Venture Outdoors

Don's Bio

Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, Don grew up fishing and hunting in and around Lake Seminole. When he graduated High School in 1967, the United States was fully engaged in the war in Southeast Asia. Don Immediately joined the U.S. Navy and served as a Gunners Mate aboard the USS Perry, ad Destroyer based out of Mayport, Florida. The ship and it’s crew served many tours of duty including one to Vietnam in 1969.

With his service to our country completed in 1971, he found his way into the world of broadcasting in Dothan, Alabama and eventually to Montgomery where he helped sign a new country music FM station on the air in 1978. The radio station (and the morning show Don hosts) has enjoyed number 1 ratings all of the years since.

Don has been involved in many charitable endeavors and civic activities around the Montgomery area. He has MC’d the Buckmasters Classic and had the honor of being the “voice” of the Bassmasters Classic for over 20 years including many years of introducing Ray Scott, the founder of B.A.S.S. to thousands of bass fishing fanatics. Ray even asked Don to accompany him to an entertainment trip for our men and women in uniform serving in the Middle East. Don eagerly accepted and prior to Thanksgiving 2004, he joined Ray for a send off by none other than President George W. Bush in the Oval Office.

Don, who now lives on 45 acres in Elmore County, is a former private pilot and sport parachutist, but these days you’ll find him either shooting clays, fishing, or hunting throughout the local area.

Ray Scott says, “Don has been a personal friend for many years and I know I can always count on him. We enjoyed lots of laughs and tears on our Ray Scott Iraq Thanksgiving Tour 2004 and Don and I agree, it was truly one of the highlights of our lives. Good luck Don, and I wish you the best.”