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Witness the hard-core determination of North America's most successful do-it-yourself hunters...
Thirty hunters. Thirty record-book trophy game animals-most of them taken on public lands. Thirty epic tales to share back at hunting camp. These are the real-world stories behind some of the top-scoring trophies recognized by the Boone and Crockett Club, North America's premier wildlife conservation organization. Traverse the deep backcountry in pursuit...
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Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1930, The Wilderness of Denali is a memoir of three years of hunting the area of Alaska surrounding Mt. McKinley. It is a classic of American adventure-a book written by a man who was willing to risk his life in pursuit of grizzly bears and the elusive mountain sheep. The account was written each night by campfire as Sheldon discovered what is still regarded as the most scenic wilderness in America....
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Relying on 50 years of muzzleloading hunting experiences in all parts of the U.S. with occasional trips to Europe and Africa, Wm. Hovey Smith delivers candid and practical advice on muzzleloading guns ranging from Japanese matchlocks to the most modern in-line rifles and pistols. Never restricted to a given type or hunting or make of gun, he presents information on guns from many makers of replica muzzleloaders as well as on a number of originals...
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Timeless Bowhunting will help you:
• Choose a bow based on the merits of technical design
• Find a hunting arrow that gives optimum accuracy, trajectory, and penetration
• Shoot accurately uphill, downhill, from tree stands, and in the wind
• Choose an effective shooting style for your type of hunting
• Perfect your shooting form by eliminating common shooting flaws
• Find the best aiming method for you
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With the help of this book, the persistent turkey hunter will begin to take birds he would never have taken, or even seen, a few years earlier. Guide to Advanced Turkey Hunting will help developing hunters keep improving and taking more and tougher birds. With details on gun selection, calling, using decoys, scouting, and setting up ambush points, this practical guidebook will help you advance up the turkey hunting ladder.
86) Bozo and Me
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The story of a State prison bloodhound that the guards named Bozo, that was scheduled to be destroyed because of his failure to follow commands and considered dangerous by prison guards. Bozo's journey from tracking men to trailing white tail deer with a young boy that gained Bozo's love and trust in the South Alabama river swamps. Bozo and Me is an exciting, adventurous, and tender hearted story of God's providence in unfolding events, over the years,...
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Jim Keil's adventures while hunting waterfowl near Bellevue, Iowa, on the Mississippi River, fill the pages of this book. His memories from years ago - and even some of his not-so-old adventures - are true, even though they read like fiction! His memoirs also contain old pictures and stories from the early 1900s, as well as some of his favorite recipes he created from his bounty!
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HOW TO TRAP AND SNARE A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THE SPORTSMAN, GAME PRESERVER, AND AMATEUR ON THE ART OF TAKING ANIMALS AND BIRDS IN TRAPS, SNARES AND NETS WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILLIAM CARNEGIE ("MOORMAN") "This manual is intended to provide as much practical insight into the various modes of trapping, snaring, and netting the animals and birds of the British Isles as can be furnished by writing. Whenever possible and desirable, such insight...
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As a young boy, Buddy Levy accompanied his father into the pre-dawn twilight to hunt birds-particularly the chukar partridge. That youthful experience marked the beginning of Levy's reverence for the chukar and his indefatigable passion for hunting it. Here, Levy presents a lyrical and honest look at the world of hunting this "gorgeous, complicated, strong-flying" bird. He explores the complex (and controversial) layers of hunting through powerful...
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Over 50 years of owning, shooting and hunting a wide variety of game with replica and modern muzzleloading guns of all types has provided author Wm. Hovey Smith with a unique body of experiences to used in evaluating muzzleloading rifles, hanguns and smoothbores. These guns have been pushed to unusual levels as he has taken swan with flintlock muskets, Cape buffalo with double barreled in-line rifles, hogs with double-barreled pistols with no rear...
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When award-winning outdoor and nature writer Charles Fergus decided to leave his longtime home in Pennsylvania, he wrote a memoir of his last season hunting upland birds-grouse, woodcock, and pheasant-in his favorite coverts, some of which he had visited every autumn for almost thirty years. His stories of memorable hunts and dogs, the loss of his beloved home ground, and enduring hunting friendships are gathered in “A Hunter's Book of Days”.
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Dad's old ragtop Willys Jeep rolled backwards down the steep mountain road and turned over. Bang! It landed on the driver's side and lunch stuff, thermos bottles, and Dad's gun flew everywhere. It was pitch black at 5:30 a.m., and my body trembled with fear. "Dad!?" I yelled. There was only silence. Oh, God! The stories in A Wet Ass and a Hungry Gut begin in 1956. Danny, age eight, and his family had just moved from Yuma, Colorado, to Meeker, population...
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With more than 400,000 members, Buckmasters is an organization devoted entirely to deer and deer hunting. Founded fifteen years ago by Jackie Bushman, Buckmasters prides itself on disseminating hunting information that its members can put to good use. After fifteen years of heading up Buckmasters and hosting the nationally acclaimed Buckmasters television series, Jackie Bushman has picked up a wealth of information on whitetail hunting. And now, for...
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As World War I rages around the globe, Chan Beebe and his young bride, Elizabeth, take a steamer to Angola and trek the ancient slave trails there in search of coveted petroleum to fuel the Allies' war machine. They find a brutal continent, where death, cannibalism, and deadly fevers are commonplace. Like the hypnotic beat of a tribal drum, Beebe draws readers deep into the bush, where the expedition encounters deadly denizens, both animal and human....
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The Boone and Crockett Club is pleased to present a collection of 43 short stories recounting the adventures for some of the most outstanding native North American big game trophies ever taken. All of these stories appeared in Boone and Crockett Awards books and were handpicked for the special way in which each hunter captured the essence of their hunting experiences, including their tenacity, their ethics, and their respect for the game hunted. Legendary...
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For almost three decades, John E. Phillips has fooled with turkeys, been fooled by turkeys, fooled a few turkeys and been made a fool of by many turkeys. Phillips became a turkey hunter by learning from the masters of the sport. He has gathered information for his newspaper columns, magazine articles and books on the outdoors for the past 20 years. The award-winning author of nine other books, including "The Masters' Secrets of Deer Hunting," Phillips...
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With the aid of superb line artworks, the SAS and Elite Forces Handbook: Hunting demonstrates the core skills involved in being a self-reliant hunter. From tracking large game to shooting wild pheasant, this book is the essential guide to finding, killing and surviving off animals in the wild. The book offers useful tips on a vast array of topics, including laying traps, building your own weapons, deciphering tracks, skinning and butchering your kill,...
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Deer hunting for the clueless provides some of the most up to date information on deer hunting for the novice, beginning hunter or even the most seasoned professional. It provides an insight into the tips, tactics and trade secrets that the most seasoned of professionals do not wish you to know without paying for their services and their expertise. It provides us all with an even playing field in the woods hunting these elusive creatures and will...
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