SIDNEY – Sidney, Neb. Vice-Mayor Joe Arterburn is a cast member on a new TV series released this week on Amazon Prime.

"WILDCraft: South Africa" features outdoor editors and contributors hunting for free-range kudu and other species from a remote tent camp at Fort Richmond Safaris in the mountains of South Africa's Northern Cape. The group joins writer Richard Mann and professional hunter Geoffrey Wayland to share their experiences, successes and failures around a campfire.

Along with his city council duties in the southern Nebraska panhandle town, Arterburn is a contributing writer for Petersen’s Hunting, Wheels Afield and Gun Digest. He’s also editor of Hunter’s Handbook, the official publication of the International Hunter Education Association-USA. He has hunted and fished throughout the United State, Canada, Mexico and Africa.

Arterburn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was a reporter for daily newspapers prior to working as the Corporate Communications Manager at Cabela’s.

He and his wife, Cathy, have three sons, a daughter-in-law and three grandsons.

"WILDCraft: South Africa" is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Wildcraft-South-Africa/dp/B07ZDKTLTJ