About the Photographer: What do they do out there?" That's what Erika Larsen used to wonder when she'd watch friends disappear into the woods on hunting trips. So a few years ago she tagged along and took some pictures of them skinning a doe. The photographs she developed were unlike anything she'd seen, and they sent her packing into the wilderness, cramming into blinds, doubling up on ATVs, and hanging out in cook tents looking for more.

Since then Erika has photographed numerous stories for Field & Stream, including This Old Bird Knows Turkeys (March 2005), The Call of the Catskills (May, 2005), and her ASME (the Oscars of the magazine industry) nominated photo essay, How We Hunt (Dec./Jan. 05/06).