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Newsletter November 1 2006

The North American School of Outdoor Writing

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia,

Heavy rain—the first of the winter storms sweep in off the Pacific. Brrrrrrrrr!



This is the time of year that the Steller’s Jays come down off the mountains into the lowlands. No wonder! Salt Spring used to be one of B.C.’s premier agricultural areas. Abandoned orchards dot the Island and most people who live on this Paradise Isle have gardens, fruit and nut trees, poultry and livestock. This creates a veritable jay-bird paradise. Steller’s Jays are like blue jays, but darker in colour (slate gray) and a little larger. They are cheeky and noisy; their raucous calls ring out across the hills dotted with flame-coloured oak and maple trees.

Fall on Salt Spring may not be as spectacular as in the maple forests of the eastern seaboard but, this year in particular, it has been a spectacular fall. Flocks of California quail are everywhere, and blacktail bucks sport new racks of ivory-coloured antlers. I feel grateful to live here, and grateful to be able to tell all my writing compatriots a little about this place.



There’s nothing like the thrill of your first publication. Student Joni Pasch in Kendall, Wisconsin writes:

Hi Roger,
I received my Wishigan Outdoors magazines on Monday. My article was the whole back page. I told my 10-year-old grandson to read the part about the paint turtle and he said "Hey, who wrote this"? He read my name and wondered if I had entered a contest. He had to go and read the article to his sister. They thought that was pretty cool. He was the one who wanted the turtle and his sister is the one who threw it back. I'm working on my next article and I hope to get it and my lesson out to you next week.
Joni



If there is anything that comes close to the thrill of that first published piece of writing, it is positive feedback from readers of your published articles. I was thrilled to receive two this month.

The first was a note passed along by Mitch Cox, editor of Fur Fish Game magazine, from John Pearson in Nashville, Tennessee. John read my article in FFG on Coyote Attacks on Humans and wrote:

Mr. Brunt,
I own a wildlife removal company in Nashville, Tennessee and I am constantly receiving calls concerning coyote and human contact. I would like to post your article from Fur Fish and Game about such coyote/human contact on my website www.allpawswildlife.com or post a link to your story. I believe your story has important information the general public doesn't often see in print and it would be a good resource for them. I look forward to your answer.
Best Regards,
John Pearson
Owner: All Paws Wildlife Removal



And this very gratifying note was passed along by Associate Editor Bob Sexton of Outdoor Canada magazine, following publication of a tribute story I wrote about my Dad following his passing away 22 years ago. It took that long to find this story “just the right home.” Dad would be pleased. (My story appears at the end of this newsletter.)

I would like to thank the staff and editors of Outdoor Canada Magazine for publishing the short story Alone Time. On September 29, 2005 the world lost a wonderful man who enjoyed all there was to enjoy outdoors, my grandfather. As an avid hunter and fisherman, once his grandchildren were old enough to wear orange and keep up, they became students. Reading this story I had to stop and check the author as I could swear it was my husband, brother or any of my cousins speaking. To remember, we now wear blaze orange ribbons, and will all have our own Alone Time.

Thank you, Jo-Ann Lichty

Please welcome new student Jessi Lynn Bell, in Terrace, B.C. I spent time in Terrace, even got cornered in a tent by an irate black bear there once. I look forward to working with Jessi and getting to know her through her writing.



Congratulations to Livingston, Texas student Kent Dickens. He has been accepted for student membership in Outdoor Writers Association of America. Smart move, Kent.



Congratulations to Atwood, Ontario student Dean Williams and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia student Damian Lee Welsh. Both have been accepted into Outdoor Writers of Canada as student members. Way to go, guys.



News From Game and Fish Publications

Writers,
Greeting from Marietta, Ga. Thanks for being a part of Game & Fish Magazine.
I have a few things I wanted to pass on to you.
1) We are no longer using our Post Office box. The U.S. Postal Service will
be stamping ³Return to Sender² on mail with the post office box on it sent
to me or anyone else in Marietta.
Note that our new address is the same minus the POB:
John Geiger, editor
Game & Fish Magazine
2250 Newmarket Parkway, Suite 110
Marietta, GA 30067
2) I have assigned all of May 2007 issue. In a few weeks I will assign June.
After that, in general we're heading into mostly hunting coverage with the
July issue. Keep queries coming. Know that I read all queries that are sent
or e-mailed to me, but I cannot always get back to you in a timely manner.
3) There has been confusion over word counts. Please write at least to the
word count for each article. For our production purposes, sidebars WILL BE
included in the word count. Titles, headers, bylines and captions ARE NOT
included. So a 1,300-word story with a 200-word sidebar and 30 words of
title and subtitle has a word count of just 1,500.
4) Jpegs are OK. But please no jpeg compression, or as little as possible.
(If scanning photos or slides, send photos or slides to me as well if
possible. And no compression on the scans.) Set digital cameras to the
HIGHEST QUALITY setting or the LOWEST COMPRESSION setting. Do not use
PhotoShop, PhotoElements or any other program to "enhance" the photos in any
way. If you want to see how big the photo is at 300 ppi/dpi, MAKE SURE
"resampling" is NOT checked in the dialog box. It might be hard to see it,
but "resampling" distorts the photo. if necessary, our production department
will do any color correction and enhancing here. If you take digitals,
there¹s a good article about digital photography, composition, lighting and
settings at www.eastmans.com/tips.php
5) Often I am in need of photos. Could each of you write out what slides and
high-resolution digital images you generally have available? It does not
need to be a catalog, but just a broad brush stroke of types of species you
have available for publication. E.G., John Jones: Oregon elk, rainbows in
high desert, ducks and geese. That kind of thing.
6) If you have any hunting or fishing adventure stories (you know, like
³Hunter Lost in Death Valley Survives Five-Day Walk to Civilization² or
³Angler Lives to Tell About Stream-side Bear Attack² stuff like that. Please
query me because we need stories like that for future issues.
Thanks.
John Geiger, editor
Game & Fish Magazine
2250 Newmarket Pkwy., Suite 110
Marietta, Ga. 30067
(770) 953-9222



New Publication

I see a note in the Market News section of the OWC newsletter that a new publication, Canadian Trophy Hunter, is looking for stories “from across Canada on any hunting activity.” Contact editor Dave Murray at ctha@mts.net



Stories wanted For The Sportsmans Channel

Happy Friday and a Pleasant Fall!

The Sportsman Channel’s January 2007 issue is fast approaching and we are looking for a few good articles. Please see below – remember we accept previously published articles, but all articles must have 2-3 high-res, good quality pictures. Pay is $150 to $350 per article based upon if previously published and quality of pics.

Our 2007 run of The Sportsman Magazine is expanding to 40 pages and 150,000 distribution!!

Ice Fishing tips/techniques: we are open to any ideas you throw at us for this piece.

Conservation piece – again, open to ideas, although we were considering maybe an interview with a DNR agent on what they are doing recently with the CWD campaign. I saw a piece on public TV that they were expanding their resources and going further with the campaign since it has been out for some time now.
Anybody a cartoonist? Send us your ideas/submissions for a regular cartoon strip
Your ideas – this issue will be handed out at our booth at the SHOT Show in Orlando so send us your best ORIGINAL, NEVER PUBLISHED query idea to really make our magazine stand out at SHOT.
Will you be at SHOT? If so, let me know as The Sportsman Channel is opening up a very special segment of their Producer Appreciation Event at the House of Blues on Friday, Jan 12th to outdoor writers! More info to follow, but keep that evening in mind!

Look forward to your submissions,

Best Regards,

Michelle Scheuermann

Director of Communications

The Sportsman Channel

w236 s7050 Big Bend Drive, Suite 6

Big Bend, WI 53103

Ph. 262-662-3800 ext. 11

Fax: 262-662-3890

www.thesportsmanchannel.com

mscheuermann@thesportsmanchannel.com



Milwaukee Writers’ Positions Available:

Also from Michelle, Editor of the Sportsmans Channel magazine writes:

Hi Roger,

If you wouldn’t mind adding in this from me:

The Sportsman Magazine 2007 editorial calendar is now available in rough format. Please e-mail me if you are interested in looking at it to submit ideas/queries. On a side note, we have lots of positions available at our Milwaukee location: specifically Marketing/PR Assistants and Copy Editor. Please send your resumes to me at mscheuermann@thesportsmanchannel.com if you are interested. As always, it has been a great pleasure to work with Roger’s group! Michelle Scheuermann, The Sportsman Channel.



Website Writers Wanted

Hi Roger,

B.C. angling writer Bill Luscombe suggested I contact you and see if any of your students might be interested in participating in a new website I am creating. It has a focus on the Canadian wilderness experience, specifically focusing on B.C. and the Yukon, although information about other outdoor or wilderness areas is welcome. It will be a place where visitors can come for unbiased information from experts in their various fields. It will provide them with a forum where they can discuss their experiences, ask specific questions of the experts, and get any information pertaining to their area of interest.

Your students' role would be to participate by writing articles about the outdoors. The payoff for them is that they will not have any of the financial burden or site maintenance duties other than contributing articles that they choose to write. It will offer them the opportunity to gain exposure. Their bio would be available including their website address if they have one. In other words, they will have significant exposure and free advertising.

Right now, we need a large amount of content to launch the site. If anyone is interested and has articles, they would be welcome. The articles could be about an area of expertise they have in the outdoors, trip reports, how to's, animal information, etc. We have very flexible guidelines.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Dean

Contact: pathways@bowronlakes.com

Web Sites: http://www.bowronlakes.com
http://www.canoe-yukon.com





When I queried Dean to see if there was a chance that writers could look forward to being paid he replied:

Roger,

Thanks for your reply. If we make money over the costs, I would be happy to have writers get paid. One of my hopes is that people who write, eg: experts in kayak, climbing, etc. will win by driving business to their own sites. I am very interested in spreading the financial success around and am not interested in taking advantage of anyone.

Dean



Pay back!

Grande Prairie Graduate Student and regular columnist in Alberta Outdoorsmen magazine Brian Bildson writes:

Roger:

I got your edits. I appreciate your quick turn-arounds. I received a cheque from Fur Fish Game magazine the other day for my marten story. I finished up my sheep story so I'll forward it to you after I have one more go at it. I added up all the revenue I've made since I finished the course and I'm at $6,250 (in two years). Looks like I made a good investment! Moose are in full rut--here's a pic of one from this weekend.

Brian



Correction

Would you mind correcting that I am in Bozeman, rather than Yellowstone, Montana in the next newsletter? Thank you. Otherwise people get mighty confused...

Hobie Hare,

Graduate Student
Photographer and Writer
www.wildharephotos.com


Graduate Student Allen McQuinn—On Vehicle Theft—Listen Up!

Hello Roger,

The October issue is an outstanding newsletter!

I will forward the info about ticks to my vet; she has been using the tweezers method on my (and others) dogs. (As I have as well!)

I really enjoyed reading the closing story. So incredibly well written!

In November I will complete the requirements for my Bachelor of Science in Business Management, and that will also free up more time to dedicate to writing, as I am settling into a routine as bank manager!

A tough lesson was learned the other day ... we had our tow vehicle parked backed up to the garage ready to hook up the boat for a nice venture on the water on a Saturday morning. I came out to hook up the boat and discovered that my failure to lock the car cost us the gift I had bought my lovely wife for Christmas; a very nice Cannon 20D camera and a telephoto lens with five different filters!

I was planning on doing a segment on summer perch, as the destination location was well known for very large, that is 15-inch variety perch. Photos would have made a great contribution to the story.

I wish you nothing but the best, and will send more later.

Allen McQuinn



Photos Available of the Outdoor Writers of Canada Conference from Peter Wood.

Hi Roger;

Great newsletter as usual. But I'm surprised you didn't mention that a lot of the photographs taken (including the one of you and Chris Hockley published in Real Fishing magazine--Fall 2006) and the OWC newsletter Inside/Outdoors were submitted by a graduate of NASOW. Of course, if anyone wants a full resolution photo sent to them contact me at: ripplejournalism@gofishin.ca I would only be too pleased to send one to them.

Peter

Peter Wood also Launches His PODCAST Site

To all hunters and anglers; I invite you all to listen to Ripple Outdoors' latest podcast at http://gofishin.podoptimize.com
Each week a new episode will air online.
Previous aired episodes will be soon be archived at www.gofishin.ca on the "podcast" page. Just click for a free subscription to download this free service. Most episodes will run about 15 minutes in length.
Interviews are with well-known hunters & anglers concerning Ontario's outdoor hot topics, conservation issues, tips, techniques and a chance to get involved.

If you would like to be interviewed to discuss new or old hunting and angling techniques, products or hot topics concerning Ontario's outdoors please email me at ripplepodcast@gofishin.ca Please email me your questions or comments; good or bad. (it's ok I have a delete button).

Peter F. Wood, Ripple Journalism & Images
1-888-396-6251 ripplejournalism@gofishin.ca www.gofishin.ca

From White Fox, Saskatchewan Graduate Student Gerald Peterson reflects on the Writing Life:

Hello Roger;

Thanks for the information on Outdoor Canada magazine's Waypoint section. I will give it a try.

Not much to report at this time. I finally got paid for my story in the trophy hunting magazine, you remember the one where I had give up on ever seeing a cheque.

Outdoor Edge magazine wants to see my article on hitting running game, so I am hoping they like it. The last article that I sold was in the January issue of the Varmint Hunter magazine. You see, I joined the Dept. of Highways last spring, operating equipment, driving truck and working on the general up-keep of the province's highways. I enjoy the job but I must admit that I have had very little time to devote to my writing. Only two short articles all summer! We were working a lot of overtime this summer and not seeing a lot of free time, but the season finishes Oct. 31 and I won't be called back until next April, so I have high hopes for my writing to pick up in the off season- beginning in early November.

I am reminded of the book that you lent me back when I first enrolled in your writing school, called Journal of a Novel, by Stienbeck I believe, where he went on about organizing all of his papers and sharpening all of his pencils, and if I remember correctly, doing most everything but actually sitting down and writing that day. I guess we all have a little procrastination in us that creeps to the surface from time to time.

I hope all is well with you and your outdoor writing school still plays a big part in your life. There are times, like this past summer, where I am not able to find enough time for my writing, and I think maybe my time as a freelance writer is almost finished and maybe I am entering a new chapter in my life. It is during times like this when I take a hard look back at what I have accomplished- the articles that I have wrote, the editors that I have worked with and the publications that I have written for and I realize that I am a very fortunate fellow indeed, that I will continue to find the time to vent my feelings and expressions through my writing and that I could never have done it without your guidance.

Thanks again, Roger.

Sincerely Gerald Peterson





Indiana student Rich Creason writes:

Hi Roger!

All is well here. Last week we were in Alabama at the South East Outdoor Press Association conference. Temperature was up to 92 degrees. Here in Indiana, it is a high of 42 today! SEOPA was interesting. Alabama Tourism who hosted the event was outstanding. I took advantage of the Tourism Showcase they had on Breakout Day. I am in the process of working out trips to at least four different states within the next six or seven months. I learned a few good things to take back to our Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers conferences. I also noticed several items that I want to make sure to avoid at our events.

Organization at SEOPA was excellent, people were extremely friendly, ability to handle problems on short notice was very good. Many good points, a few things which could be worked on, but that is true of any conference. A good group will always have mistakes, but learn from them. Overall, I would recommend SEOPA (or AGLOW!) to any writer looking for a quality organization to join.

Heading to South Carolina next month to gather story info and attend a metal detector hunt. In the last month, we attended AGLOW conference in South Dakota, visited a buffalo farm (pre-planning a buffalo hunt?) in Iowa, got some travel info in Grayling, Michigan, and headed south to Alabama. Add it all up and it's enough mileage to drive to British Columbia and back!

Rich.



Kentucky Graduate Student Charles Smick also attended the SEOPA conference:

Hi Roger:

The SEOPA Conference has really gotten me fired up about writing more articles! I've been VERY BURNED OUT from my full-time job.

Because my full-time job is in construction safety, and many areas of construction safety also parallel safety in many outdoor activities, I believe this could become a niche market for me. Since I have a M.S.degree in safety and several professional certifications, that would add credibility to my articles.

Take Care,

Chuck





Student Missy Maenle, on Hobnobbing with the Hoi Poloi in North Dakota

Roger:

I have to tell you about the last three days, but mostly yesterday.

Two of the three days were at Dickinson State University, the final day (when I met the Editor of Scientific American) was in Medora, ND. We went to the town of Medora which is where TR resided for a few years, as well as to the Teddy Roosevelt National Park and the Elkhorn Ranch...which is TR's actual ranch site. Its nothing more than a few foundation stones now, but still an interesting place.

As I said, I went to a Teddy Roosevelt symposium for a credit for college.

The symposium audience and speakers were filled with interesting people and I was thrilled to meet them. I had no idea who anyone really was except the speakers. I'm pretty shy until I get to know someone so it’s hard for me to go up and introduce myself and just start talking. Dinners were great because others would start the conversation and then I would get to meet these incredibly interesting people. Even better still, we took a bus ride to Teddy's Elkhorn Ranch, which was about an hour and 15 minute drive. The man who sat next to me started out by asking if I was a student and then what was my major. When I told him writing with a Journalism major, he got this look on his face, shook my hand and introduced himself as the editor of Scientific American. I was impressed and floored. We talked the entire trip about everything from his background in journalism to deep scientific stuff. He did the most incredible thing. ...he gave me ideas for stories to write about the symposium and about the oil fights in the area. Told me angles that would make even National Geographic interested. I doubt I'll ever be able to write the sort of story that will fit Scientific America...but it didn't matter to him. I feel like I have an ally in the publishing world and plan to keep an eye out for when he moves to another publication, because he said that in that type of work its always good to move around from time to time. He also told me not to give up on science just because of the math. A physicist from Massachusetts who I met at dinner the night before told me I would make a wonderful contribution to the science community because I would bring a new perspective...it wouldn't be math or science based, but rather based on love of nature.

I got more out of that symposium than I ever expected. What a weekend!

Missy

PS. I should be working on the story for the 4th lesson very soon, because the assignment fits very well with the story ideas Mark gave me.



Beaten by an 11-year-old!

North Vancouver student and frequent contributor to this newsletter Elizabeth James writes:

Roger;

Boo-hoo – It’s not fair! My 11-year-old granddaughter, published before me. She has a story on page 12 of The Magic Bookshop - A book for young writers of Canada.

Lizzie.



There is a very close link between Travel Writing and Outdoor Writing. Here are two letters from writing friends who are members of the Society of American Travel Writers. As you can see from their letters, this is the BIG TIME when it comes to writing and travel opportunities.

First, a letter from fellow writers Dave Wei and Suzanne Clouthier in Vancouver, B.C.:

Hi Roger,
Just wanted to thank you again for getting us into Salmon and
Steelhead Journal. Felt a bit like old home week with BC Sport Fishing
alumni like Dave Vedder and John Beath popping up in the latest
magazine. While we were able to do our profile on Farewell Harbour from
our files, we had a bit more of a panicky time with Sonora Resort.
(Thanks to you, the editor also has asked if we could come up with some steelheading
in BC articles, not really our forte, but it would be a chance to get
into another magazine.)
Our original plan was to go to Sonora Resort on Sept. 12 to14 and to the
West Coast Fishing Clubhouse on Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands on Sept. 3 to 6. All Hell broke loose
About 10 days before our QCI trip when WCFC realized that, although we
were scheduled, someone hadn't counted correctly and they were
overbooked....and being writers (on a comp), asked if could we change
our plans. As it worked out, the only free dates at Sonora before the Salmon and Steelhead Journal’s deadline were Sept. 3 to 5, and the only free remaining dates
at the Clubhouse were Sept. 13 to 17 (the last trip of the season). Wheeew!
Our trips worked out even better than expected. Sonora had room in
their brand new helicopter, so we flew there and back in grand style, as
well as spending two glorious sunny days in the THE luxury resort of BC.
We even caught fish, went on a nature tour and run through the Aaran
Rapids, and finished with massages in their new Wellness Centre a half
hour before flying home...oh, we ate and drank far too much!
Our trip to the Clubhouse worked out fabulously too. For our
trouble, we got a five-day trip instead of a four-day. The grey skies
completely cleared for the first time all season, and we had four full
days of glorious sunshine (albeit windy!!!!!). As we were under no
pressure to catch fish (we were doing a Catch-and-Release trip), we
didn't need to fish our brains out but we still managed to do as well as
some of the guided boats. By spending less time fishing, we were able to
visit Pillar Rock when the light was best for photos, have a guided tour
of the abandoned native village of Kiusta (fascinating), and spent an
afternoon on a surfing beach that would put Long Beach to shame (at
Lepas Bay on the north-west corner of Graham Island). We came home with
four halibut that we caught (can only keep halibut on the C&R program),
and received another big box of one-pound packages of commercially
caught chinook, halibut, and even two Dungeness crabs for being on the
C&R program when we arrived in Vancouver....much easier than trying to
fit some monster chinook into our seven-cubic foot freezer.
Sometimes it pays to be flexible....
Next Thursday morning, we and Pat Taylor are off to Chile. Pat is
taking a pre-tour to the Atacama Desert, while Suzanne and I are off to
Easter Island. We will then meet back in Santiago on Oct. 18 for the
main Society of American Travel Writers Convention. I think we will all be together for a day trip to a big ranch, and probably have some meals together on the Dining Around
evenings and banquet nights. It will be nice to spend some time with Pat.
We have had a tremendously busy late summer and early fall. In
mid-August, my nephew asked if I would do some of the unofficial
photography (200 digitals) at his wedding at the same time as a tackle
manufacturer wanted me to photograph his latest tackle line-up for
advertising brochures (another 150 digitals). A day or two later, we got
an assignment to write about saltwater fishing around Vancouver,
followed by OP Publsihing asking us to revise and rewrite the 18,000 words we had
done for the 2006 Fishing Adventures to around 20,000 words in the 2007
version (which we have just finished). Then we had all the scheduling
problems with our last two writing trips. Editor Bob Jones is hounding me for
eight articles or more for Island Fisherman next year. AAAARgh, maybe I
should have continued teaching. Oh yeah, the Canadian Chapter of SATW is
going to Egypt in January......And I am doing research on digital SLRs
to replace the two 35 mm SLRs that I ruined when my canoe rolled on our
Atlin tour.......But, I'm not complaining!
Cheers and have a happy Thanksgiving,

David Y. Wei and Suzanne L. Clouthier
mailto:sclou@uniserve.com





And this information from Pat Taylor, also a member of SATW. Pat’s husband, Rikk (now deceased) was Founder of B.C. Sportfishing magazine—Rikk was my major mentor.)

Hi Roger,

Always enjoy your newsletter. Might use a few tips on bugs! Along with Dave Wei and Suzanne we are heading to Chile, South America on the SATW convention... Headquarters is Sanitago mid October. They got a nice side-trip to the Easter Islands.. Since I am now in the Senior category will be going up north to the desert area---good trip as in the area of the Inca's. Rikk and I always liked that historic area.

As a Senior wanting a single room: my core convention price including airfare, most meals and hotel was$l,280 US for Santiago. Day trips and half-day trips are included depending how soon you sign up. My pre-trip of 3 days to Northern Chile to the Atacama Desert was $870 ---again including airfare but might have to buy a few lunches as the lodge I am staying at does not have a restaurant. Suzanne and Dave were lucky to get their pre-trip to Easter Island as Dave is an active member.

Dave as an active paid $930US for himself and $l,350 for Suzanne as spouse for the core convention. The Easter Island trip cost $880 per person. The host country usually treats us royally with plenty of guides and photo trips for professionals that want a special story. Some times there are a few glitzes---but that always happens on any travel trip these days Just takes patience, which unfortunately some people don't have. Always a few prima donas!

Membership, I think is $300 annually. You must be sponsored by an active, like Dave and I could so-sponsor you.

Sign up is in March for review ---think Dave could give you the latest info as he was thinking of Suzanne joining since they work together. However, SATW has strict rules, he could let you know.

Cheers,

Pat



Grammar Grappler

Following the last newsletter’s discussion of the use of WHO vs THAT, fellow outdoor writer Ken Kieser writes:

Hey Rog,

Editor (of Wishigan Outdoors) Gary Martin is dead on. I edit papers in my writing seminars from "gifted" college students who apparently never heard of active or passive voice. I can assure you that all editors are well aware of this proper and improper form of writing.

Your readers should read at least three issues of targeted publications before submitting copy. Beginning writers often want to provide editors with a brilliant style that will redefine an already successful format. That may have happened in 1940 "B" movies, not in real life. Editors have a format they must abide by. I hope all students and beginning writers will pay close attention to what Mr. Martin wrote. A copy of Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" is a good purchase for any writer--even the most experienced. I certainly have a copy after 25 years of pounding out stories.

Best,

Kenny Kieser



Here is my article that was published in the Waypoint section of Outdoor Canada magazine in the Oct./Nov. 2006 issue: I hope you enjoy it. Dad would be pleased that so many outdoorsmen are reading about him now, 22 years after he passed away. It is my pleasure to share this with you. And it goes to show, NEVER give up on getting a piece published. This one took more than 22 years to find the right spot for it!