Jerry Rushing is the founder and owner of Chestnut Hunting Lodge in Taylorsville, North Carolina. An avid outdoorsman, he has portrayed characters in more than thirty-eight movies. His credits include Moonrunners, Living Legend, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, and Young Daniel Boone. The movie Moonrunners (1975) was based on events in Rushing's life, and led to the development of the television show The Dukes of Hazzard. Rushing is enthusiastic about sharing the gospel and how God changed his life. He travels sharing his story with local prison ministries.