About Us

Learn more about RealHunters.

Our Mission

Our mission at RealHunters is to help save other hunters time and effort trying to find the best gear and pass along tips to the hunting community. RealHunters means that we are real people who love to hunt, and we give our honest unbiased opinions in the form of real reviews.

Origins, from the founder

Hi, my name is Keith Ross. I am a very detail-oriented person with a high standard of quality. I am known by my friends as the hunter who is always prepared with the latest and greatest gear for myself and any fellow hunters in need. I started RealHunters because I regularly found myself excitingly sharing gear recommendations with my friends when I finally found “the right” piece. I spend a lot of time researching and testing different kinds of gear to find the best of the best and would like to be able to share my gear opinions with the broader hunting community.

Our Reviewers

I have initially recruited some of the best hunters I know and have hunted with from around the country. Our reviewers have various skill levels and specialties, but they all have one thing in common, they are real people who love to hunt and want quality gear that will equip them to be as successful as possible.

We are actively looking for additional reviewers and both opportunities to get free gear for reviews and have a pay per review compensation structure. If you are interested in applying to be a reviewer please click here to become a reviewer.

Our Reviewers

Keith and Ryker Ross

Keith Ross

Keith has lived in Central Texas his whole life, and his passion for hunting began when he would visit his family in East Texas growing up to hunt Whitetail Deer, small game, and Hogs. After his father-in-law introduced him to bow and public hunting a decade ago, he spends 99% of his time doing that now. Keith was also introduced to Rocky Mountain Elk hunting shortly after he began bowhunting. That is now his favorite type of hunting at high elevations in a spot-and-stalk style. Keith has hunted Whitetail Deer and Hogs primarily on many public lands all around Texas and hunted Elk and Mule Deer in New Mexico and Colorado. Keith also has experience tracking wounded game and has a Beagle named Hank, who is UBT certified.

Being a very detail-oriented person with a high standard for quality, Keith became known as the hunter who is always prepared with the latest and greatest gear for himself and any fellow hunters in need. Keith started RealHunters to share experiences with and opinions on excellent hunting gear. Our mission at RealHunters is to help save other hunters time and effort trying to find the best hunting gear and pass along tips to the hunting community. RealHunters means that we are real people who love to hunt and give honest opinions in the form of real reviews.

Keith and Ryker Ross

Keith Ross

Keith has lived in Central Texas his whole life, and his passion for hunting began when he would visit his family in East Texas growing up to hunt Whitetail Deer, small game, and Hogs. After his father-in-law introduced him to bow and public hunting a decade ago, he spends 99% of his time doing that now. Keith was also introduced to Rocky Mountain Elk hunting shortly after he began bowhunting. That is now his favorite type of hunting at high elevations in a spot-and-stalk style. Keith has hunted Whitetail Deer and Hogs primarily on many public lands all around Texas and hunted Elk and Mule Deer in New Mexico and Colorado. Keith also has experience tracking wounded game and has a Beagle named Hank, who is UBT certified.

Being a very detail-oriented person with a high standard for quality, Keith became known as the hunter who is always prepared with the latest and greatest gear for himself and any fellow hunters in need. Keith started RealHunters to share experiences with and opinions on excellent hunting gear. Our mission at RealHunters is to help save other hunters time and effort trying to find the best hunting gear and pass along tips to the hunting community. RealHunters means that we are real people who love to hunt and give honest opinions in the form of real reviews.

Nick Zinsmeyer

Nick Zinsmeyer

Nick is a lifelong Texan and hunter of native big game, exotic animals, predators, waterfowl, migrator birds, and fur-bearing animals. Nick is an expert in hunting with several legal means, including archery, black powder/muzzleloader rifles, and long-range rifles.

He has hunted in several states across the United States, both on private and public land. He spends most of his time hunting all over Texas, including several years in the storied South Texas Brush Country, Central Texas Hill Country, and West Texas. In addition to hunting across the country, Nick runs wildlife management programs on multiple ranches in Texas, focusing on conservation and quality deer management.

Nick was published in Texas Trophy Hunters magazine in 2020, where he told his story of harvesting a trophy whitetail from a public land drawn hunt, and again in 2022 for a DIY Elk hunt in Arizona where he harvested a 358 net-inch bull.

Nick Zinsmeyer

Nick Zinsmeyer

Nick is a lifelong Texan and hunter of native big game, exotic animals, predators, waterfowl, migrator birds, and fur-bearing animals. Nick is an expert in hunting with several legal means, including archery, black powder/muzzleloader rifles, and long-range rifles.

He has hunted in several states across the United States, both on private and public land. He spends most of his time hunting all over Texas, including several years in the storied South Texas Brush Country, Central Texas Hill Country, and West Texas. In addition to hunting across the country, Nick runs wildlife management programs on multiple ranches in Texas, focusing on conservation and quality deer management.

Nick was published in Texas Trophy Hunters magazine in 2020, where he told his story of harvesting a trophy whitetail from a public land drawn hunt, and again in 2022 for a DIY Elk hunt in Arizona where he harvested a 358 net-inch bull.