Advanced Whitetail Hunting (The Complete Hunter)

Advanced Whitetail Hunting (The Complete Hunter) Review

The diligent hunter, who finds his buck and learns its territory and habits before hunting season opens, has a huge advantage over other hunters.This helpful resource is filled with detailed illustrations, charts, maps, and hundreds of color photos to show you how to outwit wary bucks.

The main difference between this book and others, is that Advanced Whitetail Hunting contains secrets from some of North America's most successful trophy buck hunters. If you're tired of average deer and want to set your sights on a record-book buck -- this book is for you.

Learn how to eliminate human odors that give you away. Find out what special areas you can hunt that most casual hunters will avoid, leaving the big deer for you. See how to lure a mature deer with rattling, calling and decoying.

The photos and illustrations show you the techniques that will take your hunting to the next level.

The Best of Fishing, Hunting, Camping, and Boating in Missouri: Tips from an Outdoor Enthusiast

The Best of Fishing, Hunting, Camping, and Boating in Missouri: Tips from an Outdoor Enthusiast Review

 

In The Best of Fishing, Hunting, Camping, and Boating in Missouri, Charlie Farmer, an avid outdoorsman and the author of Unspoiled Beauty: A Personal Guide to Missouri Wilderness, provides the reader with some excellent tips for making the most of the four major outdoor nature activities that are available in Missouri. He also shares many of the fascinating adventures he has had during a lifetime of participating in his favorite pastimes.

Fishing—Learn about Missouri’s premier fishing lakes; trout parks and their locations; how to catch bass and bluegill; fishing for muskies; the best time to fish; the right and wrong way to catch a fish; night fishing; which fishing lures work best; the proper fishing lines to use; tips for fishing with kids; and what to include in a tackle box.

 

Hunting—Learn the best locations for hunting; the optimal habitat for deer, turkey, and squirrels; the different species of ducks and geese and their characteristics; how to field dress birds and waterfowl; about hunting dogs and various hunting clubs; and read about the author’s hunting experiences, first with his dad and, later, with his own son.

Camping—Find out which camping companies are best and where the ultimate camping spots are located. Learn about camping checklists and safety tips; the history of camping equipment; sources for camping information; rules of public land; and camping in winter. Farmer also includes a listing of the national and state lands in Missouri and information on the recreational opportunities they offer.     

Boating—Discover the vital role that boats, canoes, and houseboats play in enhancing the splendor of the streams and lakes and learn boating safety tips. Read about Farmer’s own frightening experience on Table Rock Lake during a terrible storm.

 

Clearly written and very readable, The Best of Fishing, Hunting, Camping, and Boating in Missouri is an informative and useful book for all of the outdoor-lovers in the Show-Me State and surrounding areas. 

Training the Hunting Retriever: The New Program

Training the Hunting Retriever: The New Program Review

America's foremost gun dog authority and pioneer of the hunting retriever movement offers an expert text for hunters who wish to develop a naturally performing retriever able to collect both birds and trophies.

Trout Fishing in the UK and Ireland: Techniques and Tactics

Trout Fishing in the UK and Ireland: Techniques and Tactics Review

A must for dedicated trout anglers everywhere

Compares and explains the many subtle differences in flies, tactics, and techniques used across the British Isles

Anglers enjoy a huge, rich diversity of trout fishing throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. With this book, her fifth for Swan Hill Press, Lesley Crawford sets out to explain in detail how differing local trout tactics have evolved and just why these specialist skills remain so successful. There is a great deal of difference between taking a traditional drift on a vast Irish lough and threading a dry fly through the lush greenery of an English chalkstream, from stalking elusive Welsh sewin to making the best of Scottish mayfly fishing. A must-have for the internationally traveling fly fisher.

Predator Hunting: Proven Strategies That Work From East to West

Predator Hunting: Proven Strategies That Work From East to West Review

A complete guide to hunting coyotes, foxes, cougars, and other predators, with proven tactics and strategies.

Drawing on his years of experience, well-known hunter, writer, and television personality Ron Spomer provides valuable information on how to call a variety of predators into range; how to choose rifles, scopes, bullets, shotguns, and shells; how to use decoys and predator calls effectively; how to set up in the field; how to use weather to your advantage; and much more. 12 color photographs; 100 black & white photographs

The Sporting Life: A Passion for Hunting and Fishing

The Sporting Life: A Passion for Hunting and Fishing Review

The only complete illustrated history of the American sporting tradition records the story of Americans' relationship to and reverence for the land and its bounty. The Sporting Life features stories of sportsmen and women; photographs of sporting activities, homes, clubs, kennels, stables, cabins, and lodges; and a directory of dealers, fishing schools, museums, and memorabilia. Illustrations.

Secrets of Successful Turkey Hunting (Outdoor Classics Field Guide series)

Secrets of Successful Turkey Hunting (Outdoor Classics Field Guide series) Review

Expert tips, techniques, and strategies for successful hunting, including 50 black-and-white photographs.