I was born and raised in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. Raised on a Cattle Ranch and growing up in a family full of big game hunters it gave me a deep appreciate and passion for the outdoors and love of animals. To this day I strive to continue a proud family ranching tradition dating back three generations here in British Columbia. My Hunting passion started from a young age, I cannot remember that far back when the first time I expressed an interest to go hunting, but I do vaguely recall asking my father to take me along on his annual moose hunts, and him saying something about needing to be potty trained first?

Always having a deep passion for the outdoors, horses, and hunting, once I finished a short term in University (and was potty trained fully) I ventured to the Yukon, were I guided Big game hunters on Horseback Hunting trips for Stone and Dall sheep for over 10 years. During the off season I would work as a cowboy on large cattle ranches in BC and Alberta for about 5 years. I purchased a raw chunk of land in the Fort St. John area of BC around 2004, and  started raising and boarding horses! I now joined the ranks of being self employed. I built my herd up to over 100 head, ran brood mares and stallions, broke the young horses  to ride, and sold them to trail riding and outfitting operators for many years. Having that many horses was a lot of fun, and work, but the profit margin was slim to say the least, so I decided to buy into my first hunting/guiding business with a partner. That "partnership" lasted two years before dissolving and I moved on. It was right around this time that I met my new best friend Catherine and got married in the late 1990's, and we sold our Fort St. John home and moved to Clinton and started "Skookumhorse Ranch" in 2001. The  large broodmare band of the past was reduced, and the purchase of our second guiding business "Buckskin Outfitting" just out of Clinton materialized. I continued guiding international hunters and breeding and rearing horses on a smaller scale, and decided to sell Buckskin Outfitting in 2006, as we had started "Silvertine Wildlife Co." in 2005, and it was growing leaps and bounds, and I could only successfully operate one business. As of 2011 I have been guiding hunters for 23 years, and know I am one of those fortunate outfitters that has never forgot why I got into this profession in the first place...because I love the outdoors, hunting, and sharing hunting experiences with others. Being personally involved in every hunters hunt is of upmost importance to me.

Catherine and I continue to ranch in British Columbia. Catherine is busy with here horses and leather business, and I have diversified the ranch into rearing  "Exotic Wildlife" animals like the Tibetan Yak, Wild Turkey, and Corsican Sheep that I produce for my Exotic Hunt Division of Silvertine. For more information on our lives in British Columbia when I am not guiding, please feel free to visit www.skookumhorseranch.com.

Aaron McGaughey was born and raised in south Texas and currently resides in League City, Texas. He has extensive knowledge and specializes in whitetail deer. Aaron managed a 5000 acre ranch in the Texas hill country for over seven years and oversaw the entire ranch operation. In 2008, Aaron began implementing a scientific deer breeding program on the ranch to enhance the ranch genetics. Aaron has been guiding whitetail and exotic hunts majority of his adult life. Aaron has over fifteen years experience ageing and judging whitetail deer on the hoof. In 2009, Aaron’s passion for hunting grew and he started his own guiding company, for more information please visit his website at Great Canadian Whitetail Adventures . Aaron acts as a Booking Agent, or Hunting consultant for Silvertine, and he even  accompanies many of his clients from the United States on their hunts. Aaron is a pasionate hunter himself, and has killed the SCI word record Roosevelt elk with a crossbow and the number 5 SCI world record Rocky Mountain elk with a bow. Aaron has also taken almost each class of whitetail and several exotics that classified for the SCI record book. Outside of the hunting season Aaron is a Police Officer and Exotic Sheep Rancher, and spends his time with his wife Shelly and his three kid-os.

Several decades ago I had the good fortune to cowboy with a very talented horseman by the name of Rod Thiessen. He had a young son that was running around in diapers at the time. The years passed, and Rod and I lost touch, then out of the blue this diaper wearing lad was contacting me about enrolling in my guide school program. After completing the program and still in high school, Lucas came to work for Silvertine as an assistant guide and helper, that was 5 years ago. Being a farm boy from Saskatchewan, he has lived the rural lifestyle, growing up hunting, fishing, shed hunting, farming and working with livestock. Now Lucas has proven himself to be a top hand, and is not afraid of hard work. Lucas has a humble nature about him, and is a real pleasure to have around. Years ago Luke was coined as "Best Boar Guide in Saskatchewan" by one of his first clients, but we find his skills and talents far broader than the Borassic Park boars. Now he guides many of our deer and elk hunters, and clients that have had the privilege of being guided by this young man are amazed at his knowledge and experience for his age. Presently Lucas guides in the Yukon territories for Sheep, Moose, Caribou, and Grizzly and return to Silvertine in November just in time to guide our guests to world class trophies.

You know you are a small personalized operation when the Outfitters dog is a member of the team. Well ask any Silvertine client and they will say "Heck Ya" Yogi is as instramental as Steve in the smoth operation of Silvertine. Yogi has many talents, and the biggest one is his nose. Yogi has alerted us while still hunting by smelling elk and deer that were bedded in the thick brush a short distance away that we never would have seen otherwise, and walked right by, so you could say he is a guide, and to his credit has guided to numerous elk and deer. Yogi's skills as a tracker would make a Masai warrior scratch his head in disbelief, he is damn good at it, and he has always found our "game" when he was put to the test. He is a true Lab, and team player, always willing to pitch in when their is skinning or cooking chores to be done.