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

  • Legal aliens. Sports Afield, November/December 2025, pp. 44, 46.

  • Hunting Giant Drumsticks – Fun with an ostrich on Kalahari Oryx. Game Trails, Summer 2025, pp. 64-69.

  • Boys and their toys – ‘Enjoying’ the 50 BMG. 2025. Gun Tales.

  • A return to the land. 2025. Rowland Ward Magazine, Winter/Spring 2025, pp. 46-52, 54.

  • Healing from the land. Sports Afield, November/December 2024, pp. 50-51.

  • Tasteful Scandinavian Traditions – Hunting ethics, game meat and conservation. Safari Magazine, March/April 2025, pp. 104-107.

  • Anti-Hunter Turned Hunter Gives Back Through Wildlife Conservation Career. 2025. NRAHLF.org.

  • An unexpectedly tough, and wonderful, hunt for a Fallow Stag. Game Trails, Convention Issue, 2025, pp. 98-103.

  • Last light chance at a ‘beautiful’ feral ram. 2025. The Hole Story.

  • A bird shooter’s paradise. Strung Magazine, Winter 2024, pp. 36-43.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • A Symphony from the Madhouse – Hunting a Hyena in Mozambique. 2026. Safari Magazine.

  • Hunting a Maneater on Lake Massingir. Sports Afield, March/April 2026, pp. 000-000.

  • Third time’s the charm: Struggles with a free-range Black Wildebeest. Sports Afield, May/June 2026, pp. 000-000.