DND Biographies
Mark Coin
President
Favorite species to hunt: Waterfowl and Turkey
 Mark Coin was born and raised in game rich Western KY. At an early age he began hunting small game. Marks father was not a hunter, but his uncle, David Westerfield, was an avid deer hunter and waterfowler, and he molded Mark into the hunter he is today. Mark grew up hunting on a large tract of public property, where, he honed his hunting and calling skills by competing against other hunters for waterfowl and longbeards. He quickly learned that to be successful, that he had to master all aspects of hunting or go home empty handed.
Mark has competed in calling contests for years. He won the first Owl Hooting contest he entered (KY State), and has won or placed in several other contests after that, including a top 5 finish in the Owl Hooting division at the 2008 NWTF Grand Nationals. On the waterfowl side, he also has won or placed in several World Style and Meat Calling contests, including winning the KY State in 2004. He also called in the World Duck Calling Championship that same year.
Eddie Salter
Call Development/Video Production
 Eddie Salter was born and raised in Evergreen, Alabama. At age nine he killed his 1st turkey. He learned to call as a young boy from turkeys
his mother had bought. In 1971, he became a barber and started making his
own calls to use while hunting. In 1972, he married his high school sweet
heart Julie. In 1983, he had his only child a daughter named Mallory who
married Steve Holder in 2004. Steve became Eddies Field Producer for his
hunting expeditions. In 2007, Eddie received his only grandson Stephen
Eddie (Sted) which is truly his little hunting buddy. In his professional
career Eddie won his first calling contest in 1981 and now has sixty first
place titles thru out the US. He is most famously known for winning the
World Championship calling contest twice in his career. In 2009, he was
inducted into the Legends Hall of Fame which was truly an honor. Eddie is
very passionate about the outdoors and preserving the future in hunting.
Jody Roberts
CFO / Sales Manager
Jody was born in Nashville, TN. Jody played football and graduated from Samford University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. He began his financial career as a financial consultant with Smith Barney in 1996. Working as a financial planner for 15 years he eventually branched out on his own, forming a private practice, which he sold in 2010. In September 2010, Jody brought his knowledge, experience and financial skills to the Down N Dirty Team.
Joel Ewing
Video Production / Shipping Manager
Favorite species to hunt: Deer and Turkey
 Born in Owensboro but raised in Ebenezer KY. Joel grew up hunting his family farm with his father. It was in that great tradition of fathers teaching thier sons to hunt that Joel fell in love with the outdoors and hunting as well as the idea of sharing that passion with others. In those early years it was all about deer hunting for Joel and it wasn't until his junior year in high school that Joel got "The Sickness" for chasing long beards in the spring when he asked a fellow student Jason Kidd to teach him how to turkey call. Two days and Four longbeards later both Joel and Jason had filled thier tags and formed a friendship that years later would help pave the way for Down N Dirty Outdoors. Along with Mark Coin, Joel handles the graphic design work at DND designing call packaging, shirts and logo's as well as produces and edits "The Spring Sickness" DVD series and the "In The Blood" TV show.
Jason Kidd
Public Relations
Favorite species to hunt: Turkey, Deer, Waterfowl
 Jason was born in Somerset, KY and moved to Muhlenberg Co. at the age of six where he started his hunting career with small game and deer with his dad, Reed Kidd. Jason was introduced to the world of turkey hunting by a close family friend, Claron Johnson, at the age of 13. From the first time he stepped into the woods on a beautiful spring morning and heard a turkey gobble, he was hooked. After Jason had been turkey hunting for a couple ears, he started calling in contests, and was blessed to be able to win and place in several local, regional, and state contests over the last several years.
In 2001, Jason met Mark Coin through a friend while duck hunting. After spending a couple years in the swamps and blinds together, there was no doubt that their passion and obsession for the outdoors was mutual, and talks quickly turned to the need for a new breed of call in the market – turkey, duck & goose calls that were of the utmost quality, sounded like the real thing, and were priced so anyone could afford them. In a conversation on the way to the KY State Duck Calling Contest in early 2004, Down N Dirty Outdoors was born.
Scott Berry aka "10 Gauge
Pro Staff Coordinator/Director of Customer Service
Favorite species to hunt: Turkey, Deer, Waterfowl
 Scott was born August 6 1977. He was 5 years old the first time he entered the turkey woods with his dad. He can still remember sitting in his fathers lap watching turkeys gobbling, strutting,and drumming. Scott was hooked from that day forward. Scott made his dad stop on the ride home and buy him his first diaphragm mouth call. Scott began practicing and practicing and was always encouraged to do so by his parents. When he would wear one call out his dad would gladly replace it with another. Scott grew up hunting public ground around Van Buren Mo. in Carter County. The turkeys down there have always been highly educated and Scott felt that helped him to become a very successful turkey hunter and turkey hunting guide. Scott learned a lot from those old hill turkeys!! Scott has guided turkey and deer hunts for the last 11 years in northern Missouri and it has been a dream come true to be able to make a living doing something that he truly loves...turkey hunting!!! Scott met Mark Coin about 5 years ago while hunting in Tennessee with a mutual friend and they hit it off from day 1 and the rest is History!!
Kindell Keeton
Calling Team Coordinator
Kindell grew up hunting with his dad in south eastern Ohio. Kindell starting contest calling when he was 14. Some of his accomplishments are the US Open intermediate champion, ohio state champion, 2nd in the grand nationals intermediate division, Kindell has made the cut in the senior division in the grand nationals, the world championships and the us open as well as winning and placing in several other contests across the country.
Cole Thompson
Call Production
 Cole Thompson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma but lived in Cookson, Oklahoma most of
his life. Cole graduated from a small town high school.
Hunting, fishing, and the outdoors is the only way of life Cole has known.
Cole's dad would take him hunting before He could walk, letting him set at the
bottom of his tree while his dad tried to hunt. Cole killed his first deer when
He was 7 and first deer with a bow when he was 11. Cole was not introduced into
the world of turkey hunting until he was 12 but he always had a passion for it.
Cole went turkey hunting for the first time and realized that that is what he
wanted to do for a living but only thought that to be a dream.
Cole has won many archery tournaments around the nation some being; the 18 and
under World Bowfishing Tournament in 2008 first place in his division and over
all World Champion also setting a world record weight and winning several first
place big fish awards, 4th place 2009 youth world bowfishing tournament, 2010
over all Youth World Bowfishing Champion. Cole also shot in NASP tournaments at
school Winning regional tournaments and state tournaments. Placed top 10 in the
National NASP Tournament in louiville, KY twice, and placed 7th in the World
NASP tournament in Orlando, FL
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