Name: Signing with Richard P. Smith
Start: 2025-12-04T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-06T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Schuler Books

We're excited to welcome Richard P. Smith, a recent inductee into the Michigan Outdoor Hall of Fame, back to our Grand Rapids store for a multi-day signing event!
Richard will be available to sign the 2nd edition of Black Bear Hunting, the 2nd edition of Stand Hunting For Whitetails, the 3rd edition of Tracking Wounded Deer, the 3rd edition of Understanding Michigan Black Bear, his entire Michigan Deer Tales series, and Nickel & Dime Your Way to Extra Dollars While Saving the Planet.
Be sure to stop in for your signed copies:
Thursday, December 4th from Noon-7:30pm
Friday, December 5th from Noon-7:30pm
Saturday, December 6th from Noon-6:00pm
We love seeing who is planning to join us! Your RSVP helps us prepare to host you. You can RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/richard-p-smith-sbgr1
About the Author:
Richard P. Smith is an award-winning outdoor writer and photographer living in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan who has been hunting whitetail deer and black bear for more than 50 years. The author/photographer is a recognized expert on whitetail deer and black bear behavior and biology as well as hunting these popular big game animals. He has interviewed the top deer and bear biologists in the country and accompanied some of them in the field on their research. Most of the books and DVDs he’s produced have been about deer and black bear, but one of his most recent books is about the many benefits of beverage container deposit laws like the one in Michigan, including how the law can benefit anyone financially.
One of his most prestigious honors was being the first resident of the Upper Peninsula inducted into the Michigan Outdoor Hall of Fame during 2025 for his more than 50 years of writing about the outdoors. One of his other top honors was receipt of the coveted Ben East Prize for 1997 from the Michigan United Conservation Clubs for conservation journalism about bear management. He also received the Outdoor Journalist of the Year Award from the Flint, Michigan Chapter of Safari Club International the same year. Smith received those awards because many of his articles helped defeat a referendum that would have had a negative impact on bear hunting and management in Michigan.
The author is a nationally recognized writer, photographer and speaker who has written 32 books and thousands of magazine articles, specializing in all types of wildlife, but especially whitetail deer and black bear. He contributes regularly to Woods-N-Water News and Michigan Outdoor News. His writing and photography appear regularly in national magazines including Deer & Deer Hunting, Buckmasters, North American Whitetail, Whitetail Times, Outdoor Life, Bowhunter, Upland Almanac and National Wildlife.