Ben East

Outdoor Writer and Journalist

Highlights

Ben East was born in 1898, the same year that Outdoor Life was founded. He became a staff writer for OL in 1946, where he published hunting, fishing, conservation, and survival stories. He passed away in 1990. You can learn more about him here.

More from Ben East

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter
Bear Hunting

I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob Haataja, as told to Ben East

A painting of a rooster getting up from some tall weeds as a hunter watches.
Hunting

If You Miss the Pheasant Opener, Don’t Bother Hunting … Right?

By Ben East

An old illustration showing two coonhounds fighting with a raccoon in a river.
Hunting

Wheeler’s Baptism: A Hound Dog’s First Real Raccoon Hunt

By Ben East

A black and blue and white illustration of a hunter getting caught in floodwaters with a plane in the background.
Big Game Hunting

Come Wolves and High Water: When a Fly-In Moose Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

You Go I Stay feature story from Outdoor Life
Bear Hunting

Fred Bear in Alaska: Bowhunting a World-Record Brown Bear

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

An ice fisherman watches the ice break off in the January 1951 Outdoor Life story, Frozen Terror.
Survival

Frozen Terror, One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time

By Ben East

original magazine spread of a coyote attacking a hunter
Coyote Hunting

Hunting Coyotes with Hounds, Snowshoes, and an Old-School Snowmobile

By Roy Chambers, as told to Ben East

photo of hunters with car, hunter walking in marsh
Duck Hunting

The Golden Age of Jump-Shooting Ducks on the Prairie

By Ben East

Arrow for a Grizzly
Bear Hunting

Arrow for a Grizzly: A Classic Fred Bear Tale from the Archives

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East, introduction by Tyler Freel