes

Clay Hayes is a professional wildlife biologist, primitive bowyer & bowhunter, wildlife film maker, and writer. Growing up on his family's farm in the Florida panhandle, he spent his boyhood summers among the cypress swamps and Spanish moss. But, as alluring as southern woodlands are, the Rocky Mountains always called. After graduating from Mississippi State University with a masters in wildlife ecology he headed west with his wife Liz to settle among the aspen and endless conifers stretching across the west slope of the continental divide in central Idaho. A lifelong learner, he has always been fascinated with wildlife and has spent the better part of his life studying the ecology of the natural world around him. Among his many accomplishments as an outdoorsman and naturalist, Clay spent two and a half months living alone in the Canadian wilderness as a participant in the History Channel's hit show, Alone. Dropped off with only 10 basic items, including his hand made traditional bow and arrows, Clay built a small cabin, hunted, foraged and fished to meet his needs. Clay lives in central Idaho with his wife Liz and two boys, Coye and Fen.