What do you consider to be the Top 10 Traditional Archery Must Reads in ascending order (1-10) of importance?
Witchery of Archery has to be in the top 10.
And Bows on the Little Delta should be on the list.
Hunting With the Bow And Arrow; Saxton Pope
Hunting the Hard Way; Howard Hill
Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers' Jay Massey
Fred Bear's Field Notes
Stalking and Still Hunting;Fred Asbell
Sagitarius;Bob Swinehart
No particular order on these, but they are all great reads
Traditional way Fred Anderson
traditonal bow hunters handbook tj conrads
Shooting the stickbow Anthony camera
Archers bible Fred bear
Hunting the hard way Hill
Hunting with bow and arrow pope
Total archery
In addition to what has already been mentioned, historically, read The Grey Goose Wing, and Traditional Archery from Six Contenents. For fun reads and getting a sense of what archery was like in it's heyday in the 14th and 15th centuries, read Cornwell's The Grail Quest trilogy and Agincourt. The 4 volume series The Traditional Bowyers Bible has a vast store of knowledge whether you are a bowyer or not.
Sand country almanac
Just another old bow Hunter
Bows of the little delta
Trailing a bear by Robert Munger is #1 for me then
Any Massey book though 1000 campfires is my favorite
Really enjoy E. Donnall Thomas (longbows in the far north)
Traditional Archery Hunting by Clay Hayes
Longbow by Jay Campbell
That's a few of the more memorable ones
Zen in the art of archery is a great read.
Ishi and Elvis by Jim Hamm
By far for me it has been One With the Wilderness by Mike Mitten. I read that book 5 years ago before I ever shot a trad bow. Talk about a Solo Spirit!!
Yeah I would have to put Mittens book in the top 10 for sure
Bears books all of them Little Delta and Hunting with the bow and arrow all a must!!!
huge fan of the Wensel Books
1. Hunting Rutting Whitetails
2. One Man's Whitetails
3. Come November
4. Buckskin and Bone
5. Once upon a Tine
6. One with the Wilderness
7. In Pursuit of Trophy Whitetails
8. Whitetail Magic
9. Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers
10. 1000 Campfires
"Elkheart" by Dave Petersen gets my vote for #1. Massey's books are #2 #3 and #4. #5 would be Don Thomas' "Longbows in the Far North". After that, it's the classics--Bows on the Little Delta, Hunting the Hard Way, etc.
1. Tuning the Longbow and Recurve by O.L. Adcock
2. Tune for Tens by Rick Stonebraker
There aren't many on these lists that I haven't read, and enjoyed. Although I am still missing, Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers...
A couple I didn't see list, Toxophilia by Fred Anderson and My Neck of the Woods by Bryce Lambley. Can't leave out the Compton Archives either!
TJ Conrads has some good ones also
My Neck of the Woods
Best of Trails End
"Bowhunting- A Passion for Life" by Monty Browning
Just got this, and the stories and photos are TERRIFIC! If you can't track it down, you can try emailing browningannie@bellsouth.net
I'd also offer another strong vote for Mike Mitten's "One with the Wilderness" Very well written.
I don't have anything to add that hasn't already been mentioned, but I've seen a bunch listed that I want to read, so thanks.
Bob
You know, if you were to take all the great information available here, along with some of the hunting stories and pictures, and put it into book form, you'd have one heck of a traditional archery book.
Bob
I agree with Hawkeye, Bowhunting - A Passion for Life. Is one of the very best Bowhunting books I have ever had the privilege to read. The photographs with the stories are second to none. It is at the top of my Top 10 List. It is written by Monty Browning.
Barry Wensel recently sent me a copy of his book "Once Upon a TINE" and it has been a great read. I have been hunting for 50 years and the stories just hit home. You can tell that Barry is not a writer telling hunting stories but rather a Hunter writing.
got some good ones on these lists. I've read most of the "newer" books, I want to get my hand on the classics!! Good post my friend!!
The Ye Sylvan Archer volumes are not a book per se but a collection of the magazines published in the '30's and '40's that contain a lot of great articles by pioneers of modern bowhunting and target archery. I'm have read my way through 5 of the 7 volumes this past winter.