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.


APPEARING SOON

  • 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.