The desire to help people "live better from the outdoors" by introducing them to new fishing and hunting methods has been a life-long objective of author Wm. Hovey Smith who also wrote Backyard Deer Hunting: Converting deer to dinner for pennies per pound, Crossbow Hunting and X-Treme Muzzleloading. Practical Bowfishing was the first of this series of ground-breaking titles. He also has an innovative radio show, Hovey's Outdoor Adventures, which may be heard world-wide as a podcast.