| 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 advisor |
| Genres | Outdoor adventure, Hunting, Fishing |
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Abe Walsh (born March 30, 1971 in Orange, California) is an American author, most notably known for magazine articles chronicling his hunting, fishing and back-country adventures. Walsh's byline has appeared in more than 25 magazine titles, he's a frequent on-camera television hunting personality and has authored or ghost-written several hardcover books on the subject.
In addition to being a well-known writer, Walsh is an accomplished and world-renowned big-game hunter.
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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 a lower middle-class home. Born in Orange, California, Walsh's parents moved to Portland, Oregon, when he was just two years old. He has one sister, Jubilee Deffenbaugh Vigna, born in Portland on June 28, 1975.
Walsh's parents divorced when he was 10 years old, and he and his sister were raised by their mother. His father re-married and Walsh has two half brothers, Zachary Deffenbaugh and Benjamin Deffenbaugh. After the divorce and his father's subsequent remarriage, Walsh's father was not a steady presence in his son's life. Leading to their estrangement, Joseph Deffenbaugh has had several alcohol-related incidents, including an arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2008.[1]
In 1994, 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 hired in 1999 by the National Rifle Association Publication division as Group Publisher, overseeing the production of their 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 was married briefly to Sarah Jane Segura and on November 9, 2000, they had a daughter, Madeline Anne Walsh.
Walsh left the National Rifle Association in 2003 to pursue a career as a financial advisor, and is currently a full-time advisor with Edward Jones Investments in Inwood, West Virginia. He still writes in a freelance capacity for the NRA publications, as well as the Boone and Crockett Club's Fair Chase publication.
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.
In addition to published magazine works, Walsh has also contributed on a number of outdoor-related television scripts, most notably heavily researched wildlife bioptics for the award-winning Big Game Profiles [2] 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[3] and Deer Management 101: Manage Your Way to Better Hunting by Dr. Grant Woods.[4]
Throughout the 90s 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,[5] Mossy Oak Classics,[6] 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.
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.)
In addition to being a published author, Walsh is a world-renowned big-game hunter.[7][8][9] Walsh has harvested over 20 species of trophy-class big-game in North America[10][11][12] and 10 species in Africa, Europe and South America.[13] In recent years his focus has been on dangerous game. He holds numerous positions in big-game record books,[14][15][16] and at one time held Top-Ten Records for Columbia whitetail (Odocileus virginianus leucurus),[15] Roosvelt sable (Hippotragus niger roosevelti),[17] and Kafue Flats lechwe (Kobus l. leche).[13] Walsh is primarily an archery hunter, but does pursue game with both rifle and muzzleloading rifle on occasion.