Favorite Hunting/Conservation/Outdoor Type Book

Salmo trutta · 12-08-2005, 12:22 PM

With all the Favorite "Hunting Shows" and "Hook and Bullet" rag posts that have been going on. I thought it fitting to ask the question of:

What are some favorite Hunting/Conservation/Outdoor books that everyone has ever read?

I personally have a quite a long list but I would have to say a couple of my favorites are:

"Heart's Blood" and "A Hunter's Heart" by David Petersen

ehunter · 12-08-2005, 12:41 PM

I have read inserts from his book a Hunters Heart and it is on my list of need to read what other books have you read that you would recomend?

Ni! · 12-08-2005, 12:50 PM

Anything by Capstick. (Death in the Long Grass, etc.)

Ni!

Salmo trutta · 12-08-2005, 03:43 PM

"Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter" by Theodore Roosevelt

sliverpicker · 12-08-2005, 03:57 PM

Bowhunting Alaska's Wild River's by Jay Massey

Some of Jack O'Conner's books I read every couple of years.

I have the whole series of Capstick's classics. Love that stuff!

These are more Oregon history then hunting/outdoor related, but the "Thunder Over the Ochoco" series by Gale Ontko are my favorites. I read them every winter!

Another book I plan on re-reading this winter is "The Oregon Desert", by E.R.Jackman & R.A.Long

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duckboy · 12-08-2005, 06:38 PM

As a duckhunter, Probably the finest things I have ever read have been in the book "Big December Canvasbacks"

It has some outstanding stories of hunting down in the same places I have hunted, and he tells a good story.

I guess you could say that it is my "Birdhunting Bible".

Salmo trutta · 12-08-2005, 06:48 PM

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These are more Oregon history then hunting/outdoor related, but the "Thunder Over the Ochoco" series by Gale Ontko are my favorites. I read them every winter!
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The Thunder Over the Ochoco series are great books. I have to agree. I read them twice!!

j24m · 12-08-2005, 07:36 PM

A great post. As I look at my books by Robert Ruark ,John Madson, Madson's book WHERE THE SKY BEGAN is a great book about the tallgrass praire John Madsons son Chris is the editor of WYOMING WILDLIFE magazine. Never over look the books by the great sportsman ZANE GREY. His westerns gave him the money to fish the world. Look at TALES OF SOUTHERN RIVERS , TALES OF FISHING VIRGIN SEAS or TALES OF TAHITIAN WATERS great books. What a life he had. But the NUMBER ONE OUTDOOR BOOK and a must read for any one who loves to fish,hunt,hike or any thing outdoors is A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC by ALDO LEOPOLD. Aldo Leopold was a great conservationists. He also loved to hunt and fish. I hope some of you will take a look at A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC I read this book each year. J

Salmo trutta · 12-08-2005, 08:58 PM

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But the NUMBER ONE OUTDOOR BOOK and a must read for any one who loves to fish,hunt,hike or any thing outdoors is A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC by ALDO LEOPOLD. Aldo Leopold was a great conservationists. He also loved to hunt and fish. I hope some of you will take a look at A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC I read this book each year. J

If everyone who bought a hunting/fishing license was required to read a "Sand County Almanac" before hand, Hunting and Fishing and wildlife and habitat in this country would be much better off. IMHO!!

Thanks for bringing this book to light. I have this in my library and have read it several times. An excellent choice!

Cheers

Tony Heckard

duckdog310 · 12-08-2005, 09:11 PM

A big +1 to Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. One of the finest works of literature ever.

I'd also recommend The Undiscovered Fishing Stories of Zane Grey. That's one of my favorite books as well.

j24m · 12-09-2005, 05:14 AM

Just finished reading the December chapter. I start out each month by reading Aldo Leopolds view of that month from his farm. I have started each month that way since 1966 and I never get tired of this ritual. I think it helps me continue to understand what I see when i'm in the woods or on a stream. It's cold here temp below 0 but I think I will have to get out for a short hike today. I read that book and I just have to get outside.

j24m · 12-09-2005, 05:29 AM

duckdog I have read that book. Very good reading. I think you would like THE CRUSE OF THE FISHERMAN by Romer Grey. This is a fun book. Just dream of being Zane's son and being told to bring a friend along get out of school and go on your dad's three masted schooner down the coast to south america for 5 or 6 months of fishing. This is Romer's story of that trip. One must also remember that many places thay fished had never seen any one sport fish. What a life. Find the book read it and just dream. I do every time I read the book. J