Books? Who the hell reads books when they want the truth? If it ain' t knowed by the old farts at the local bar, or the filthy cook in elk camp with a hunnert seasons ahind him, I ain' t buyin' it. Here' s some trivia from my neighbor' s grandad: Did you know elk ain' t really elk? Elk is the geman name for moose. So, any book about american elk thet ain' t about moose is wrong from the get go, and not worthy of knockin' the dust off the cover.