Hunting Books

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In A Rough Shooting Dog, Charles Fergus made me think: about nature, about hunting, about dogs, about birth and death and the cycles of life. Most importantly, he reminded me of the simple joy I had as a child when I experienced the sights, sounds and smells of nature. Thanks, Charles, I'm about to hit 40......and I had almost forgotten.

Those of us who hunt over dogs love our dogs. Few of us can articulate that love as well as Mr. Fergus has done in this book. Gracefully written, sensitive, honest, and plainly passionate, this is a book you'll want to read slowly. To read it quickly would only mean coming to its end too soon. A keeper.

Albert Marrin's SAVING THE BUFFALO charts the buffalo's near extinction and decline, from its initial position as the most common large land animal in North America to its decline to less than 1,000 creatures. Chapters provide many different explanations to this decline - all of which are based on human activities, both Native and white, and show efforts of early conservationists have saved it for future generations. In a world laden with negatives it's refreshing to find a natural history which shows positive changes CAN be made.

You are an author. You have decided to write two non-fiction children's books on two entirely different animals: rats and buffalos. As such, you will need to devote just as much energy to one as to the other. The rat book, one might assume, is relatively easy. Rats (as found in the book, "Oh Rats: The Story of Rats and People") are disgusting/fascinating creatures that lend themselves to interesting writing. And then there are the buffalo to consider. Unlike rats, buffalo might seem a much more difficult subject. A lesser author might quail at the thought of producing a 128 page lushly illustrated, meticulously cited, and FUN book recounting the history of this King of the Plains. You, however, are Albert Marrin and you've got skills (as they say in the biz). So lo and behold this is the result: "Saving the Buffalo", by Albert Marrin. More interesting than it has any right to be, Marrin skillfully tells not only the tale of what a buffalo was and how it was saved, but also how they fit into the plain's ecological balance alongside the larger implications of their near disappearance.

Things you might not have known about the buffalo prior to reading this book:

1. The removal of the buffalo from the plains contributed significantly to the Dust Bowl of the 30s.

2. Wild buffalo have terrible eyesight, a great sense of smell, and won't mind if a human comes up to them on all fours wearing a wolf's skin.

3. Teddy Roosevelt and the ASPCA played a large part in the return of the buffalo to the wild.

And on and on it goes. Marrin pulls fact after fact about the buffalo out of his hat, all the while doing so within the structure of the story. Basically, the book begins by giving you a little background on buffalo basics. What they look like, how much they eat, their mating habits, size, etc. Two separate chapters then discuss how different tribes of Native Americans hunted buffalo, and this part is truly engrossing. The section on Native Americans before the introduction of horses to America and how they hunted buffalo is meticulous. We learn about trading routes between the agricultural Hopi and other Pueblo people and how they contributed to the nomadic plains Indians diet. We see elaborate and incredibly well thought out buffalo jumps, such as the Head-Smashed-In World Heritage Site. And THEN we find out what it was like when horses came to America and everything changed. After that it's two chapters, one called "The War On the Buffalo" and "Saving the Buffalo", which are fairly self-explanatory. There's a distinct structure to the book, but it allows for all kinds of tidbits and remarkable illustrations to dot the text the whole way through.

Actually, as much as I would like to credit Marrin only with superb writing, his illustration choices are just as impressive. In full-color prints we see great paintings of the buffalo in their prime by people like John Mix Stanley, Meyer Straus, and of course George Catlin. Photographs of buffalo today illustrate their bone structure, the difference between female buffalo and male, and the look of a herd as it moves. Then we have photos from the height of the war against the buffalo. Shocking photographs like that of three "sportsmen" standing in front of at least twenty-two taxidermied buffalo heads, to say nothing of the mountain of buffalo skulls later in the book, drill home the wastefulness that came with the destruction of the "Lord of the Plains".

Just the level of detail Marrin has taken with his book elicits respect. He spots his children's non-fiction book with endnotes, something more authors should consider taking the time to do. In addition to this, there is also a Glossary, a list of books containing further information (both for "young people" AND "adults") as well as a much needed list of reliable Web Sites, and an Index. When Marrin shows an image of native hunters impounding buffalo, he notes that the engraving "combines fact and fiction". The picture displays the "pound" close to a native village. Says the caption, "With their keen sense of smell, the buffalo would have easily detected the village and run away." Well noted, sir.

There is an odd moment at the beginning of the book where Marrin seems to feel obligated to note every single way a buffalo could have died, aside from at the hands of man. As such, Marrin recounts seasonal changes, thin ice, quicksand, mud, lightning, fire, wolves, and stampedes with perhaps an unhealthy interest. All that aside, this is one of the foremost non-fiction titles of 2006 and a heckuva good read to boot. Kids will find it interesting, adults will find it informative, and people who are entirely picture oriented will be able to take something from it as well. Great great stuff.

I have known Conrad for many years. He is a masterful story-teller and this book is his defining work. Not only is this book entertaining, but it has a connectivity with its readers that's very rare. An absolute joy to read. Highly recommended.

I have read this book, and it is great. It's a collection of short stories about hunting and fishing, most of which have a comical ending. The best part about the book is that it is all non-fiction. I know that for a fact. Vollertsen was my high school English teacher but, I've known him since I was a kid. I have been on hunting and fishing trips with Conrad and you just couldn't make this kinda stuff up. I've heard Conrad tell hundreds of stories over the years and I would love to see another book.

In Leon Measure's excellent book and DVD the student is taken from the basics of safety through proficiency with a shotgun. This product provides a building block approach to becoming the wingshooter you always wanted to be. Beginners will benefit by learning a repeatable, consistent method of shooting moving targets. Experienced shooters can benefit by experiencing a proven technique for repeatable success. This book/DVD will help overcome such mental and technical faults as:

-Overthinking (Paralysis by analysis or trying to consciously think WHILE shooting. Do that thinking at the appropriate time.)
-Inconsistent gun mount
-Failure to follow through after the shot
-Lack of practice

The product becomes not only an excellent training document but a valuable reference tool as well.

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Unbelievably simple and straightforward instruction will really have you shooting where you look in as little as 10 minutes a day for 2 weeks. You will wipe your friends eye on the skeet range or out hunting. Simple effective system, that really works! DVD is a huge help over just the book; Leon makes it so much more understandable and includes many points that are not covered in the DVD. NO BB-gun is required with the new program, so get it now and learn to SHOOT WHERE YOU LOOK .... If I can, You can (Leon's Trademark saying!)

Barsness has written the best current overview of shotguns for hunting: not sporting clays, trap, etc. He is not aligned nor does he show a marked prejudice for a particular type of shotgun like the side by side which is so prevalent today. He explains the advantages and downsides of various guns and does a particularly good job on the very important, if not vital, subject of stock design and fit. Although I think you can find much of this information elsewhere, Barsness brings it together in a very concise format and cuts through the "poppycock." Plus, the photos are great!

Fantastic book overall!! Topics covered include side by side to autoloaders to various kinds of ammo for all types of birds. Great read from an honest author!

This is a really good book

This is a good book written by a hunting guru. It covers all the essentials of hunting big game, from equipment (caliber selection, rifle selection, slings, scopes, packs, etc), training (zeroing the rifle, firing from field positions) and special situations (firing at running game, firing at steep angles up and down, etc).

Beginning hunters should get this book to come up to speed on all aspects of hunting, knowledge that would otherwise take years to acquire by hanging out at the range. Experienced hunters may find some of this book very basic, but can also find holes in their knowledge, things that they never knew. I, for example, found the chapter "Solving Mystery Misses" very helpful - I now have a theory on how I missed an easy shot on a buffalo in North Dakota once!

Overall, I think this book is a good way to get grounded in the fundamentals, and makes a good reference manual.

This is the true success bible that others just copy. It has helped me understand what happens at work and how to succeed.

This is not "How to Make a Lebenty-Leben Billion Dollars By Tomorrow Morning at 9:00 am" What it is, however, is an intelligent approach towards achieving success. Note that Success according to Scheele is not equal to making a lot of money. If you agree, buy it!

But I read the whole book, and thoroughly enjoyed every chapter in it. Swindle reveals some good and bad attributes about living in the South, and finding political refuge in literary and other hard-drinking circles. Having lived and worked in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Georgia, I couldn't agree more with his prognosis and descriptions. I'll have to find some more of his work. This is a great read.
And the chapter on hog hunting was pretty decent.

You may go to college,you may go to school,you may drive a black Cadillac,don't be nobodys fool.-Elvis Presley '55 I've been trying to write this for the past 2 mos. It,s really a crime our southern culture has been packaged and sold. It's like buying red-hots at Wal-Mart.The Hot-Shots finally did it. They bought our sports,music,food and writers.Our damned culture for Christ-sake. Wrapped it up, in a neat package, sold man. Lock- stock and barrel for the allmighty dollar. Thank God, for one of the last,outlaw southern writers. A gentleman, and reporter.A man that brings us the essence of the dying breed.Michael D.Swindle, will always be a true original. I love him. When it,s gone it,s gone.