qualities a character shares with a person i know

My book Where the Red Fern Grows the main character has some qualities that share with a person I know. My characters name is Billy the person that I think he is most like that I know would probably have to be Austin Waller. Some of the qualities they share are that they both love to go coon hunting and know a lot about it. I think they really act a like and they both love to go coon hunting.