Blind luck: at the track or on the trail, Wally Dallenbach has things going his way.(Know It All)

I was on the Greystone Castle grounds less than a minute before I saw a deer. Six, in fact, five of them bucks. If I had come to do a story about hunting, I had come to the right place.

The right place in this case is Mingus, Texas, about 70 miles west of Fort Worth. Hunting is big business around here, with big-game hunters from all over the world visiting the many lodges and ranches in the area. I had passed The Rattlesnake Ranch, a name I hope is ironic, like a fat guy everyone calls Slim.

I'm here to do a story about hunting, yes, but I'm also here to do a story about Wally Dallenbach. Not familiar with him? He's the guy who listened when the high school counselor said find something you love to do and make a career of it. Only Dallenbach did it many times over. He drives a racecar in the Busch Series and gets paid to do it. He talks about Nextel Cup and Busch racing on TV and gets paid to do it. He hunts on TV and gets paid to do it.

What's more, his wife of 20 years, Robin, not only doesn't mind that he's often off racing and hunting, she shares both passions. She was a hunter and professional racer when they met. "She's a better shot than me and a better driver," he says. "It pisses me off."

On this morning at Greystone, he heads to his blind at 6 a.m. The birds aren't even up yet. "I don't have patience to fish; I don't have patience hitting golf balls; I don't have patience waiting for people," Dallenbach says. "But I could sit in a deer blind ...