Grew up in a small ranching community in central Colorado, joined the U S Navy and participated in professional rodeo while on active duty, reenlisted for a second 4 year tour, while in the service went to school for mechanical engineering and welding, when not in school, traveled the world on three seagoing "west pac trips" visiting such countries as Australia, the Ant Arctic, Japan, Thialand, Tiawan, Korea, Africa, countries in South America and the Far east.

Being honorably discharged after a second enlistment, Destry traveled throughout the western United States living the life of an almost extinct occupation, a working horseback cowboy. Destry has hobbies to include the love of horses and the "western way of living," collecting western antiques: spurs, knives, horse bitts. Destry loves to hunt, fish, camping and being in the great outdoors, and rodeo. Destry, most of all, likes helping others through his experiences, and living a free and happy sober life.