Jarrett tries to be a mentor to students and help them build a passion for hunting and fishing.
On the trail of game...
Roan Mountain’s Jarrett a man full of hunting passion
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* Story By Danny Blevins & Photos by Lance Jarrett * ay the word hunting in front of Roan Mountain’s Lance Jarrett and his eyes seem to glaze
over. No, he does not have the coronavirus. Instead he has a passion for hunting that has been with him for all of his adult life. After having a conversation with him, it is easy to see that he will have that passion for as long as he can walk his cherished mountains.
miles just to try to bag a good If you can name the animal, Jarrett has probably hunted gobbler.” Jarrett started hunting at the it. “I have hunted whitetail deer, tinder age of 12 but did not kill his first deer until he was 18. mule deer, grouse, dove, duck, He readily admitted that when squirrel, elk, moose, turkey, wild hogs, and coyotes. Of all of these, he was growing up, there just wasn’t that many deer. I guess hunting turkeys is my Also coming into play was the favorite,” he said. fact that Tennessee at that time “It is so peaceful during the only offered a gun season which spring turkey hunt. Usually you are by yourself and you can walk was fairly short so Jarrett trapsed for miles looking for the gobblers. the mountains and valleys for six I guess some days I may walk 10 years without killing anything. 22
Over the next several years, he became very good at whitetail deer hunting. “I have killed dozens of smaller deer for the freezer. After a while I started hunting only large bucks and does for the freezer.” Though he developed a passion for hunting, he enjoys just being out in the nature more than taking an animal saying that his times out on the hunt are so peaceful and talking of how he enjoys watching the other
