Well after finishing up two of David Peterson's books (thanks for the signed copy through TBM too Dave) I'm on the scout for another good quality outdoor/hunting read.

I've read just about everything in the 3Rivers catalogue, well almost, and with a bit o'luck Buff is sending me a copy of his book but if there is any other books that one would put up as a "must read" than feel free to post away.

I also have my eye on Robert Rourks book "Use enough Gun".... always like African books.

So lets have it...


AK.  

Al, check out "The Dummy Line" by Bobby Cole.....Bobby is a good friend of ours and this is a great book. It's about a Father/Daughter wild turkey hunt that goes bad and the title will make sense once you read it...Bobby is a long time outdoorsman and this book shows that, the weapons, the terrian, the timeline, you could easily put yourself "in the book"....It's available at Amazon.com and  www.readbobbycole.com......there  will also be at least one on the ST. Judes Auction this year.....Don and Skyler

Why I'm Against It All by Ken Wright
anything and everything by E. Donnall Thomas Jr., Rick Bass, Pete Fromm and Ted Kerasote
Traplines by John Rember
Confessions of an Eco-Redneck by Steve Chapple
The Island Within by Richard Nelson
Hunting From Home by Christopher Camuto

Ruark's "old Man and the Boy" was the first outdoor book I read in 6th grade, and his writing is kind of a standard; "Horn of the Hunter" was the first "African" book I read...
You might try "African Twilight" by Robert F Jones, he was a writer for Sports Illustrated and talked them in to sending him on some good hunts.

Above, Reg recommends Ted Kerasote, and "Bloodties" is a good one...

Al, I would second Fatman's recomendation of Ruark. The old man and the boy along with the old mans boy grows older are a great series. If you like Ruark tow of my favorite books are Something of Value and Uhuru. Both are fiction loosely based on the Mau Mau uprising in the fifties but a fantastic read.

Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa" is a good one, too.

Hey Al, I've got a book or two I can probably send your way.......email me when you get a chance. Mike

Looking here at my bookshelf, some of my favorites are....

"Meditations on Hunting" by Jose Ortega y Gasset

"A Hunter's Heart" collections by David Peterson

"Bows on the Little Delta" by Glenn St. Charles

"Longbows in the Far North" and "The Double Helix" by E. Donnall Thomas

"A Thousand Campfires" by Jay Massey

"Autumn Leaves" by Mark Siedschlag

"Fred Bear's Field Notes - The Adventures of Fred Bear" by Fred Bear

"Come November" by Gene Wensel

"The Witchery of Archery" by Maurice Thompson

"Bush Pilot Bowman" by David Bickish

I just finished reading "Hunting the Hard Way," by Howard Hill.  Very well written.  I wonder if Howard was that literate, or if he just had a good editor?  Howard is quite opinionated, of course, in favor of the longbow.  Good hunting tales.  He says in the preface that he would never let the facts get in the way of a good story, and I suspect this happens at times in the book.

Joe Coots, Ranger GA,.....Hard to find his writings but if you can, they're really good...Joe's wife, Miss Kim, is a famous cookie baker and breakfast casserole cook and she makes the best antelope burgers on the face of the earth and.....etc.....    

I'd add:

"Heartsblood" by Dave Anderson and Ted Williams

"The Traditional Way" by Fred Anderson

"Death In the Long Grass" by Peter Capstick was a good read as well although I am not sure I believe all of it.

My favorite to date:
"A Thousand Campfires" by Jay Massey

Good Whitetail Book:
"Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails"

Ebook  Hunting with the Bow & Arrow By: Saxon Pope

"Campfire Reflections" by TJ Conrads.

Jim Hamm's "Ishi and Elvis", another good read...

M.R. James' new book "45 Unforgettable Bowhunters" is also a very good read. You can get it at ihuntbooks.com

JC's list along with "60 years with the feathered shaft" by Ed Pritchkites.

Bows,Swamps,Whitetails by Tim L. Lewis is a pretty good one. Ordered mine from Black Widow
Mike

Any of Capstick's early stuff.