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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Aug 23, 2025
Aug 23, 2025

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Rocky Mountain essentials are a can of Coors and Canadian walleye for supper, and bear spray.

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Mark and Selina Walters are relieved to find a herd of elk and many more on their scouting trip to Montana.

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Selina Walters travels many miles during the Walters adventure.

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.