David Petersen grew up in Oklahoma a long time ago, a teenage member of the same archery club as Betty Grubbs, the reigning field archery Women's National Champion during the 1960s.

After serving six years in the Marines as a helicopter pilot, Dave began his writing career by editing a national motorcycle magazine in southern California. In 1980 he and his bride Caroline drfited from California to western Montana, then on to southwestern Colorado, where they hand-built and live year-round in a small mountain cabin in the heart of elk country.

Petersen is the author of 15 books and countless magazine articles and essays. In addition to being a regular contributor to TBM, Dave co-authors the back-page "Campfire Philosopher" column.

David Petersen Books

Articles by David Petersen
Issue	Article
Aug/Sep 01	Confessions of a Jerky Junkie
Apr/May 02	A Spring Turkey Tip Sheet
Jun/Jul 02	Hunting Down the Hunt
Dec/Jan 03	Success
Apr/May 03	A Bowhunter's Meditation on Poaching
Oct/Nov 03	Confessions of a (Would Be) Baby Killer
Dec/Jan 04	Going Squirrelly
Dec/Jan 04	Game Profile--Cottontail Rabbit
Feb/Mar 04	Game Profile--North American Wapiti
Aug/Sep 04	Ceremonies
Oct/Nov 04	Why I Bowhunt
Dec/Jan 05	One Mighty Big Squirrel
Dec/Jan 05	Thomas Aquinas Daly
Feb/Mar 05	Blood and Guts Made Easy
Apr/May 05	Bears Straight Up
Jun/Jul 05	One Perfect Arrow
Aug/Sep 05	The Silence of the Bulls
Aug/Sep 05	Farts in a Hurricane
Aug/Sep 05	Game Profile--Alaska Yukon Moose
Oct/Nov 05	Game Profile--Coues Whitetail
Dec/Jan 06	Come On!
Feb/Mar 06	A Real-Life Detective Story
Aug/Sep 06	Getting Around with Map and Compass
Oct/Nov 06	Bulls-Eye
Aug/Sep 07	Failure
Dec/Jan 08	Do Animals Have Feelings that Hunters Can Hurt?
Dec/Jan 08	Dr. Ed Ashby--Analyzing Death by Broadhead
Feb/Mar 08	Dr. Ed Ashby--Arrow Lethality Update: Part 2
Apr/May 08	Bushwhacked
Oct/Nov 08	Elk, ATVs and Access
Dec/Jan 09	Eclipse Broadheads
Apr/May 09	A Hunter's Springtime Harvest
Oct/Nov 09	The Practice of Silence
Dec/Jan 10	Understanding FoC (with Dr. Ashby)
Lots	Campfire Philosopher