Meet Your Lazy J Outfitters' Guides

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Gene is the owner and operator, as well as, the head guide of Lazy J. He settled down in eastern central Kansas at the young age of 13 and started bow hunting. Since then, he has walked the woods, ran the river bottoms and learned the way of the whitetail. He grew an abnormal passion for bow hunting and hunting the mature whitetail. He lives and breathes it.

He has an extensive history of hunting whitetail due to his hunting ventures across the country including: Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He has studied the land, terrain, habitat and food sources of these deer in this part of the country for 23 years now. He lives on this land and knows these deer.

When Gene isn't hunting whitetail, he is an avid Eastern/Rio Hybrid Turkey hunter, loves to fish and enjoys trapping. Gene views himself as a true outdoorsman. He also loves to involve his three children in his way of life. His oldest son, Amis, has harvested 2 whitetail over 160” at the young age of 10!

Emilee was born and raised in Osage County. Emilee and her family own and operate Burkett Farms, a farming and ranching business. Emilee runs the cattle operation for Burkett Farms and does all the row-crop spraying; along with several other day to day tasks.

She married Gene in June of 2020. Together they have been running Lazy J Outfitters since 2018. Gene and Emilee have 2 children together; Franee and Jameson. Emilee loves the outdoors and loves to hunt and fish when time allows!

She covers all the land several times every year and relays wildlife info to the guides. Emilee helps with the bookings, financial side, and paperwork of the outfitter.

Emilee wishes that she had more time to guide hunts but she likes to make it down to the lodge a few times each week to help. She loves talking and hearing from the hunters on their successful hunts!

Beau was born and raised in Coffey County, KS on a family-owned cow/calf ranch. His Uncle, Casey, introduced him to the wildlife and outdoors at a very young age; especially chasing big whitetail. He has been hunting whitetail since he was 10 years old.

 Beau worked for Burkett Farms since his early years of high school and has been with Lazy J Outfitters since 2019 when he was freshly graduated out of high school. He has lived around all Lazy J’s land his whole life and knows it better than most. He even lives right next to the hunting lodge!

Beau has hunted whitetail in Oklahoma and Kansas and is obsessed with chasing whitetail; he lives and breathes it!

Fun Fact: Beau is our butcher at our meat locker, Lazy J Custom Meats. So he knows his way around harvesting and processing meat!

Kip Bergeron was born and raised in South Louisiana. He moved to Texas for a brief period where he met his wife of 30 years, Lori Bergeron. They have one son together, Dalton Bergeron. All three share a love for the outdoors! 

Kip is an experienced outdoorsman with a passion for deer hunting. This lifestyle puts him in the woods year-round scouting, patterning deer habits, shed hunting and making adjustments to food plots and stands as needed. He has hunted in several states across the US, and his favorite state by far is Kansas! 

Kip has hunted in Kansas for over 15 years and has gotten to know the area very well. He has harvested several big bucks scoring 150” and above. Kip has now joined Lazy J Outfitters as one of their head guides. He is looking forward to working with clients to make their big buck dreams a reality! 

As an added bonus to the crew, he brings his authentic Cajun food with a southern style. You will not go hungry at camp, That’s for sure!

Dax is a relentless waterfowl hunter with a passion for putting people on hunts they won’t soon forget. He cut his teeth while hunting public land in the Arkansas River bottoms of western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. He’s chased ducks and geese for 25 years across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. He’s banded ducks with Ducks Unlimited at Oak Hammock Marsh in Winnipeg, Canada, and in eastern Arkansas at Five Oaks Lodge where he also studied waterfowl and wetland conservation, ecology, and biology. Dax won his first 12 gauge when he was 11 years old by coming in first at an adult open duck calling contest in Paris, Arkansas. 

“I approach waterfowl hunting a little different than other hunters. Scouting is key, everybody knows that. When scouting and I see a field or waterbody being utilized by numbers of ducks and/or geese, I don’t stop there. It gets my brain thinking about the “why”? Why are these birds using that particular habitat? What food sources are they utilizing, row crop or natural browse? One species of duck/goose or several? Are they being driven by weather or hunting pressure? I take a deep dive into understanding all those pieces of the puzzle as a tool to help me put together the best plan of attack to ensure the highest probability of success for harvest.”

Day in and day out, he puts in the work to ensure our clients have the best experience possible during their time at Lazy J Outfitters. Check out his Instagram (@daxbake) for a sample of what clients can look forward to at the end of a hunt.