Leland Chapman Biography

Fast Facts

• He was a 9-year-old when he went on his first bounty hunt with his father, Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman
• He worked at K-Mart as a teenager
• Quote: "Bounty hunting is kind of like boxing - you never can stop learning․ You take it in, flip it around and give it your own little whatever and make it perfect for you․"
• Has lived in Hawaii since 1992
• When he is trying to surprise a fugitive, sometimes autograph seekers blow his cover
• When he was young, he sometimes knocked on a fugitive's door dressed as a newspaper delivery boy, and when the bail jumper came out, Leland's father pounced on him
• Competed in boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts until an injury to his left knee forced him to retire