My wife is starting to ask what I'd like for christmas this year, and like any good consumer I pretty well buy whatever I want when I decide I want it.
But I got to thinking after christmas my field exploits should be winding down a bit and I'll have more down time. Maybe, I thought, I should give her a list of books (trad shooting/hunting related) to get me.
I've read G Fred Asbell's series, and TJ Connors Trsditional Bowhunters Handbook, and Fred Bear's Field notes and the Masters of the Barebow series DVDs.
What other books would be on your top 5 reads?
I'd say Bows on the Little Delta by Glenn St Charles is a must. Also From the Den of the Old Bowhunter by Chet Stevenson is another favorite. Of the newer books, I also really enjoyed Once Upon a Tine by Barry Wensel.
I loved "Longbows in the far North"
But am also intersted in more.
Longbows In The Far North by E. Donnall Thomas
A Thousand Campfires by Jay Massey
Hunting Rutting Whitetails by Gene Wensel
Anything about Fred Bear
The complete Fred Bear DVD collection
Bowhunting Alaska's wild rivers by Jay Massey
"And the Horse you Rode In on" by the Wensels is not strictly all bowhunting, but it is hilarious.
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Bowhunting Alaska's wild rivers by Jay Massey
Tell your wife to start looking now with a full wallet. :)
A Thousand Campfires
To All Things a Season
A Sand County Almanac
Those are 3 that come to mind real fast.
One With the Wilderness by Mike Mitten
Once Upon a Tine by Barry Wense
Buckskin and Bone by Gene Wensel
The Best of TBM
Trailing a Bear by Bob Munger--great book from Fred's rh man--camera guy, back up gun and great bowhunter in his own right.
Check out Dave Petersen's books, man made of elk etc...
One with the Wilderness - Mike Mitten
Once Upon a Tine - Barry Wensel
Anything by Gene Wensel
Anything by Roger Rothhaar (his son Ryan is also on this site) and can put you in contact with him, that's how I got mine.
Any of the Fred Bear books
Bows on the Little Delta - Glenn St.Charles
There are more........but these are all of the ones that I have read.
Winterhawk1960
Longbow Country by E. Donnall Thomas
Longbow's in the Far North by E. Donnall Thomas
Bows on the Little Delta by Glenn St. Charles
Ishi and Elvis by Jim Hamm
One with the Wilderness by Mike Mitten
That would be my top 5.
Kevin.
"Come November" by Gene Winsel, "Hunting With the Bow and Arrow" by Saxton Pope, "A Hunter's Heart" collection by David Peterson.
Toxicated, by Fred Anderson. I read it and loaned it to two of my friends, who both loved it. One of them read it twice.
A Thousand Campfires
Come November
Traplines North
Northern Bushcraft
Death in the Long Grass
Longbows of the Far North,Longbow Country, Mittens One with the Wilderness,Fireside Tales by Dan Bertalan and many the were mentioned above!
Trailing a Bear by Bob Munger. I had a very difficult time putting it down every evening.
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Toxicated, by Fred Anderson. I read it and loaned it to two of my friends, who both loved it. One of them read it twice.
Had a chance to pick up that one when Fred Anderson was at the Western States Traditional Rendezvous last May. Unfortunately I procrastinated and missed my opportunity. But I'll definitely be placing an order.
I have read several being
"Longbows of the far north" my aboslute best, so make sure that is one of the 5 books you get
The Best of TBM
Longbows in the Far North
Archer in Africa
A Thousand Campfires
Ishi and Elvis
I looked for Gene Wensel's Hunting Rutting Whitetails, any idea why the price is ungodly?
I second the "From the Den of an Old Bowhunter" by Chet Stevenson. Oregon has a rich heritage of bowhunters who built their own bows and hunted with them. This is an insight into how they did it "back in the day"....good stuff! Nick Nott, a trad bowhunter here in Oregon, did a very good job of helping Chet put this together! What an experience sitting down in the den, which you'll see a picture of in the book, and going over stories...wow!
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I looked for Gene Wensel's Hunting Rutting Whitetails, any idea why the price is ungodly?
I believe that one is out of print, and the Wensel books are classics. I will be getting my hands on a couple of their older books for my collection I get some funds.
1.The Bible
2.Ishi
3.Longbows in History
4.Howard Hill Hunting The Hard Way
5.The Traditional Bowyers Bible (the Set) heheh
One of my all time top 5 reads is The Witchery of Archery by Maurice Thompson. I enjoy that style of writing.
1. Longbows in the Far North by E.D. Thomas JR
2. Buckskin and Bone by G Wensel
3. Once Upon a Tine by B Wensel
4. One With The Wilderness by M. Mitten
5. Longbow Country by E.D. Thomas JR
In no specific order. All are great reads and different in their own right. After reading these books I have a new found appreciation for these gents and realize we have some true giants walking in our ranks...the fact that at any PBS or Compton gathering you can actually converse with these nice folks is unbelievable to me. Coarse you might have to buy a book ot two during the process :)
My favorite five reads in no particular order:
Hunting the Hard Way (Howard Hill)
Stillhunting Whitetails (Bill Vaznis)
Groundhunter's Bible (G. Fred Asbell)
Archery: Its theory and Practice (Horace Ford)
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow (Saxton Pope)
If I had to choose a favorite, I would say Mr. Hill adventures fascinate me, especially how they connect with Pope and Young's adventures.
From the Den of an Old Bowhunter" by Chet Stevenson
Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope
Straight Shooting by John Schulz
Toxicated by Fred Anderson
Ishi and Elvis by Hamm
A thousand campfires by Jay Massey
One with the wilderness by Mitten
Howard Hill's Hunting the hard way.
If still available, either book by Roger Rothaar. I have both and enjoyed reading them.
If your looking for oldies but goodies
archers library (http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/)
they are all free to read on line
A lot of good bowhunting books mentioned but if you're also considering other hunting related books my personal favorite is The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark. Just plain excellent.
Also the companion book The Old Man's Boy Grows Older.
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If your looking for oldies but goodies
archers library (http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/)
they are all free to read on line
Nice :thumbsup:
Shooting The Stickbow by Anthony Camera should be on every archers bookshelf.
anything by Paul brunner and the wensel brothers
I can't believe that only ronp mentioned The Witchery of Archery by M. Thompson! I long to go back to those less hurried times!
Many of the suggestions are excellent books however one book is absent that I hold in highest regard but is not well known: An Archer's Inner by Dave Sigurslid. It is book that forces one to think about serious subjects dealing with hunting, life and, nominally, about making self-bows.