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What else to add or read?
Book of the Rifle Carmichael
The Modern Rifle Carmichael
Hunting the Whitetail Deer Tom Hayes
Game Loads and Practical Ballistics Bob Hagel
The Game Rifle Hagel
Handloading for Hunters Zutz
Hunting Moments of Truth Peper and Rikhoff
Whitetail Mathis
The Deer Hunter's Guide Sell
The American Deer Hunter Sell
The Deer Book Underwood
The Hunter's Shooting Guide O'Connor
Hunting the Whitetail Deer Russell Tinsley
Anthology of Hunting Adventures
Outdoor Life Deer Hunting Book
Advanced Deer Hunting Weiss
Shots at Whitetail Koller
The Whitetail Deer Guide Ken Heuser
How to Hunt Deer Freeman (my Dad's from his youth)
Outdoor Life Sportsman's Encyclopedia
The Rifle Book O'Connor
Hunting Big Game O'Connor
The Hunting Rifle O'Connor
Complete Book of Shooting O'Connor
Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns O'Connor (Dad's)
Outdoor Life Sportsman's Arms and Ammunition Manual
Hunting Our Medium Size Game Ormand
Complete Book of Hunting Ormand
"The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's." Mark Twain
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers
"The more I know about people, the more I like my dog." Mark Twain
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Gun Digest books from the day. Readily available on ebay for not much money..
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"My lost wilderness" by Ralph young."hell I was there" by Elmer Keith, any books by Walter bell on Africa. You sure don't have to be interested in hunting in Africa to enjoy these African hunting books. They are very interesting reading, the ones from the old days anyway. recollections of William Finaughty. The saga of Wally Johnson by capstick.
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The all-time best. Often called the Hunters Bible. The Still Hunter by T.S. Van Dyke.
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Even the Last Six by Bob Bell.
Elmer Keith and Jim Carmichael are in the stories.
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I have found many of Craig Boddington's books to be very informative.
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You cannot solve a problem at the same level of awareness that created it - Einstein
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I have found many of Craig Boddington's books to be very informative. Boddington can write... and drink...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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I agree re Boddington. I have American Hunting Rifles which he has since updated. I have several Barsness books as well.
The Still Hunter is one to get.
"The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's." Mark Twain
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." Will Rogers
"The more I know about people, the more I like my dog." Mark Twain
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The Hunter's Rifle by Clay Harvey
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Guns and Gunning by Captain Paul A. Curtis
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The Old Man and the Boy, Robert Roark
Sixguns by Keith
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The Ted Trueblood Hunting Treasury
How to Get Out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month by George Herter...not technically a hunting book but it is an eclectic read.
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The Hunter's Rifle by Clay Harvey +1
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"On Your Own in the Wilderness" by Townsend Whelen and Bradford Angier and several other books by Brad Angier.
Hang on to your memories; they're better than the real thing ever was - Joe Sherlock
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The Hunter's Rifle by Clay Harvey +1 +2 for sure!
Thanks to Steelhead (and shaman!) for reminding me of this book.I gave my copy to a teenager growing up in a non-hunting & non-shooting family, and it is about time I replaced my copy! I just searched Amazon, and there are good used copies for about $US 6 (yes, six bucks including shipping, which I find hard to believe!) LINK to buy at AmazonCopies of the book which are still ok but missing the dust jacket seem to start about 2 bucks including shipping (how can they make any money after shipping with a price that low?  John
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The Hunter's Rifle by Clay Harvey Curious you should mention Clay Harvey without noting he was long ago exposed as a phony.
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Mister Rifleman by Townsend Whelen,The Shotgun Stock by Robert Arthur.titles by Don Zutz, George Nonte,Skeeter Skelton.
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How to Hunt Wolves - Adolph Balls
Art of Successful Deer Hunting -Francis E. Sell (Classic)
Hunting the Whitetail Deer - Norm Nelson
The Art of Hunting Big Game in North America - Jack O'Connor
Hunting America's Game Animals & Birds. A collection articles by Winchester Press.
Some of the authors: Erwin Bauer, Fred Bear, Bob Bell, Les Bowman, Pete Brown, Jim Carmichel, Byron Dalrymple, Charles Elliot, Grits Gresham, Bob Hagel, John Jobson, Pete Kuhlhof, Jack O'Connor, David Petzel, Bert Popowski, Jerome Robinson, Leonard Lee Rue III, Frances Sell, Norman Strung, John Wooters.
The Rifle Book - Jack O'Connor
The Shotgun Book - Jack O'Connor
The Hunter's Shooting Guide - Jack O'Connor
Jack O'Connor's Gun Book
Outdoor Life's - Deer Hunting Book - Authors: Jack O'Connor, Ben East, Erwin Bauer, Archibld Rutledge, Charles Elliot, Byron Dalrymple, Clyde Ormond, Norm Nelson, Jr..
The Accurate Rifle - Warren Page
The Big Game Animals of North America - Jack O'Connor
The Book of Rifles - W. H. B, Smith & Joseph E. Smith
Complete Guide to Handloading - Philip B. Sharpe
Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders, Volume I & II - Parker O. Ackley
Yours Truly - Harvey Donaldson
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Man Eaters of India--Jim Corbett
Months of the Sun--Ian Nyschens
All of Russell Annabel' books
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The Hunter's Rifle by Clay Harvey Curious you should mention Clay Harvey without noting he was long ago exposed as a phony. I've gone on record here as supporting Harvey's work regardless of Harvey's shenanigans. Nowadays, you can find a copy of Harvey's book used, so you won't be giving Clay a dime to pick it up and read it. Truth of it is, most of what Harvey wrote was apocryphal, but true in a greater sense. For about a decade, I kept my copy of the Hunter's Rifle by my bed and whenever somebody wrote about a chambering or a rifle I didn't know, I'd pick up Harvey and read what he had to say about it. Harvey was my introduction to rifles like the Savage 99, and chamberings like 35 Whelen. This was in a day before the Internet and it was long before my relationship with the 24 Hour Campfire. It took until about a decade ago for me to find out there was such controversy over this guy. Yes, a lot of what he wrote about rifles was hearsay from other writers. Yes, a lot of the rifles he claimed to own were misappropriated loaners. Yes, he was probably a dastard. I did not know him, but a lot of folks here did and despised him.
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