Get the Ted Trueblood Hunting Treasury. Even the instructional chapters (actually articles) are told in an artful storytelling kind of way. I am reading it now, and every chapter is an absolute treat. They just don't write many articles like that anymore.
I will say that grabbing and reading old outdoor magazines is fun, but some of the writing is bland, uninspiring, and sounds like ad copy. This is similar to today's magazines, although I agree with John that the article as an infomercial concept has gotten worse.
