Shooting Books

Totally awesome book. This guy knows his stuff and is interesting to read. Love the authentic photography.

Illustrated with gorgeous black-and-white color photographs and the occasional painting, Duck Hunting on the Fox: Hunting & Decoy-Carving Traditions by duck hunter and decoy maker Stephen M. Miller is a wonderful celebration of the pastime of duck hunting with decoys and other techniques along the Fox River of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Miller deftly demonstrates his love of the sport and vividly recounts his experiences hunting ducks on the Fox since the 1930s. Duck Hunting On The Fox is enthusiastically recommended as an engaging collection of anecdotes about the joy of waterfowling, and would make an excellent giftbook for those who truly love the sport.

I bought Wade Bourne's Decoy book two years ago and it changed the way I hunt ducks...and geese. I've been able to lure more birds within shooting range, and have been able to pull out a few new tricks when conditions change, or when my favorite methods fail. This new book is just as good as his first...and even a veteran duck hunter like myself will learn newer and better ways to hunt puddle ducks.If you're just getting into the sport, or if you'd like to improve your hunting, buy this book!

I've never hunted diving ducks or sea ducks, per se, except for the incidental ones I shot while targeting puddle ducks. I just didn't know enough about where to go and how to target bluebills, canvasbacks, redheads, eiders, you name it. So this book was a godsend to me. I bought another book that touched on the subject last year. But this book has all the details you need to get out there and do it. I can't to start hunting these big-water ducks next season.

Restrained, yet both moving and powerful, this book tells the tale of one of Scotland's most horrible tragedies. On Wednesday 13 March 1996, in Dunblane Primary School, sixteen children and their teacher were murdered by a gun wielding madman. Author Mick North, whose daughter Sophie was one of the victims, analyses the events leading up to the attack. He then examines the social and political effects of the tragedy from his own unique perspective.

Mick begins by providing the background to his own life, from age twenty-seven up to the tragedy. He talks about his courtship and marriage to his wife Barbara, the birth of their only child Sophie, .... He also examines the conflicted attitude of the Dunblane community towards the grief of the victim's families, and considers the issue of gun control on a more global scale.

North's analysis of events is very thorough. He leave virtually no stone unturned in his quest for the truth. The incompetence, ignorance and downright arrogance of some of the people he discusses leave the reader bewildered at times, but he is never less than fair.

Running through all this is a strong emotional thread and he talks in a very honest and restrained way about the feelings of both himself and the other bereaved families, who found themselves in a situation they never had any right to expect. He never gushes about his feelings, which makes what he writes all the more touching.

The final words of the book, addressed to his much-missed daughter, are heart-rending.

A brilliant, but very painful read.

This is the essential resource for anyone interested in all aspects of upland shooting. Norris is probably best known as an old school gentleman wingshooter; this book shows how upland shooting is done right. It is interesting to note how Norris's method of wingshooting as practiced in the countryside around Philadelphia stands in stark contrast to the market duck hunting that was practiced just to the south on the Chesapeake. This book will also interest dog lovers (it contains descriptions of various breeds and general dog-care instruction). Norris was a doctor by training and this is apparent in his method of writing. He conveys clear accurate technical information. But behind all the technical information is an implicit lesson, that of fair chase. In the modern era, very few hunters can articulate this concept; and it is all but lost on the general public.

Mr. Gaultney has crafted a truely genius story. Riveting. I was mesmerized from the git-go!

As a fairly new but ever eager student in the field of Early Modern military drill and tactics, I was told Exercise of Armes was a must. Indeed I've seen several other editions out there as well as being able to find all the illustrative plates online, so I was anxious after ordering. Upon receiving the thing in the mail though, I was happy to see over-sized and quality papered pages. The preface essay was instructive and the further readings recommended were heartily appreciated as I had not heard of several. All in all, a quality paperback worth every penny and a welcome addition to my Rennaisance Warfare library.

Warren Thompson is a friend of mine. I contributed information for his books. In Chapter 5 there is mention of my encounter with a MIG15& I jettioned my Tip Tanks to be more maneuverable & my wingman told me that the MIG on my tail flew Into the tanks. This was never confirmed but so what I got back to K-14 (Kimpo)in one piece. Warren got with pilots like me who flew 100 combat missions to be authentic & not full of stories. He is a Historian & an excellent author. His Chapters regarding F-80Cs deals with the pilots flying Fighter Bomber missions. These pilots along with F-84 pilots took the brunt of combat losses. They did not have easy missions. I lost many friends.

Francis W. Meyer, Major USAF Retired

Interesting, smart, and deep book. Dr. Webber does an extraordinary job explaining how school violence is an expected response of young men and women when facing a society and a political system that does not provide them with tools and/or channels of political communication and participation in their schools, towns, states, country, and even international system. Dr. Webber also applies the "containment policy" practiced by the US government (in domestic and foreign policy terms) to the analysis of school violence. Anyone interested in violence, government, curriculum theory, education, and youth politics must buy this book.