Richard P. Smith

    Richard P. Smith is an award winning outdoor writer and photographer living in Marquette, Michigan with his wife and business partner Lucy. He is a nationally recognized writer, photographer and speaker who has written 21 books and thousands of magazine articles. He is one of only two people in Michigan who have qualified for a Commemorative Bucks of Michigan (CBM) Grand Slam, which includes a deer, bear, elk and turkey that are all entered in state records maintained by CBM.
    His best whitetail is a Saskatchewan 10-pointer he got in 1999 that qualified for honorable mention in Boone and Crockett Records with a net score of 163 7/8. Prior to that, he bagged a nontypical 12-pointer with a 9-inch drop tine from the same area that netted 165 3/8. His best Michigan buck is a typical 11-pointer he shot on public land in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) that nets 148 4/8. He’s taken a number of other bucks that score in the 140s.
    A Saskatchewan black bear he bagged with a Knight muzzleloader during the spring of 2002 is the second highest scoring bruin in national muzzleloading records with a skull that measured 21 14/16. It’s also in alltime Boone and Crockett Records. The following spring, he collected another trophy bruin that qualified for honorable mention in Boone and Crockett Records, with a skull scoring 20 2/16. Richard has four trophy bruins in Pope and Young Records that he got with bow and arrow and he also took a book bear with a muzzleloader in Michigan.
    Smith has written 21 books, nine of which are currently in print. He's also a seminar speaker, covering all types of topics. For information about his books and topics he provides seminars on, refer to his web site www.RichardPSmith.com.
Smith is a Field Editor for Bear Hunting Magazine and Michigan Hooks & Bullets. He’s the editor for Bear Facts, a quarterly newsletter published by the Michigan Bear Hunters Association. He writes for Woods-N-Water News, Michigan Sportsman Magazine and the Porcupine Press on a regular basis. His writing and photography have been published in national magazines including Deer & Deer Hunting, North American Whitetail, Buckmasters, Outdoor Life, American Hunter, Bowhunter and National Wildlife.
    The author is a recognized expert on whitetail deer and black bear behavior and biology as well as hunting these species of big game. He has hunted deer and bear extensively in Michigan and throughout North America for 40 years.