The author switched to saddle hunting last fall and never looked back. Here’s every reason you should too
Author: Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor
A native of rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor wrote his first outdoor story at 13 years old, when he figured out that his English teacher would accept tales of his fishing and hunting exploits for essay assignments. A little more than a decade later, after a four-year stint as a ship-based Navy Officer based in Norfolk, Virginia, he started writing and editing as a career and he’s been at it for about 30 years now. Highlights Education Taylor graduated from Northwestern University, where he was the only member of his freshman class to list “hunting and fishing” as interests in the freshman “facebook.” (Yes, printed freshman “facebooks” used to be a real thing.) Experience After active duty, Taylor parlayed his military experience into a job covering the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard for Military Newspapers of Virginia in Norfolk. In addition to his award-winning news reporting, he convinced the editor that the company’s flagship weekly could use a fishing column. He started covering the outdoors full-time at The Roanoke Times five years later, earning numerous awards from OWAA and the Virginia Press Association. At Trout Unlimited, Taylor writes about fishing and conservation for the organization’s TROUT magazine and website, in addition to assisting other members of the media with their editorial needs. An optimist at heart, he loves telling stories of recovery, success and triumph. Taylor has hunted and fished throughout the U.S. and loves it all—from chasing trout and salmon in Alaska, to hunting pheasants in South Dakota, to bowhunting whitetails and tangling with tailwater trout in Virginia. F&S Lightning Round Notable Work
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