Vortex Canada: Pro Staff

In his own words:

Born and raised in Southern Alberta, fishing, hunting and shooting quickly became a way of life. Having access to one of the best ranges in the province and a very active fish and game club allowed me to develop my interests with many outdoor savvy mentors.

I attended Lethbridge College and graduated from the Renewable Resource Management, Conservation Enforcement Program. I have guided clients for both hunting and fishing in the Northwest Territories and have hunted and fished over most of Western Canada.

Having also worked as a predator control officer presented me with numerous opportunities to practice my hand at shooting and trapping. For the last 25 years I have been employed as a Conservation Officer with some of my duties including, armouring firearms, firearms training to staff and public alike as a CORE instructor. My armouring duties carry over to my custom rifle business with our company specializing in building or tuning bolt action rifles whether it is for competitive F-class, tactical shooting or lightweight rifles for general hunting and backpacking.

Currently I reside in Kamloops BC with my wife and 3 kids and my faithful Black Lab, they too also all enjoy the outdoors including hunting and shooting. We are fortunate in BC with many species of game that can readily be hunted with over the counter tags. My passion is mountain hunting and I have collected many species of game including Dall, Stone and California Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat , Mule and Whitetail Deer, Moose, Bison, Pronghorn both Black and grizzly bear. I also enjoy waterfowl and upland bird hunting.

I have also hunted Africa and am in the throes of planning another trip for next year to Namibia. Like many others, I also put my draws into many states hoping to draw a much coveted Desert Bighorn Sheep tag which if successful would allow me to complete my Grand Slam.

I am very involved with the hunting groups and am one of the founding directors of the British Columbia Wild Sheep Society as well as member of the Kamloops Target Sports Association, BC Wildlife Federation, Grand Slam Club, Wild Sheep Foundation, British Columbia Conservation Foundation and a few more that slip my mind at the moment.

My firearms business and passion for hunting and shooting has allowed me to test many makes of optics and it here that I tried Vortex at the recommendation of a friend. The model was the Vortex Viper 3x9x40 and it was one of few scopes that performed our range tests and passed all aspects doing much better than some higher priced competitor brands. I am a stickler for detail and have been impressed with the Vortex offerings, with any luck I will be able to test many more and report on them in the future.

I am sure you will be happy with Vortex products too and if I can help anyone in any way please feel free to drop me a line!

location: Kamloops, British Columbia

email: r.mkendall@shaw.ca

Pro Staff

Mitch Kendall

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