Mark Wimpy was born and raised in central Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois 1986. Mark is married to his loving and understanding wife Karen that also enjoys hunting and has taken many nice bucks herself. Mark works for Caterpillar Inc. and spends ninety percent of his vacation time in the tree chasing big Illinois whitetails. He also enjoys elk hunting in the fall and turkey hunting in the spring.
At the age of six Mark was introduced to hunting by his father and uncle and still to this day gets excited about the pre-hunt preparations. At thirteen, Mark was given his first shotgun and recalls harvesting his first fox squirrel, then at sixteen taking his first whitetail.
Since then Mark has harvested over sixty whitetails. His personal best scored 231 7/8 Non-Typical with a bow! In the past three years he has added a new challenge by using a camera to document the hunt. He loves to film whitetails during the summer months while still in velvet and then catch back up with them in the fall. His work ethic and dedication behind the camera is what has earned Mark his position on the Driven TV team. His hunting abilities proves that he is "Driven".