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| name = Abe Walsh |
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| pseudonym = Abe Deffenbaugh, A.E. Walsh |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|30}} |
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| birth_place = [[Orange, California]] |
| birth_place = [[Orange, California]] |
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| occupation = Magazine writer, book author, publisher, [[financial |
| occupation = Magazine writer, book author, publisher, [[financial planner]] |
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| genre = Outdoor adventure, [[Hunting]], [[Fishing]] |
| genre = Outdoor adventure, [[Hunting]], [[Fishing]] |
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| political party = [[Republican]] |
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'''Abe Walsh''' (born March 30, 1971 in [[Orange, California]]) is an [[United States|America]]n [[author]] who has written extensively about his [[hunting]], [[fishing]] and back-country adventures. He has written for over 25 magazine titles, and authored or ghost-written several hardcover books on the subject. He has also appeared on-camera on television hunting shows. |
'''Abe Walsh''' (born March 30, 1971, in [[Orange, California]]) is an [[United States|America]]n [[author]] who has written extensively about his [[hunting]], [[fishing]] and back-country adventures. He has written for over 25 magazine titles, and authored or ghost-written several hardcover books on the subject. He has also appeared on-camera on television hunting shows. |
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Walsh is also an accomplished [[big-game hunter]]. |
Walsh is also an accomplished [[big-game hunter]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Born Abraham Edward Deffenbaugh to Joseph Deffenbaugh, a carpenter and sometime fishing guide, and Anne Walsh Deffenbaugh, a restaurateur, Walsh was raised in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He has one sister, Jubilee Deffenbaugh Vigna, born in Portland in 1975. |
Born Abraham Edward Deffenbaugh to Joseph Deffenbaugh, a carpenter and sometime fishing guide, and Anne Walsh Deffenbaugh, a restaurateur, Walsh was raised in [[Portland, Oregon]]. He has one sister, Jubilee Deffenbaugh Vigna, born in Portland in 1975. |
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In 1997, Walsh was hired by [[Remington Arms Company]] to lead the PR department. He was often the voice of the firearms industry in a time of heated debate over gun violence, school shootings and subsequent legislative efforts to limit firearm ownership. He debated [[Nina Totenberg]] of [[National Public Radio]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]'' on the issue of firearms ownership in 1998. During his tenure, Walsh launched ''Remington Country'' magazine and ''Remington Country Television''. Walsh left Remington in 1998 to launch a magazine consulting career and launched ''[[Cabela's]] Outfitter Journal'' and ''[[Mossy Oak]] Hunting the Country Magazine''. |
In 1997, Walsh was hired by [[Remington Arms Company]] to lead the PR department. He was often the voice of the firearms industry in a time of heated debate over gun violence, school shootings and subsequent legislative efforts to limit firearm ownership. He debated [[Nina Totenberg]] of [[National Public Radio]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]'' on the issue of firearms ownership in 1998. During his tenure, Walsh launched ''Remington Country'' magazine and ''Remington Country Television''. Walsh left Remington in 1998 to launch a magazine consulting career and launched ''[[Cabela's]] Outfitter Journal'' and ''[[Mossy Oak]] Hunting the Country Magazine''. |
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Walsh was then hired by the [[National Rifle Association]] |
Walsh was then hired by the [[National Rifle Association of America]] as Group Publisher, overseeing the production of [[NRA Publications]]' five member-only monthly titles: ''[[American Rifleman]], American Hunter, America's First Freedom, Shooting Sports USA,'' and ''NRA InSights''. In 2001, Walsh launched ''Shooting Illustrated'' and ''Women's Outlook'' magazines, as well as American Hunter and American Rifleman television programs. |
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Walsh left the |
Walsh left the National Rifle Association in 2003 to pursue a career as a financial planner, and is the President of The Walsh Financial Group in [[Winchester, Virginia]]. He still writes in a [[freelance]] capacity for the NRA publications, as well as the [[Boone and Crockett Club]]'s ''Fair Chase'' publication. |
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==Published works== |
==Published works== |
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Walsh's byline has appeared over 700 times in the following publications: Guns & Ammo, Petersen's Hunting, Petersen's Bowhunting, Bow & Arrow, North American Sportsman, Texas Trophy Hunter, Remington Country, |
Walsh's byline has appeared over 700 times in the following publications: [[Guns & Ammo]], Petersen's Hunting, Petersen's Bowhunting, Bow & Arrow, North American Sportsman, Texas Trophy Hunter, Remington Country, Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country, Southern Sportsman Journal, American Hunter, American Rifleman, Shooting Sports USA, Fair Chase, Montana Fish & Game Journal, NRA InSights, Shooting Illustrated, Combat Handguns, South Dakota Conservation Digest, Archery Business, Bowhunting World, Cabela's Outfitter Journal, Predator Xtreme, Whitetail Journal, Knight & Hale's Ultimate Team Hunting and Rifle.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} |
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In addition to published magazine works, Walsh has also contributed on a number of outdoor-related television scripts, including wildlife [[Bioptics (device)|bioptics]] for the award-winning ''Big Game Profiles'' series airing on [[The Outdoor Channel]]. Walsh has contributed to several book projects, including ''[[Mossy Oak]]'s Hunting the Country: Adventures of the Camo Cameras''<ref>"Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country: Adventures of the Camo Cameras. True Exposures Publishing (2002); ASIN 0964259540"</ref> and ''Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting'' by Dr. Grant Woods.<ref>"Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting; Woods, Dr. Grant. Woods & Assoc Publisher (2004); 236 pgs; ISBN |
In addition to published magazine works, Walsh has also contributed on a number of outdoor-related television scripts, including wildlife [[Bioptics (device)|bioptics]] for the award-winning ''Big Game Profiles'' series airing on [[The Outdoor Channel]]. Walsh has contributed to several book projects, including ''[[Mossy Oak]]'s Hunting the Country: Adventures of the Camo Cameras''<ref>"Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country: Adventures of the Camo Cameras. True Exposures Publishing (2002); ASIN 0964259540"</ref> and ''Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting'' by Dr. Grant Woods.<ref>"Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting; Woods, Dr. Grant. Woods & Assoc Publisher (2004); 236 pgs; {{ISBN|0-9746968-0-3}}"</ref> |
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Throughout the |
Throughout the 1990s and as late as 2006, Walsh appeared on several [[television]] programs as an on-camera personality. He has been featured on Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country,<ref name="Mega Bucks: Episode 456">{{cite web|author=mossyoak.com|title=Mega Bucks: Episode 456|url=http://mossyoak.edgeboss.net/wmedia/mossyoak/moose/mop/idvds/imgbk_456/imgbk_456_036-stmr.wvx?siteid=iaghxbeaywdxpl45agush1bm|accessdate=2008-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181807/http://mossyoak.edgeboss.net/wmedia/mossyoak/moose/mop/idvds/imgbk_456/imgbk_456_036-stmr.wvx?siteid=iaghxbeaywdxpl45agush1bm|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mossy Oak Classics,<ref name="Mossy Oak Classics: Mishaps Happen">{{cite web|author=mossyoak.com|title=Mossy Oak Classics: Mishaps Happen|url=http://mossyoak.edgeboss.net/wmedia/mossyoak/moose/mop/tvshows/mossyoakclassics/mocl_06_032_1-stmr.wvx?|accessdate=2008-10-06}}</ref> Remington Country Television, American Hunter, and American Rifleman, and he has appeared on [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]], [[Spike (TV channel)|TNN]] and [[The Outdoor Channel]]. Walsh can still be seen in syndicated re-runs of many of these episodes, as well as in on-line broadcasts. |
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His work has been cited in |
His work has been cited in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' in addition to countless local, regional and national newspapers.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} |
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==Pen names== |
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Walsh has written under several names, including Abe Deffenbaugh and A.E. Walsh. (Walsh legally adopted the name Walsh in 1999 to pay homage to his ailing grandfather.) |
Walsh has written under several names, including Abe Deffenbaugh and A.E. Walsh. (Walsh legally adopted the name Walsh in 1999 to pay homage to his ailing grandfather.) |
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==Hunting |
==Hunting accomplishments== |
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In addition to being a published author, Walsh is a [[Big game hunting|big-game hunter]]. Walsh has harvested over 20 species of trophy-class big-game in North America<ref>''Boone and Crockett Club’s 26th Big Game Awards, 2004-2006'' Boone & Crockett Club, 2007. ISBN |
In addition to being a published author, Walsh is a [[Big game hunting|big-game hunter]]. Walsh has harvested over 20 species of trophy-class big-game in North America<ref>''Boone and Crockett Club’s 26th Big Game Awards, 2004-2006'' Boone & Crockett Club, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-940864-57-3}}.</ref><ref>Walsh, A.E. (March 2002), "The Bulls of Broadmouth", ''American Hunter''.</ref><ref>Walsh, A.E. (August 2003), "11th Hour Ram", ''American Hunter''.</ref> and 10 species in Africa, Europe and South America.<ref name="Edition XI 2005">''Safari Club International Record Book of Trophy Animals Edition XI, Vol. III'' Safari Club International, 2005. ASIN B000ENGKU2.</ref> In recent years his focus has been on dangerous game. He holds numerous positions in big-game record books,<ref>''Record Book for Oregon's Big Game; First Edition'' Oregon Big Game, Inc., 1996. {{ISBN|0-9656283-0-2}}.</ref><ref name="Oregon's Big Game 1998">''Record Book for Oregon's Big Game; Second Edition'' Northwest Big Game, Inc., 1998. {{ISBN|1-56037-138-2}}.</ref><ref>''Record Book for Oregon's Big Game; Third Edition'' Shoshoni Winds Publishing Company, 2002. {{ISBN|0-9656283-1-0}}.</ref> and at one time held Top-Ten Records for Columbia whitetail (''Odocoileus virginianus leucurus''),<ref name="Oregon's Big Game 1998"/> Roosvelt sable (''Hippotragus niger roosevelti''),<ref>''The SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals a Book of the Safari Club International Awards Program Containing Tabulations of Outstanding Big Game Trophies Edition VII, Volume 1 Africa'' Safari Club International, 1990. ASIN B000O584FE.</ref> and Kafue Flats lechwe (''Kobus l. leche'').<ref name="Edition XI 2005"/> Walsh is primarily an [[Bowhunting|archery hunter]], but does pursue game with both rifle and muzzleloading rifle on occasion. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* [https://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/abe.walsh/?awsrc=namematch Abe Walsh; President, The Walsh Financial Group]. |
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* [http://www.nrapublications.org/ NRA Publications]. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095646/http://www.nrapublications.org/ NRA Publications]. |
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 3 July 2023
Abe Walsh | |
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| Born | March 30, 1971 Orange, California |
| Pen name | Abe Deffenbaugh, A.E. Walsh |
| Occupation | Magazine writer, book author, publisher, financial planner |
| Genre | Outdoor adventure, Hunting, Fishing |
Abe Walsh (born March 30, 1971, in Orange, California) is an American author who has written extensively about his hunting, fishing and back-country adventures. He has written for over 25 magazine titles, and authored or ghost-written several hardcover books on the subject. He has also appeared on-camera on television hunting shows.
Walsh is also an accomplished big-game hunter.
Biography
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (September 2022) |
Born Abraham Edward Deffenbaugh to Joseph Deffenbaugh, a carpenter and sometime fishing guide, and Anne Walsh Deffenbaugh, a restaurateur, Walsh was raised in Portland, Oregon. He has one sister, Jubilee Deffenbaugh Vigna, born in Portland in 1975.
After graduating from the University of Oregon with a degree in Political Science, Walsh accepted an Assistant Editor position with Petersen's Hunting Magazine in Los Angeles, California. He was chiefly responsible for writing feature articles, as well as editing freelance author-submitted manuscripts for inclusion in the magazine. At the time, Petersen's Hunting Magazine was widely considered the premiere hunting-exclusive enthusiast publication with an average monthly circulation of 400,000 paid subscribers. Walsh was promoted to Senior Editor in 1996 and became a frequent contributor to other Petersen titles including Guns & Ammo and Petersen's Bowhunting magazine.
In 1997, Walsh was hired by Remington Arms Company to lead the PR department. He was often the voice of the firearms industry in a time of heated debate over gun violence, school shootings and subsequent legislative efforts to limit firearm ownership. He debated Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio's All Things Considered on the issue of firearms ownership in 1998. During his tenure, Walsh launched Remington Country magazine and Remington Country Television. Walsh left Remington in 1998 to launch a magazine consulting career and launched Cabela's Outfitter Journal and Mossy Oak Hunting the Country Magazine.
Walsh was then hired by the National Rifle Association of America as Group Publisher, overseeing the production of NRA Publications' five member-only monthly titles: American Rifleman, American Hunter, America's First Freedom, Shooting Sports USA, and NRA InSights. In 2001, Walsh launched Shooting Illustrated and Women's Outlook magazines, as well as American Hunter and American Rifleman television programs.
Walsh left the National Rifle Association in 2003 to pursue a career as a financial planner, and is the President of The Walsh Financial Group in Winchester, Virginia. He still writes in a freelance capacity for the NRA publications, as well as the Boone and Crockett Club's Fair Chase publication.
Published works
[edit]Walsh's byline has appeared over 700 times in the following publications: Guns & Ammo, Petersen's Hunting, Petersen's Bowhunting, Bow & Arrow, North American Sportsman, Texas Trophy Hunter, Remington Country, Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country, Southern Sportsman Journal, American Hunter, American Rifleman, Shooting Sports USA, Fair Chase, Montana Fish & Game Journal, NRA InSights, Shooting Illustrated, Combat Handguns, South Dakota Conservation Digest, Archery Business, Bowhunting World, Cabela's Outfitter Journal, Predator Xtreme, Whitetail Journal, Knight & Hale's Ultimate Team Hunting and Rifle.[citation needed]
In addition to published magazine works, Walsh has also contributed on a number of outdoor-related television scripts, including wildlife bioptics for the award-winning Big Game Profiles series airing on The Outdoor Channel. Walsh has contributed to several book projects, including Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country: Adventures of the Camo Cameras[1] and Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting by Dr. Grant Woods.[2]
Throughout the 1990s and as late as 2006, Walsh appeared on several television programs as an on-camera personality. He has been featured on Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country,[3] Mossy Oak Classics,[4] Remington Country Television, American Hunter, and American Rifleman, and he has appeared on ESPN, ESPN2, TNN and The Outdoor Channel. Walsh can still be seen in syndicated re-runs of many of these episodes, as well as in on-line broadcasts.
His work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal in addition to countless local, regional and national newspapers.[citation needed]
Pen names
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (September 2022) |
Walsh has written under several names, including Abe Deffenbaugh and A.E. Walsh. (Walsh legally adopted the name Walsh in 1999 to pay homage to his ailing grandfather.)
Hunting accomplishments
[edit]In addition to being a published author, Walsh is a big-game hunter. Walsh has harvested over 20 species of trophy-class big-game in North America[5][6][7] and 10 species in Africa, Europe and South America.[8] In recent years his focus has been on dangerous game. He holds numerous positions in big-game record books,[9][10][11] and at one time held Top-Ten Records for Columbia whitetail (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus),[10] Roosvelt sable (Hippotragus niger roosevelti),[12] and Kafue Flats lechwe (Kobus l. leche).[8] Walsh is primarily an archery hunter, but does pursue game with both rifle and muzzleloading rifle on occasion.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mossy Oak's Hunting the Country: Adventures of the Camo Cameras. True Exposures Publishing (2002); ASIN 0964259540"
- ^ "Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting; Woods, Dr. Grant. Woods & Assoc Publisher (2004); 236 pgs; ISBN 0-9746968-0-3"
- ^ mossyoak.com. "Mega Bucks: Episode 456". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ mossyoak.com. "Mossy Oak Classics: Mishaps Happen". Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ Boone and Crockett Club’s 26th Big Game Awards, 2004-2006 Boone & Crockett Club, 2007. ISBN 978-0-940864-57-3.
- ^ Walsh, A.E. (March 2002), "The Bulls of Broadmouth", American Hunter.
- ^ Walsh, A.E. (August 2003), "11th Hour Ram", American Hunter.
- ^ a b Safari Club International Record Book of Trophy Animals Edition XI, Vol. III Safari Club International, 2005. ASIN B000ENGKU2.
- ^ Record Book for Oregon's Big Game; First Edition Oregon Big Game, Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-9656283-0-2.
- ^ a b Record Book for Oregon's Big Game; Second Edition Northwest Big Game, Inc., 1998. ISBN 1-56037-138-2.
- ^ Record Book for Oregon's Big Game; Third Edition Shoshoni Winds Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN 0-9656283-1-0.
- ^ The SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals a Book of the Safari Club International Awards Program Containing Tabulations of Outstanding Big Game Trophies Edition VII, Volume 1 Africa Safari Club International, 1990. ASIN B000O584FE.
External links
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