Keith Mark, Author at Hunter Nation

HAPPY NEW YEAR STORY

By Keith Mark | December 31, 2025 |

Although nearly fifty years have passed, one New Year’s Eve remains etched in my heart as if it happened yesterday. In the midst of grief, family turmoil, and a young boy’s confusion, I learned a lesson that has shaped my life ever since: never miss the chance to show up for the people you love. A simple visit with my Dad and Grandpa on New Year’s Eve 1974 became a turning point—one filled with laughter, tears, and healing. My hope is that this story encourages you to reach out, mend fences, and cherish time together before it’s too late.

The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Life

By Keith Mark | August 18, 2025 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK The Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Life When I was just a kid, I had the opportunity to learn from my Dad, who was an electrician by trade. Although my Dad never finished high school, he taught me to be competitive in everything I did. Also, he could fix anything. It was from…

An Old Hunting Story – Part 1 – Keith Makes a New Friend

By Keith Mark | December 25, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK An Old Hunting Story – Part 1 – Keith Makes a New Friend “Keith Makes a New Friend” As a New Year’s resolution, my wife and I decided that we would volunteer to spend a few hours a month at a local assisted living facility in our small town of Wheat…

An Old Hunting Story – Part 2 – A Near Death Experience

By Keith Mark | December 25, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK An Old Hunting Story – Part 2 – A Near Death Experience “A Near Death Experience” This is a continuation of “An Old Hunting Story” I recommend you start at the beginning! For an entire week, all I could think about was John and his amazing story. When I told my…

An Old Hunting Story – Part 3 – John’s Farm

By Keith Mark | December 25, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK An Old Hunting Story – Part 3 John’s Farm This is a continuation of “An Old Hunting Story” I recommend you start at the beginning! It’s been a while since I last wrote one of these “Tales From Wheat Creek” stories. I have had a few health problems, myself, that I…

An Old Hunting Story – Part 4 – John Goes Home for Thanksgiving

By Keith Mark | December 25, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK An Old Hunting Story – Part 4 John Goes Home for Thanksgiving This is a continuation of “An Old Hunting Story” I recommend you start at the beginning! Finally, Thanksgiving had arrived. It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm November day in Wheat Creek. My wife, Jeanne, with the help of our…

An Old Hunting Story – Part 5 – Christmas

By Keith Mark | December 25, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK An Old Hunting Story – Part 5 “Christmas” This is a continuation of “An Old Hunting Story” I recommend you start at the beginning! It has been a while since I last updated you about my friend, John. After we took him home for a special Thanksgiving, John seemed to gain…

Keith Mark – Heartland Values

By Keith Mark | November 23, 2023 |

I pen this article on my way home from Washington DC, our Nation’s capital. I was honored to be invited by John Stubbins to represent Hunter Nation, and speak at an event in northern Virginia alongside the likes of General Michael Flynn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, former director of ICE, Tom Homan, etc. It…

The Season of Time

By Keith Mark | October 30, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK The Season of Time As I sit here in my tree stand, I can’t help but admire how beautiful the fall Kansas woods are. Fall came late this year, but as it has for each of my sixty-three years, it did arrive. One thing for certain, fall will always follow summer,…

A PERFECT DREAM

By Keith Mark | August 30, 2023 |

TALES FROM WHEAT CREEK A Perfect Dream This is a continuation from An Old Hunting Story” parts one and two followed by “John’s Farm” and “John Goes Home for Thanksgiving”. I recommend you read those stories first! It was one of those fall-summer days that the old-timers like to talk about. The calendar says it’s fall, but the weather…