Some great authors and books have been mentioned above.

I might specifically add the following:

If you are planning to hunt elk, A MAN MADE OF ELK, by David Petersen is a great read.

THE TRADITIONAL WAY, by Fred Anderson is good and provides a historical perspective as well.

Enjoy!

Shoot straight, Shinken

QuoteOriginally posted by mysticguido:
Stephen King, everything He put out I can read..

Yep. The Stand was my favorite.

I also just finished J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. It was probably one of the best books I've ever read...

I forgot PlayBoy.. I really do read it.. The Pix are just as good

Speaking of Death in the Long Grass-I confess that I really enjoyed it but I'm not sure I believed all of it!  

Well I like my old, and I mean old, friend Don Thomas' writings.

Mickeys4, I have read 4 CJ Box's " Joe Pickett" novels since Christmas and am on number 5. Great read especially if you have spent time in Wyoming/ Montana. In fact one scene has the characters in Don Thomas' hometown of Lewistown MT. You should read them in order. Fun reads with significant outdoorsman appeal.

Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It" and anything written by Ivan Doig.  Also like a lot of Rick Bass' work.  Can't forget "Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold.

There are several guys on here who use quotes from Aldo Leopold in their signature line.  I think of them as friends I haven't yet met.    

Have to 2nd Pat McManus.  He even talks about recurves in two of his stories.  One involves a tent and the other involves an exercise program.  Claims using a recurve causes his eyeballs to protrude and in effect gives them exercise so he can tie tiny flies.

Harry Middleton writes the outdoors well, though it is fly-fishing based.  Chet Stevenson's writings, compiled by Nick Nott are fun for any Oregonian.  Non-sports related I read a great book recently titled A Soldier of the Great War.

"Real Ponies Don't Go Oink".....Patrick F. McManus.

QuoteOriginally posted by George D. Stout:
"Real Ponies Don't Go Oink".....Patrick F. McManus.

Never sniff a gift fish is another good on by Pat!

QuoteOriginally posted by Curveman:
Speaking of Death in the Long Grass-I confess that I really enjoyed it but I'm not sure I believed all of it!    

That's just like a Compliance Officer!

I've heard too that some Capstick stories are just that, stories but it's still a great read. Nobody asked what is your favorite book, non fiction 8-)

Ounce upon a Tine...By Barry Wensel.

I just recieved my limited edition the other day and am having a hard time  putting it down.

Stalking and Still Hunting..by G.Fred Asbell is another great read.

"Something of Value" Robert Ruark is a great fiction novel.

Anything by Jim Dougherty

Death in the Long Grass- Capstick
Hunters fireside book- Gene Hill
anything by Patrick McMannus but especailly his story titled "Pigs" found in "rubber legs and whitetail hairs".
Fred Bears Field Notes.
Basic Economics- Thomas Sowell
The Bible-God

Lot's of my favorites already listed, and I think I have just about every one of them so far, so I won't repeat those.  But one of my all time favorites that never seems to get mentioned is Mark Siedschlag.  I have two of his books - Autumn Leaves and Searching For the Wild that are among the best bowhunting books I have read.

Another of my all time favorite outdoor authors is Jay Reed.  His book "Thor and More" is one of the finest reads I have ever had my hands on.  It is not a bowhunting book - his passions were ducks and fishing, but he could express the feelings of outdoorsman better than anyone else I have ever read.

I'm a book nerd.  My hunting library is taking up a couple bookcases and several boxes now and I haunt the 1/2 price book stores.  My #1 favorite book is Edison Marshall's "Heart of the Hunter".  That guy could write.  Got lucky and picked that one up in a used bookstore for pennies, but I've bought copies for friends on Amazon.  Robert Ruark's "Old Man and the Boy" books are classics as well as "Something of Value", "Uhuru", and "The Honey Badger" - all must reads IMO, but I lost all respect for him as a hunter when I read "Horn of the Hunter".  He should have kept the 1 curl Kudu.

R

Oh yeah, almost slipped my mind - Jim Corbett - all his stuff is great.  Unbelievable hunter, and I've never heard anyone doubt his truthfulness.  "Jungle Lore" has the best "how to" I think I've ever read on the mental aspects of becoming a good woodsman/hunter.

R

Jim Corbett & J.A. Hunter are gun legends from a different time. True stories of yesteryear dangers & death. Try "Hunter" by J.A Hunter & "Maneaters of India" by Jim Corbett. Riveting reads.

Stewart Edward White is another great writer.
"Lions in the Path" is excellent reading