Shooting Times serves an extremely active group of dedicated, technically savvy shooting and hunting enthusiasts who form a core group of opinion-leaders and purchase-influencers in the shooting sports community. Shooting Times was founded in 1960 and has a total print audience of more than one million. Its offices are in Peoria, Illinois.
Joel Hutchcroft has worked in the gun industry for forty years, and he is an avid shooter, hunter, handloader, and gunsmith. He earned a master’s degree in history and a bachelor’s degree in biology, with a concentration in environmental studies. In addition to overseeing the production of Shooting Times, Joel has edited more than forty special publications, appeared on Gallery of Guns TV, and hunted on four continents. He resides in Illinois.
