Luke Huntrods

EMPLOYMENT
Nichols Cryo Genetics – 2019-Present

Bull and Facility Caretaker

• Feed, hay, water the bulls each morning and night.
• Rake and clean the aisles and report anything problematic.

Huntrods Taxidermy – 2022-Present

• Started my side business of self-taught taxidermy and wildlife art.

The Pond Guy – 2020-Present

Assistant

• Build tree-like structures for ponds and installation.
• Clean out ponds of dead or alive fish to transport them to another destination.
• Property maintenance with mowing, weeding, and watering trees. I am a very fast learner as to why I have so many different skills such as painting and taxidermy. I have a very creative mind that sponges new information which is how I was able to learn to paint and do taxidermy through only youtube videos. Working for NCG and The Iowa Pond Guy, I was recognized as very timely and a hard worker, I always showed up with a good attitude and my bosses never worried about me in terms of doing what I was told and doing it correctly.

4-H (2011-2023)

• 300 + Volunteer Hours in 4-H.
• Built birdboxes for Heartland trail, bat, butterfly and bird boxes for Story County Pheasants Forever, built tables and benches for school, help build and maintain the Spartan Gardens, volunteered doing STEM workshops at the school and the county many hours of training goats for locals and conducting seminars. I help each year maintain the Spartan Garden, Chase Lawrence’s garden and plant the flowers in the planters along Main Street. I have also helped paint the Maxwell Park bathrooms.
• I wrote and was awarded a grant for quail hatching and habitat. I raised and released 60 quail and did a learning workshop with our 4-H club and FFA.

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

• Every Wednesday at St. Mary’s as a Youth leader for the EDGE youth group.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

• In NHS, I donate blood and help coordinate the Dance Marathon for Iowa City Hospital.

C-M ATHLETIC BOOSTERS

• I help C-M Boosters move concession stand supplies from one area to another.
• Donate painting items for the C-M Booster bash to be auctioned to raise money.

PHEASANTS FOREVER JR MEMBER

• Volunteer to run games at Pheasants Forever’s annual banquet.
• Made bluebird houses, duck houses and bat houses for their habitat areas.

• Officer Award - ’19,’21 Story County VP Officer Award - ’20,’22 Story County Secretary Officer Award - ’17 Story County Treasurer Officer Award - ’16 National FFA Convention (4 yrs) ‘19 FFA Outstanding Achievement Award FFA Chapter Discovery Award Beef Production Award Wildlife and Production Management Award