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Title: anyone with a Kindle
Post by: johnnyk71 on April 30, 2012, 04:13:00 PM
just wanted to share with you guys that Amazon has "Hunting with the Bow and Aroww" by Saxton Pope for FREE on the Kindle. picked that up last night. also snagged "The Witchery of Archery" on the Kindle, but that cost me $9.80.

just thought you guys might like to get a great read for FREE!
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Post by: rushlush on April 30, 2012, 04:14:00 PM
Cool, thanks for the heads up.
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Post by: Rob W. on April 30, 2012, 04:22:00 PM
I will check it out. Thanks.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: eminart on April 30, 2012, 05:12:00 PM
Awesome. My wife might come home to find some new material on her kindle.
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Post by: Don Armstrong on April 30, 2012, 05:13:00 PM
Bad thing to hear. I work in a printing plant and the Kindle is slowly taking my job south. Don
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Post by: ermont on April 30, 2012, 05:14:00 PM
FYI, You don't have to have a Kindle to get the books. You can put the Kindle app on an ipad or any laptop and download books. I found this out after I sat on my kindle (don't ask, you'll only do it once) and bought an ipad.
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Post by: Chaser on April 30, 2012, 05:18:00 PM
Thanks! I'm reading Game of Thrones on Kindle. Going to add this one next.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: CANT/SHOOT on April 30, 2012, 05:34:00 PM
Sending it to my kindle now! thanks for the heads up  :)
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Post by: CANT/SHOOT on April 30, 2012, 05:35:00 PM
Chaser,
 How is the game of thrones?
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Post by: Chaser on April 30, 2012, 06:17:00 PM
CANT/SHOOT,

Its a good read so far! The wife and I watch the HBO Series.

I just downloaded the free book by Saxton Pope. Looks like its going to be hard to put down!
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Post by: Geezer on April 30, 2012, 07:52:00 PM
CANT/SHOOT,

I read all five in print and really enjoyed them.  It is hard to keep up with all the families; who killed who, which alliances were made/broken...and whose child belongs to who!  The author has two more books to write in the series and I may have to start again at #1 just to remember all that happened.

G.
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Post by: Lefty on April 30, 2012, 08:03:00 PM
Cool.  Thanks for the heads up, I will go down load it right now.  
 I read the "Game of Thrones" series as well and really enjoyed it!
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Post by: Kentucky Jeff on April 30, 2012, 08:08:00 PM
Amazon also has Howard Hill's book on Kindle--Hunting the Hard Way.
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Post by: PowDuck on April 30, 2012, 08:34:00 PM
Read Pope's book. It was definitely a good read.
Witchery of Archery can be had for free, too. Just not directly from Amazon.
  Go Here (http://archive.org/details/witcheryofarcher00thomuoft)

Haven't gotten all the way through it yet though.
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Post by: Lefty on April 30, 2012, 09:43:00 PM
Thanks PowDuck!  I just copied that to my kindle too.
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Post by: last arrow on April 30, 2012, 10:36:00 PM
And if you have a smart phone (iphone or droid) you can download a free kindle app and be able to have the books with you whenever you have your phone.

Great when waiting for your kids to get out of swim practice.
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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on May 01, 2012, 12:29:00 AM
Downloaded both books.  Thanks a bunch!
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Post by: old_goat2 on May 01, 2012, 12:37:00 AM
wow, hard to put down, I tried reading "Witchery of Archery", couldn't get into it, but this one is a winner!
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Post by: Jorge on May 01, 2012, 04:14:00 AM
And you can read your digital PDF version of the Traditional Bowhunter Magazine in the kindle, not as well as in the Ipad, but its works
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Post by: wingnut on May 01, 2012, 08:29:00 AM
Thank you!  I downloaded the book last night.  IT's been out of print for a long time and I do own a copy but don't like to read it for fear of damaging the book.

Mike
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Post by: Mike Vines on May 02, 2012, 07:06:00 AM
Thank you for the heads up on the free Saxton Pope book for the Kindle.

Seeing as I'm horizontal for the next 1-3 months, is there any other FREE books available on Kindle that is trad archery/hunting available?  It would give me something to do to take my mind off wanting to get up.

Thanks in advance guys,

Mike
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Post by: ermont on May 04, 2012, 07:55:00 PM
TTT
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Post by: alligatordond on May 05, 2012, 11:46:00 AM
Thanks for the heads up. I've had About 10 Witchery's and always give them away.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on May 05, 2012, 12:07:00 PM
Whats a kindle?
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Post by: 2treks on May 05, 2012, 05:54:00 PM
E-reader from Amazon.
give it a googlin'
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Post by: BowHunterGA on May 05, 2012, 06:25:00 PM
I readhunting with bow and arrow on my nook. I rooted the nook so I could run the kindle app just for that free book!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on May 05, 2012, 06:28:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Two Tracks:
E-reader from Amazon.
give it a googlin'
Chuck, I was just being a real Wisenheimer   :smileystooges:
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Post by: 2treks on May 05, 2012, 07:51:00 PM
Come on Charlie,Just knowing what a kindle is, is about as techNOsavvy as I can get and you just took that away from me.

Steve, whats a nook?
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Post by: KHALVERSON on May 05, 2012, 07:55:00 PM
chuck?
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Post by: BowHunterGA on May 05, 2012, 08:01:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by KHALVERSON:
chuck
a nook is the barnes and noble version of the kindle
Exactly. By default both the kindle and the nook color will only access books by the manufacturer. Nook for Barnes and noble and the kindle can access books on Amazon. You can root/hack either one so they work more like a generic tablet PC. Then you can download books from any service, download apps and even watch movies.
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Post by: 2treks on May 05, 2012, 08:06:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by BowHunterGA:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by KHALVERSON:
chuck
a nook is the barnes and noble version of the kindle
Exactly. By default both the kindle and the nook color will only access books by the manufacturer. Nook for Barnes and noble and the kindle can access books on Amazon. You can root/hack either one so they work more like a generic tablet PC. Then you can download books from any service, download apps and even watch movies. [/b]
OH! OK.
I maybe getting a Kindle soon, I will send it to you for a root hackin' Steve.

Thanks Men
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Post by: Green Mountain Boy on May 05, 2012, 08:07:00 PM
Don't forget the Kindle app for smartphones, I read Hunting with the Bow and Arrow at camp last bow season along with a couple of great ones written by state game wardens chronicaling their years in the field.  I particularly enjoyed "Poacher Wars" by WIlliam Wasserman and though it isn't bowhunting related directly I also really liked "One mans wilderness"  Okay, book report over!
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Post by: Sixby on May 05, 2012, 08:15:00 PM
Thanks so much. My old paperback wore out a long time ago. So glad to get this. I just got it downloaded. Next to the Bible my favorite book.

God bless you all, Steve
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Post by: BowHunterGA on May 05, 2012, 08:41:00 PM
QuoteOH! OK.
I maybe getting a Kindle soon, I will send it to you for a root hackin' Steve.

Thanks Men
Sure Chuck, if you get one lets talk about the pros and cons, if you want it rooted I will be glad to do it for you.

Regards,
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Post by: no nothing on May 05, 2012, 09:50:00 PM
Thanks for the info!
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Post by: PowDuck on May 06, 2012, 09:47:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Vines:
Thank you for the heads up on the free Saxton Pope book for the Kindle.

Seeing as I'm horizontal for the next 1-3 months, is there any other FREE books available on Kindle that is trad archery/hunting available?  It would give me something to do to take my mind off wanting to get up.

Thanks in advance guys,

Mike
Mike, go to the link I posted on page one. Use their search function and look for hunting, archery, etc. I rarely buy ebooks but have several in my library for free. Teddy Roosevelt's book on Hunting the Grisly is a good one. There are others. When you do your search sort by price low-high and the free ones will pop up first.

Actually, there are several free ones on Kindle, iBooks, and others. They just may not have the pictures.   :readit:
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Post by: Lucas K on May 06, 2012, 03:18:00 PM
I read that the illustrations are not in the Kindle edition, anyone know for sure?
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Post by: ermont on May 06, 2012, 03:31:00 PM
The Kindle does not show illustrations.