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!

QuoteOriginally posted by buckeyebowhunter:
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
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.

QuoteOriginally posted by metsastaja:
If your looking for oldies but goodies
  archers library
they are all free to read on line

Nice  

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.