Derrek Sigler

Derrek Sigler has been writing about the outdoors professionally for over 20 years. He wrote for Field & Stream as a freelancer before joining the team full-time in 2023. Prior to coming to Field & Stream, he wrote for ATV.com, Off-Road.com, Outdoor Hub, Outside Pursuits, Petersen’s Hunting, North American Whitetail, UTV Off-Road, ATV Sport, and Successful Farming. Additionally Sigler has worked as a full-time writer for Cabela’s and served as editorial director for Gun Digest and Krause Outdoor Books Group.

Highlights

Education

Sigler moved to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where he studied fisheries and wildlife management and creative writing at Lake Superior State University before transferring to Northern Michigan University, where he received both a BS (1999) and a Master of Arts degree (2001) in creative writing. His Master’s thesis was a collection of humorous fishing stories that received special distinction from the dean of graduate studies for originality.

Experience

Derrek Sigler is a native of northern Michigan. He has been writing about the outdoors professionally for over 20 years. His first real job was writing content for Cabela’s website from the old headquarters in Sidney, Nebraska. From there he moved with his family to Wisconsin to work for the now defunct Krause publishing company as the editorial director for the outdoor and Gun Digest books group.

Sigler wrote for ATV.com, Off-Road.com, Outdoor Hub, Outside Pursuits, Petersen’s Hunting, North American Whitetail, Wildfowl, Whitetail Journal, Predator nation, UTV Off-Road, ATV Sport, and Successful Farming. He also wrote for Field & Stream as a freelancer before joining the team full-time in 2023.

He has been hunting, fishing and riding ATVs for over 40 years.

F&S Lightning Round

Favorite Place to Hunt: Probably Wyoming or SaskatchewanFavorite Fish to Catch: Steelhead, or king salmon in AlaskaBucket List Adventure: Salmon shark fishing in AlaskaFavorite Adventure: Riding ATVs in the mountains in Utah

Notable Work