Jim Mize writes from his cabin in the South Carolina mountains while his Lab, Moose, keeps the bears at bay.  His award-winning books include The Winter of Our Discount Tent, A Creek Trickles Through It, Hunting With Beanpole, Fishing With Beanpole, and The Jon Boat Years.  His humorous articles have appeared in Gray's Sporting Journal, Field & Stream, South Carolina Wildlife, In-Fisherman, Great Days Outdoors, and other magazines.