David Samuel, Ph.D

Dr. David Samuel spent 30 years as a professor of wildlife management at West Virginia University. Since 1971 he has been the Conservation Editor of Bowhunter Magazine, where his Know Hunting column still appears. His activities on behalf of wildlife are diverse, from starting a local National Audubon Society chapter to initiating the West Virginia Bowhunter Education Program.

He presently serves, or has recently served, on several boards, including the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board, the board of the Native American Fish & Wildlife Foundation, the board of the Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America, Advisory Board of the Westvaco Ecosystem Research Forest, and the Pope and Young Club. Now retired from university work, Dr. Samuel spends his time writing, bowhunting, traveling and gardening.