Steven began hunting even before he was legally old enough to participate in the activity. He fell in love with practice and never wanted to think about anything else. He was addicted to the patient planning, the intense chase, and the satisfying climax.

Throughout his working career, he had stints as a commercial trapper and a professional fisherman. He began his eventual outdoor career as a writer. He wasn’t concerned with trophies and kill shots like other hunters were. He mainly concentrated on the culture, process and history of hunting animals in the wild. He was destined to bring the average person into the world of hunting with his words.