Outdoor Hunting

In his brilliant non-fiction, David Adams Richards - first and foremost one of Canada's greatest and best-beloved novelists - has been writing a kind of memoir by other means. Like his previous titles Lines on Water, about his pursuit of angling, and Hockey Dreams, about the game his disabled body prevented him from playing, Facing the Hunter explores the meaning of a sport and the way in which it touches lives, not least that of the author.

I am floating in the middle of the night, and nobody in the world even knows I am missing. Nobody is looking for me. You can't get more alone than that. You can't be more lost. I've got too many people who love me. There's no way I'm dying like this. In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was thrown off the back of the Anna Mary while his fishing partner, Anthony Sosinski, slept below. As desperate hours ticked by, Sosinski, the families, the local fishing community, and the US Coast Guard in three states mobilized in an unprecedented search effort.

The quickest way to learn how to turkey hunt successfully is to either hunt with a turkey hunter with years of experience or a turkey-hunting guide. These two types of turkey hunters have solved most of the problems turkey hunters ever will face. They don’t always get their birds, but they’re far more experienced than anyone else I know.

Hunting is an essential natural skill for human survival, but at the same time, it's so much more than that. Besides teaching us about the natural world, the resilient wildlife species that inhabit it, and food awareness, hunting is an excellent hobby or even profession through which we can acquire and improve a few virtues, such as patience, respect, ethics, confidence, responsibility, and emotional control. Renowned hunter and Native Indian Pat Gatz will take you on a magnificent journey through the hunting world that will provide you with a unique learning experience.

Warren Angus Ferris (1810-1873) was a trapper, cartographer and diarist in the Rocky Mountains from 1830 to 1835. In 1829, he joined the American Fur Company to explore the Rocky Mountains. He kept a journal of his travels which were published as the book Life in the Rocky Mountains (1940), which gives an account of the Platte River Valley, Cache Valley, the area around Salt Lake City, and Snake River Country. Ferris found Native American guides and made a detour into what is today Yellowstone National Park.

If you want to learn how to fly fish, then get How to Fly Fish guide, which is written by a person with real-life experience in fly fishing. How to Fly Fish is a beginner's guide to the sport of fly fishing. In it, you will find everything a new fly fisher should know about getting started in this rewarding, lifelong pastime.

There is the Cornwall Lamorna Ash knew as a child – the idyllic, folklore-rich place where she spent her summer holidays. Then there is the Cornwall she discovers when, feeling increasingly dislocated in London, she moves to Newlyn, a fishing town near Land’s End. This Cornwall is messier and harder; it doesn’t seem like a place that would welcome strangers. Before long, however, Lamorna finds herself on a week-long trawler trip with a crew of local fishermen, afforded a rare glimpse into their world, their warmth and their humour.

Bass Wars: A Story of Fishing, Fame, and Fortune follows professional B.A.S.S fisherman for a year in 1986. The book provides an insider's view of the tournament circuit, the star fishermen, and the want-to-be stars as they compete to catch bass and win big prizes. The book also tells the story of how Ray Scott founded the Bass Angler Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and launched a series of tournaments that created a new brand of sports hero: the professional bass fisherman.

All Fishermen Are Liarsbrims with true stories of the most eccentric crew member, the funniest episode, the biggest fish, and the wildest night at sea. Denizens of the Dry Dock drift in and out as the bar begins to swell with rounds of drinks and tales that increase in drama. Here are some of the greatest fishing stories ever - all relayed by Linda Greenlaw in her inimitable style.

In Kayak Fishing: A Practical Sea Angler’s Guide for Catching Your Favorite Big Fish from a Kayak, Parsons has collected all of his extensive kayak fishing knowledge in one easy-to-use reference. You’ll discover the best equipment to buy, how to reduce the cost of getting started, and how to stay safe in your kayak while fishing. You’ll learn the best sea kayaking fishing tricks and techniques to catch your fill every time.

Depth Finders: You need the latest and greatest depth finders available, since they’re the brains of a bass boat with maps, GPS, side scanning, down scanning, and forward scanning features that enable you to see underwater structures and fish 100-feet away with a 360-degree view. Today’s competitive bass anglers may have four or five depth finders located on the consoles and the bows of their boats.

Gunlore, for better or worse, is a powerful and pervasive method of self-expression. In examining the folklore around these controversial and politically charged tools, weapons, and symbols, we can begin to understand the aspects of American culture that will remain prominent for the foreseeable future.

How can Christians approach hunting and fishing in a way that glorifies God? Is such a thing even possible? After all, hunting and fishing inherently involves killing living creatures that God has made. How is God glorified in the deaths of animals? Didn't God make animals, and doesn't he care about them?

In today’s high-strung, overly sensitive world, it is hard to find practical advice. This is why Robert Ryan has taken the liberty of compiling this volume of hunting wisdom that cuts to the quick about everything a hunter might need to know, but can’t generally get a straight answer on. If you are having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that you hate elk hunting or don’t know the proper method for stealing your friend’s boat, this volume can help.

It's the beginning of trout fishing season, and Josh Greenberg - proprietor of one of the nation's most famous fishing outfitters, on America's most iconic trout-fishing stream, the Au Sable River in Michigan - is standing in the Au Sable at dusk when he gets the call that a dear fishing buddy has died.

This turkey hunting audiobook, read by John Davenport, has entertaining chapters like: "How to Miss a Turkey", "Hunting with a Guide", and "The Turkey and the New York Lady". You'll learn about all the subspecies of turkey across North America, how to use a turkey call, how to scout before turkey season, how to find a turkey to hunt, and what hunting gear you'll need to put the odds in your favor to take a wily gobbler.

With this second edition of Field Tests, the Ryan brothers share their experiences with more than a dozen new cartridges, lots of new equipment, and the tales that go along with them. Since the first edition, they’ve been spending a lot of time in the field, at the range, and in the reloading room. This audiobook includes all the cartridges from the first edition with plenty more added, along with tips on packing out game, suggestions on becoming more active in shooting and hunting, and advice on how to avoid breaking expensive stuff.

This is Wasserman's seventh book about his encounters with big game poachers in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Join him as he investigates horrific hunting accidents and hunts down some of the most volatile and unstable outlaws you'll ever meet. Wasserman is a wonderful storyteller. His crisp use of dialog makes his characters come alive. Poacher Justice contains seven of his best tales to date.

No matter what you hunt—upland birds, ducks and geese, doves, deer, or turkeys—Straight Shooting for Hunters will show you how to pick the right gear, develop the right plan, and make the shot when it counts. In this game-changing book, world champion Anthony I. Matarese Jr., the most decorated sporting clays shooter in US history, teams up with Will Primos, a true pioneer of the game-call industry and one of the best-known figures in outdoor media, to offer a no-nonsense guide to everything you need to know to improve your shooting.

If David Goethel were a cat, he would be in the market for more lives. But David is a small boat fisherman, an endangered species, who works tirelessly for himself and others like him to survive. Follow along on that journey with sea stories and autobiography mixed with twists and turns of science and management as David and his family work relentlessly to feed America sustainable seafood.