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WIO Staff-Ace Luciano

In 2006, he was a finalist in the Field and Stream Total Outdoorsman Challenge, leading to his discovery by Bass Pro and subsequent invitation to join their pro staff. Most recently, Ace has been spending time pursuing his passion of introducing youths to the outdoors through the Edward Cawley Youth Mentoring Program that he helped to develop in memory of one of his outdoor mentors, the SCI-IL Sensory Safari program, and performing marketing and consulting for numerous outdoor companies. He is also partner in the highly successful booking agency, World Game Hunts, Ltd., which specializes in affordable, unbelievable hunting and fishing trips for all budgets. If you think you can’t afford to go on that trip of a lifetime, be sure to visit them at www.worldgamehunts.net. 

   A 20 year veteran of sales and marketing, Ace has won the pinnacle sales award at every company for which he was employed. As a mentor to new sales representatives, Ace shared the techniques that he had developed in order that others could also become successful.

Whether you are looking for a new source of customers, keeping the customers you have from the competition, or simply want to streamline your business and make more money, you NEED this “Ace” in your hand!

• How to Hunt and Travel the World on an Everyday Budget
• Choosing the Right Optics to Hunt Better, Smarter, and Farther
• Introducing Youth to the Outdoors- 10 Commandments to Ensure a Lifetime of Passion, Enjoyment and Companionship
• Why the Dumbest Dog is Smarter Than the Smartest Hunter
• Overcoming The Airlines-How to Properly Pack and Plan a Big Game Hunt
• Hunters- The Newest Endangered Species
• Why Your Game Tastes Bad and How to Change It
• How to Plan, Prepare, and Afford an African Safari

• Represent company marketed products at trade shows and sporting retailer promotional events.
• Current lines:  Leupold Optics, Traditions Black Powder Firearms, Weatherby firearms,  Magnum Research firearms, Otter Outdoors, and Blackhawk Hunting and Tactical Gear.

• Represent Read Head hunting products and White River Flyshop fishing products at promotional events, individual interviews, and on radio and television
• Conduct hunting and fishing seminars as determined by store needs
• Assist with hunter’s safety and Becoming an Outdoor Woman (B.O.W.) instruction programs.

• Represent Mossy Oak Camouflage at various outdoor events, banquets, and public venues
• Become a positive, high-profile, local face for Mossy Oak products

• Represent targeted brands (C’Mere Deer, Swhacker Broadheads, Eureka Outdoor products and Old Town watercraft) at trade shows and sporting retailer events

• Use, evaluate, and report on bullet performance both in the field and on the range

• Hunting and outdoors Outfitter and Booking agency for exclusive clientele and outfitters
• Attend industry and trade events, market/sell services to hunting and fishing clients.

• 01/2007-conceived and initiated the Edward Cawley Youth Mentoring Program, a subsidiary of SCI-Illinois dedicated to exposing and recruiting youths into hunting, fishing and the outdoors. Current partners are SCI-IL, The United Sportsman’s Youth Foundation, Bass Pro Shops, Rock Hollow Hunt Club

• Recognized as top solicitor of fundraising donations, 1996, 1997,1998, 2006, 2007
• Responsible for coordination of annual Sportsman’s Challenge competition.
• Media/Marketing coordinator. Responsible for publishing monthly article in Midwest Outdoors Magazine

• Responsible for planning and execution of monthly meeting in various locations throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.     
• Chapter awards include Rookie Chapter of the Year and Chapter of the Year Honors.             
• Represented chapter at annual convention in Reno, NV and annual SHOT Show to solicit donations for annual fundraiser and raffle.
• Represented the interests of the chapter at various conservation and sportsman’s meetings.