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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Nov 22, 2025
Nov 22, 2025

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Mark Walters and his daughter, Selina Walters, enjoy hunting together. He says they’ve been participating in outdoor adventures since Selina was born.

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Views while elk hunting are nonstop and like watching a great movie.

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Much of hunting elk includes cold temperatures, especially at night.

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Mark Walters For Agri-View

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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.