Articles and Writings
Mike doesn’t often find his own writing compelling (seriously, he hates reading his own writing). However, one of the longest sentences he ever wrote came from an article about his elk hunt in the River of No Return in Idaho. Making up the entire final paragraph, Mike actually feels he captured something. So, here goes:
“In the years since, this trophy has been the spark that endlessly rekindles memories of long trails that weave along mountain ridges and pass through alpine forests, and end, as darkness falls, with the chime of horse bells, golden light from the cook tent, and wood smoke hovering over frosted ground."
SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Fellowship around the Fire. 2024. The Hole Story.
Chocolate in the morning – Stalking a color-phase, black bear in British Columbia. 2024. Sports Afield, November/December 2024, pp. 70-75.
Healing from the Land – First Nation youth apprenticeship through hunter dollars. Sports Afield, November/December 2024, pp. 50-51.
Little Beauties – Stalking Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer in England. Safari Magazine. September/October 2024, pp. 52-57.
Control and Conservation Through Hunting – An Invasive Deer. Game Trails, Summer 2024, pp. 76-80.
How hunters fund Africa’s antipoaching efforts: The story of Mozambique’s Coutada 11. 2024. NRAHLF.org.
Co-evolution of a Gamekeeper and a reserve – Game management and conservation through hunting on Eriksberg Viltparken. Hunter’s Horn, Summer 2024, pp. 84-91.
The Nimrod Education Center of Hillsdale College: Teaching students [how] to communicate with non-hunters. Sports Afield, July/August 2024, pp. 48-49.
Bugles in the Backcountry. Sports Afield, July/August 2024, pp. 90-95.
Women Who Lead the Way – The paths to leadership of Diana Rupp and Karen Mehall Phillips. American Outdoor News, June 2024.
Heat, Dust, and Horns. 2024. Sports Afield, May/June 2024, pp. 100-102, 104, 106.
Hillsdale College, the Nimrod Education Center, and Wildlife Policy and Law – Training the Next Generation. 2024. NRAHLF.org.
Tested: Vortex Razor HD Spotting Scope…Clarity for the Distance. 2024. Shoot-On.com.
A Legacy Desired: The conservation of Black and White Rhinos on Kalahari Oryx. 2024. Hunter’s Horn, Spring 2024, pp. 86-91.
Minnesota Chapter Expo: 48-years And Going Strong. Safari Times, March 2024. p. 25.
Shooting for the Mile! – MG Arms Ultralight LR in 6.5 PRC. 2024. Shoot-On.com.
A precious resource. Sports Afield, January/February 2024, pp. 44-45.
A tale of two Springboks. Sports Afield, January/February 2024, pp. 88-93.
Weird Stuff is Always Tough – Nearly Skunked by a Mozambique Bushpig. 2024. Game Trails, Convention Issue, pp. 50-56.
Marauders, Missionaries, and Miracles. Rowland Ward Magazine. Winter/Spring 2024, pp. 70-77.
The Pangolin Project. Sports Afield, November/December 2023, pp. 46-47.
MG Arms Behemoth – A One Mile Rifle, Indeed! American Outdoor News, December 2023.
The Plight of the Bushbucks – Losing by Conserving? 2023. International Sportsman.
The Cats of Coutada 11. Sports Afield, September/October 2023, pp. 46-47.
A Buffalo as Red as My Hair. Sports Afield, September/October 2023, pp. 72-77.
Larger than my brother’s or Larry Weishuhn’s – A Steenbok at last. American Outdoor News, August, 2023.
Prize of the Djibao. Safari Magazine, July/August, 2023, pp. 88-91, 105.
Fighting the Good Fight – 20th African Wildlife Consultative Forum. American Outdoor News, April 2023.
A Sabbath Year: An Unexpected Consequence from COVID. 2023. Australian Hunter, Volume 84, pp. 60-63.
Villages and Visionaries. Sports Afield, January/February 2023, pp. 78-86.
Supporting Sustainable Use – A Report from the Annual Meeting of the African Wildlife Consultative Forum. Sports Afield, January/February 2023, pp. 38-39.
The Rarest of Luck – Hunting Exotic Deer in Yucatán’s Tropical Forest. Sports Afield, November/December 2022, pp. 74-81.
Now there are 60 – An Update on the Return of the 24 Zambeze Delta Lions. Sports Afield, September/October 2021, pp. 36-37.
THE WILDEST OF DREAMS – A first-time leopard hunter finds adventure and fulfillment in Namibia’s Kaokoland. Sports Afield, September/October 2021, pp. 76-82.
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A Bird Shooter’s Paradise. Strung Magazine, Winter 2024, pp. 000-000.
An unexpectedly tough, and wonderful, hunt for a Fallow Stag. 2025. Game Trails.
Third time’s the charm: Struggles with a free-range Black Wildebeest. 2025. Sports Afield.