Over the past twenty-five years, John Sarkisian has made numerous contributions to the hunting
industry. John is a four time World Champion Elk Bugler, British Columbia Champion Elk Bugler, State
Champion in 5 states (accumulative 35)and a recipient of the over the top award from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in Grand
Junction, Colorado. John has been conducting educational seminars and clinics since 1985 for the following
agencies and associations: The Colorado Division of Wildlife, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Colorado Bow Hunters Association,
Colorado Outfitters Association, Colorado’s Sport Boat and Travel Show, 4- H Club, Rocky Mountain Elk Exposition, Air Force
Academy, and Peterson Air Force Base.
John has instructed over 15,000 seminar participants and spoke in front of 200,000 people over his career about bow hunting and elk calling. John is an accomplished archer harvesting a multitude of big game animals to include Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat. John has been fortunate to gain recognition for his ability and his many achievements; however, John considers his greatest accomplishments have been through teaching and educating people across the country. John has worked with individuals having disabilities to include deaf and blindness, moreover he has taught people from age five to ninety-six his techniques and hunting tactics. This has provided John several thousand personal contacts across the United States. John is the founder/owner of Elkmasters.com and manufactures his own line of game calls to include archery equipment. John will continually strive to teach others through Elk Masters and seminars his outstanding techniques for the everyday hunter to become extraordinary.
John Sarkisian Jr., at age thirty-two has accomplished many
outstanding achievements in the archery world. John Junior is son of four time
World Champion Elk Bugler, John Sarkisian Sr. John Junior has grown up in the
hunting world and industry, accompanying his dad to several outdoor shows and
seminars around the country.
During his several outings with dad, John Junior has won the Junior World Championship for Elk Bugling three times, five different adult State Championships to include, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming and second place in the adult professional division at the World Championship, not to mention beating dad in that one!
Most recently, John Junior is the youngest archer to complete the Colorado Big Eight, which consists of harvesting the following eight species: Elk, Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Pronghorn, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, Black Bear and Mountain Lion. John Junior has also harvested eighteen bull elk in eighteen years of archery hunting. Furthermore, John Junior has harvested several Pope and Young record book Elk, Pronghorn and Mule Deer.
John Junior has also instructed several hundred clients on the use and function of his dad’s elk diaphragms. John Junior has adopted the hunting world as a lifestyle and will continue to instruct and guide new hunters as their journey begins.
Shawn is a two time Men’s World Elk Bugling Champion and holds five State Champion Bugling Titles. Shawn also holds turkey calling and
predator calling titles. He also has won several archery competitions and practices archery year around.
Shawn is a native of Colorado. Since Shawn has grown up in the Rocky Mountains, he has been an avid hunter since the age of sixteen.