About The Author

A native of Oregon, Jim was raised by an outdoor-loving family in a small logging town nestled on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains. Fishing and hunting were their weekend getaways and yearly vacations. Fish, fowl, and game harvested found their way to the dinner table daily.

In 1979, after finishing an electrical apprenticeship, Jim moved his young family to the Redmond-Sisters area east of the Cascades, where he still resides. In the shadow of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area and on the edge of the High Desert of Central Oregon, he hunted, fished, and hiked while engraining in his three children the same love of the outdoors.

An excellent high school English teacher and one term of creative writing in college instilled in Jim the desire to express himself on paper. After six decades of adventures and while recovering from shoulder surgery, he decided to write this book.

In keeping with his interest in wildlife conservation, Jim is a member of the following groups:

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Life Member of Grand Slam Club/Ovis

Life Member of the Boone & Crockett Club

Summitt Life Member of the Wild Sheep Foundation

Life Member of Oregon Wild Sheep Foundation