Hidden in the Tall Grass: Essays on rural and natural heritage

A collection of some of my previously published essays with a few originals mixed in. Available here and here. 






 

Fiction
Finding Bigfoot -- HATCH 
Gearhead -- ABOUT the River Valley 
Ol' Hickory -- HATCH
Legend of Henry Hayseed -- ABOUT the River Valley

Podcasts

National Wildlife Federation Outdoors with Drew YoungDyke
 

Snake Talk with Dr. Christopher Jenkins

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The Wild Side with Trey Reid and Mark Hedrick 

Arkansas Tech University Pendergraft Library podcast with Luke Heffley

Bear Hunting magazine podcast with Clay Newcomb
 

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast and Blast with Hal Herring.

Essays

This little piggy went to market -- FERN *

Squirrels -- Outdoor Life 

Eat or be eaten -- HATCH

Out there in the dark -- ABOUT the River Valley

Of cutthroat, elk, and pine -- HATCH

The green menace -- HATCH

I don't like the word "sportsman" -- HATCH

Crapload -- HATCH

Downstream -- HATCH

Cracker fishing culture -- HATCH

Clousered -- HATCH

How-to

Ultimate guide to squirrel hunting -- Outdoor Life 

Bigs, smalls, and spots -- MidCurrent

So you want to kill some squirrels -- HATCH

Reviews

Book: Spell of the Sensuous -- HATCH
Irish Setter MudPaws -- HATCH

Book: A Report on the Banality of Evil -- ABOUT

LaCrosse Aerohead Sport boots -- HATCH

LaCrosse Venom snake boots -- HATCH 

Redington Vice -- HATCH

Book: Woe to live on -- ABOUT the River Valley

Alpacka Oryx raft -- HATCH

Orvis Pro Approach wading shoes -- HATCH

Journalism 

It's time to stop starving Florida Bay -- HATCH

Vanishing Paradise I -- HATCH

Vanishing Paradise II -- HATCH

Vanishing Paradise III -- HATCH

Owning the libs -- HATCH

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Awards

2020 -- Society of Professional Journalists Arkansas Diamond Journalism Awards First Place Opinion and Editorials

2019 -- Society of Professional Journalists Arkansas Diamond Journalism Awards First Place Magazine News and First Place Magazine Sports

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2019 -- OWAA/Conservation Hawks Climate Challenge Second Place Writing Division 

2019 -- Outdoor Writers Association of America Excellence in Craft Third Place Hunting/Shooting

2019 -- International Regional Magazine Association Merit in Essay Division and Gold for Cover Copy

 2018 -- Outdoor Writers Association of America Excellence in Craft First Place Magazine Conservation/Nature

2017 -- Society of Professional Journalists Diamond Journalism Award First Place All Print: Sports

2013 -- SEOPA Excellence in Craft Magazine Short Feature Third Place 

2012 &2014 -- Realtree Website Horizon award presented by the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association (SEOPA) First Place

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