Reading Material -- Please Tell Me Of Some Great Sources

[lippy]

Outdoor Life Books published a book in 1985 called Outdoor Life: Deer Hunter's Yearbook. It has some great articles from some of the all time best outdoor writers such as Jack O'Connor, Jim Carmichel, John Weiss and Bruce Brady to name a few.The book covers all facets of deer hunting and is a really good reference book to this day despite the fact it was published so long ago. It covers tactics for mule deer,blacktails and white tails, scope and bino optics, bullet trajectories,rifles,muzzleloders and bow hunting. You may still find it on e-bay. A great read if you can find one.

[honda450]

I like reading about old time hunts. No big 4 wheel drive trucks, no quads, no GPS, no camo clothing, no propane heaters, no scopes nor any other high tech stuff we have now adays. Us hunters nowadays are spoiled.

Honda, pick up a copy of People and Peaks if you are a lover of old-time hunting stories. The photos alone are worth the price of the book.

http://www.willmorewilderness.com/

[Walleyes]

Us hunters nowadays are spoiled.

Well I suppose but we also don't have the game alot of the old boys had either.. You could just walk off some logging road 200yrds and bag that big bull,, pretty tough in most places today... Most of them stayed in tents and ate off the fire,, hmmm sounds kind of familiar... They are fun stories to read tho thats for sure...

[honda450]

Thanks for that tip sheep. OK I am a high tech hunter as well. Got everything I mentioned above, But Walleyes I cook on a propane stove. cooking off a camp fire is for you old guys.

[archdlx]

"Hell, I was There"......Elmer

"Horn of the Hunter" Robert Ruark

Any of Capstick's old stuff.....obviously Death in the Long Grass.

"Horns in the High Country" Andy Russell

[honda450]

Sheep I have every book by Andy Russell, gotta get that one about the Willmore.

Ya, I love some of Andy's stuff...kinda cool when you've been most of the places he writes about...guess that's why I like the Willmore book too. O'Connor is another one that is worth reading.I come from a non-hunting family and I know his writing was a big influence on me becoming a hunter. For that I thank him dearly!

[Rockymtnx]

How about these two.

Sheep & Sheep Hunting
Jack O'Connor

Hell, I was there!
Elmer Keith

[East Coast Caper]

some great suggestions. i just made my christmas wish list and added a few of the above mentioned titles to it.

[TheClash]

Originally Posted by Win94

Andy Russell has great books as well.

if you like his stuff you should try reading sid marty...while they are not about hunting..they are about life in the outdoors in alberta. he lives in pincher creek now.....but he is an incredible writer.

[honda450]

Thanks for the tip clash, you do know more than how to torture people.

[TheClash]

oh i know plenty more!!!..i am just especially skilled at torture hahahaha

[TheClash]

the man-eaters of tsavo and other east african adventures....is a great book..it has the ghost and the darkness story in it...but many other hunting stories. tells some incredible stories about hippos and water buffalo....

[Grizzly Adams]

Big Game Hunting in Alberta, by Jack Ondrack, covers all the bases and has some interesting anecdotes as well.
Grizz