In addition to his medical career on Montana's Fort Peck Reservation and eighteen previous books on outdoor topics, Don Thomas has worked as a physician, pilot, commercial fisherman and hunting guide in Alaska. He has written regularly for numerous anthologies and national publications including Gray's Sporting Journal, Ducks Unlimited, Sporting Classics, Alaska, Big Sky Journal, Retriever Journal, Shooting Sportsman, Northwest Fly Fishing, and Traditional Bowhunter (co-editor) among others.