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Step into the world of waterfowl hunting with Duck Blinds I Have Known: The Life and Times of a Tried and True Duck Hunter, a captivating audiobook that takes listeners on a journey through 55 years of outdoor adventure, wisdom, and humor. Written and narrated by seasoned hunter Donny McElvoy, this audiobook offers a unique blend of storytelling, practical hunting tips, and laugh-out-loud anecdotes from countless early mornings in the duck blind.

My own long experience of African hunting told me at once that every word in this thrilling narrative was absolutely true. Nay more: I knew that the author had told his story in a most modest manner, laying but little stress on the dangers he had run when sitting up at nights to try and compass the death of the terrible man-eaters, especially on that one occasion when whilst watching from a very light scaffolding, supported only by four rickety poles, he was himself stalked by one of the dread beasts.

Understanding behavioral patterns is crucial for avid hunters seeking to improve their success rates while hunting whitetail dee. This book gets into these patterns along with various factors such as season, weather, habitat conditions, and social dynamics within deer populations.

A sports psychiatrist teams up with an expert competitive marksman and hunter to strengthen hunting and shooting skills. On Target: Shooting with Confidence promotes the mental and physical training of shooting and the responsible, safe use of firearms. Dr. Fuller, a nearly normal psychiatrist, turns his psychotherapy talent to getting the best performance from hunters and other sharpshooters. Trey Lanier is an expert competitive marksman and hunter. Sharpshooters benefit from finding their best mental zone.

Outdoor writer Mike Arnold takes us on an impressionistic journey through Coutada 11, a once again magnificent natural area in Mozambique's Zambeze Delta. Mike leads us from its poached-out days as a source of bush meat for starving villagers and civil war military troops to the arrival in the early '90s of hunting outfitter Mark Haldane and his partners, on their often perilous, sometimes hilarious, travails to take the defiled and uninhabitable place and make it whole again.

Gunlore, for better or worse, is a powerful and pervasive method of self-expression. In examining the folklore around these controversial and politically charged tools, weapons, and symbols, we can begin to understand the aspects of American culture that will remain prominent for the foreseeable future.

Crossing the wild water was crazy, I knew, but I had a desperate need to bag the buck.

The Ultimate Hunters Wild Game Cookbook Guide is a first-of-its-kind treasure trove of more than 200 easy and simple mouthwatering recipes that will elevate your cooking game and transform the way you enjoy popular North American animals. This cookbook is the definitive guide to mastering the art of cooking wild game the native way!

In his fourth book about his life as a state game warden, Wasserman writes about his experiences tracking down wildlife poachers from the city streets of Philadelphia to the rugged mountains of northern Pennsylvania. Join him as he encounters some of the most unpredictable—and interesting characters under the sun. Track of the Poacher contains eight of his most memorable tales to date. In A Question of Proof two hunters are discovered with a trophy ten-point buck. They seem like easy-going fellas and admit to using illegal bait to lure the deer onto their property.

As a new archery hunter, it was on one of my earliest white tail deer hunting trips that led to an unexpected sighting. This, in turn, led to a hunting trip that three south Mississippi boys never expected to take. And the outcome of that hunting trip was not at all what they anticipated.

Maybe you need further assistance or advice about guns. You haven't experienced shooting or even holding a gun, and decided you'll have one.Whether you are a new gun owner or a skillful hunter with experience with guns, this book will still be of help to you.

Hunting: You've Got to Be Kidding! is a wonderful true story about a man with a dream. Written by Kevin A. Dettler, it is a humorous and emotional story of his endeavor to achieve what only 120 hunters in the world had accomplished. The book takes you through a chronological order of years as the author hunts all the big game species that call North America home. You will be entertained as the book's focus dwells not on the hunting, but on the mental processes associated with hunting trophy big game animals. Best of all are the many humorous "you've got to be kidding" moments!

Brent Alan Henderson understands what makes men tick, how to capture and hold their attention, and how to move them to action. Bunk next to Brent as he’s stranded in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness with hungry brown bears circling his tent. Ride along as storms and riptides thrash his rubber Zodiac, trying to dump you both into the icy depths of Alaska’s Cook Inlet. Sit at his campfire on the remote African plains, listening to roaring lions on the hunt.

This marvelous collection features stories from some of America’s finest and most respected writers about every outdoorsman’s favorite and most loyal hunting partner: his dog. For the first time, the stories of acclaimed writers such as Richard Ford, Tom Brokaw, Howell Raines, Rick Bass, Sydney Lea, Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane, Phil Caputo, and Chris Camuto come together in one collection. Hunters and non-hunters alike will recognize in these poignant tales the universal aspects of owning dogs.

Often rat traps are only used for removing rats from your home, but they are just so much more than a "rat" trap. They can trap small game of all kinds. Squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, opossums, groundhogs, birds, shrews, and rats (duh!) are just some of the animals that rat traps can trap. If you are an avid trapper to a city dweller this book will teach you to trap properly with a rat trap!

Deer hunting may be easy to watch for most of the people who are fond of observing the intricacies of the activity. However, this is actually really complicated because of the prolonged preparation and precise execution of techniques that you eventually need to master in the long run.

Hunting is an essential natural skill for human survival, but at the same time, it's so much more than that. Besides teaching us about the natural world, the resilient wildlife species that inhabit it, and food awareness, hunting is an excellent hobby or even profession through which we can acquire and improve a few virtues, such as patience, respect, ethics, confidence, responsibility, and emotional control. Renowned hunter and Native Indian Pat Gatz will take you on a magnificent journey through the hunting world that will provide you with a unique learning experience.

This is a short book that was written for anyone with an interest in making their own weapons for hunting, fishing, and self-defense when surviving in the wild. All the eight weapons described in this book can be made inexpensively and easily, both for the die-hard survivalists, and the average camper who wants to be able to catch their own food and protect themselves if necessary. As you'll learn, there are many different make weapons for hunting, fishing, and self-defense.

One dog gets lost in the desert of New Mexico, and a frantic search goes on for more than a week. One old campaigner hunts the mountains of Southern Arizona like he's a bulletproof three-year-old again - right to the point of a 30-feet fall off a rock face. One old girl proves intelligence and desire can make up for lost youth. All these stories and more will get your heart pumping, your head nodding in agreement, and may even wet your eyes occasionally.

In bow hunting, being at full draw is the height of adventure, the moment when you're poised to take your best shot. Hunting enthusiasts and popular Discovery Channel personalities David and Karin Holder believe you can live the same way you hunt - at full draw, excited, and ready for whatever God has in store for you.