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Show Outdoor Wisdom by Hartt Wixom For some reason Western sportsmen are skeptical about the outdoor writers they read in the national magazines. For one thing, those magazines are published publish-ed in large Eastern cities. If that was not reason enough to be suspicious over credentials, the outdoorsman visualizes the well-known byline as belonging to someone buried under a pile of manuscripts who never actually get out fishing, hunting, or camping. That might happen in some cases. But I can tell you from recent experience that all is well with two veteran writers with Western-slanted Outdoor Life. Yup, it is also published in New York, but that is the reason Erwin (Joe) Bauer "of Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Richard LaRocco, now of Cache County, Utah, got out of Gotham City. LaRocco and his wife Julie had attended Utah State University before he was he missed the rural atmosphere atmos-phere where he had enjoyed hunting in particular, vacating vacat-ing a senior editor position. Now he is Western editor for the publication. And after spending several days with laRocco, primarily photographing photo-graphing deer and elk, I can tell you he knows what he's doing outdoors. Richard has concentrated on bow hunting, taking bull elk with same, and also scored on antelope, mule deer, and wapiti this past fall with rifle, or muzzle-loader. He is also a! handy man to have around when calling in elk, as he has the squeals and bugles down to a practical science. You would enjoy getting outdoors with LaRocco. Richard knows the Wasatch Mountains, and Uintas, growing up in Murray, but departing often with backpack and tent. Bauer has long been considered a wildlife photographer's photo-grapher's photographer. Many feel he is the most successful of them all in capturing the natural moods of almost anything in the wild, from the great horned owl to moose. While visiting with he and wife Peggy, Bauer showed us what can only be considered absolutely absolute-ly super whitetail and mule deer pictures. Now a salaried editor of OL, Bauer probably has had more articles in more national outdoor publications publi-cations than any one ever has. While many sportsmen who have done as much as either Bauer or LaRocco might try to lead a bragging contest, it is possibly typical of those truly at the top in this field to be better listeners than talkers. You get the impression they are always learning, and you don't learn while you're talking. In addition; while many sportsmen don't know the difference between a verb and adverb, both of these writers know the English language. For them words are perhaps even more professionaHy import- |