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another post got me to thinking, DANGER! DANGER!
what books have you read and would recommend after reading?
I have recently completed Come November-Wensel, Bows on the Little Delta- St. Charles, Instinctive Shooting 1&2-Asbell, Become the Arrow-Ferguson, and at this time I am reading The Witchery of Archery-Thompson. All are great in there own respect and would rec all. As far as a book that is a celebration of archery in it's simplest truest form The Witchery of Archery has really got my blood boiling, it really takes you away. Come November-Wensel, I will never buy another deer hunting TACTICS magazine again this book covers it all if you take what is written and apply it to your area and style.

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how many have I read? Way to stinkin many LOL! working on Target Archery by Robert Elmer currently with a book shelf full, its time to find more room to put them <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>!

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I have read Asbell 1 & 2 and Kidwel's Instinctive Archery. While I found Asbell's books to be of great benefit to help me get started in traditional archery, Kidwel's book helped me get over the hump and really get into shooting instinctively. I would recommend Asbel 1 and Kidwel's book. I didn't get much out of Asbell 2.

Bill

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Hundreds. I buy and sell them, too! If you need something special, let me know....

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Hey guys, this is a fascinating thread. Keep it going - I'm making a list and plan on putting it on my Amazon.com &quot;wish list&quot; for my wife and daughters' convenience in shopping for me. (Hee, Hee)<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Jack

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Hunting the Hardway by Howard Hill
Wild Adventure by Hill
Howard Hill by Craig Ekin
The Traditional Way by Anderson
Become the Arrow by Ferguson
Hitting em Like Howard Hill by Shultz
Witchery of Archery also are my favorites and a few more I can't think of right now.

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In no particular order...
In Defense of Hunting- James Swan
Mountain Sheep- Valerius Geist
Mule Deer Country- V. Geist
Sheep & Sheep Hunting- Jack O'Connor

Those are a few that jump to mind.

RC

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hey Tuff...a greats heep book with some awesome Dall photos of both alive and shot dall rams.....written by Duncan Gilchrist, Quest for Dall Rams. I think he has a book on bighorns..not sure about stones. You would like it if ya like Jacks stuff....he has about half stories and the other half how to's and equip....good read imo!

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Hey Tuff, I started James swans book a while back, never could make it past the first coupl of chapters, does it get any better? i may have to go back and finish it sometime. What is your opinion of the book?

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I've read Sam Fadala's book. Want to read Asbels 1st book and may read others if I ever get around to it.

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Gimpy, you got me. I have nothing by the Wensels in stock

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Asbells &quot;Instinctive Shooting 1&quot; Good starter on shooting.
&quot;Trailing a Bear&quot; by Bob Munson. Down to earth stories about his hunts with Fred Bear.
&quot;Witchery of Archery&quot; by Thompson. Very good book about archery hunting in the 19th century before it was popular.

Has anyone read any of Saxon Pope's books? Would you reccomend them?

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I meant Bob Munger in the above post. Not Bob Munson.

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Lil- thanks on that, I'll have to check the local library & see if they have Gilchrist's book. Geist has a couple more sheep books out as well that I want to read. The man is a walking encyclopedia on North American big game.

Pat- Swan's book does get easier to read. I found it a struggle at times but still an interesting read. He presents some interesting theories but it tends to replay the same message multiple times through out the book using different vocabulary. It does have some great quotes in it.

RC

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Kidwel's Instinctive Archery.

His technique is simple and easy to learn, most important it works.

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while we are on this topic I have a question for those of you who use a public library.
Our public library here in Tupelo MS has numerous books listed in the card file related to hunting, fishing, and trapping. All of these books are missing except swans book. I asked the librarian what is the status of the books whether they are checked out or what, she advised that they had been stolen.
My next question is DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WERE STOLEN by persons interested in the subjects or WERE they stolen by antis?
this really bothers me due to the fact that here in MS I am noticing a great increase of PETA shirts, stickers and the yahoos that wear them.
Have any of you noticed this, also have you noticed a reduction of hunting related magazines in the grocery stores etc.....?????

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I don't think they were stolen. I would sooner suspect the head librarian. This seems to be a real Liberal Political plumb....

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looks like a few fires are gonna be needed to sort this one out <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>!

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Libraries are a sore subject with me. I have gone looking for archery, bow hunting (the ones listed here for example) and fishing books and zip nada none. Now I also look for chess book and there are a few lousy outdated ones but if you look in the same section there are a ton of books on gambling,magic,horoscopes,movie videos for rent etc. all in a brand new big artsy building payed for by my taxes. All show but nothing of use to me except the ten cent photo copier if it even works. We went to New York City a few years back and my wife wanted the kids to see the big main library there so we went. Now the first big beautiful doors we went though where displays of historical documents so we enter with our kids hoping to educate them and boy did we. Now this is big money expensive wood and glass displays for all to see so I start looking at the stuff with my kids and I was shocked as most of it was sexual pictures from the sixties of stuff I can not describe here. Needless to say I told the kids it is time to leave the library which we did. I do not think most people know what is being shoved upon us through the US Library system under art and culture but hunting and fishing topics is not among the garbage I saw there. I get very upset at this waste of money and think the system should get back to collecting all kinds of books not just the ones that the anti hunting liberal library system feeds us. Just had to get that off my chest.

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Pat, you're right - at least in the case of the drugstores in my area. Nary a hunting and fishing magazine in the entire place; but plenty of WWF, Hot Rod, and beauty mags. If they're merely catering to the customer, it doesn't speak too highly of the average person in my neck of the woods. Or maybe, as you suggest, some anti's have pressured them to remove the hunting & fishing materials. But I have to go to the bookstore to find Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, etc.

Jack

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well, i was bored, so here's a few(just on Archery. I have tons on other subjects)
Witchery of arch
full set sylvan archer-signed by Glenn
adventures of Fred Bear
Whitetail tactics with recurves and LB
With stick and String
Making arrows the old way
Zen in the art of Archery
Field and target archery 1961
longbows in the far north
The Traditional way
Hunting with the bow and arrow-Pope
From the den of the old bowhunter
ten thousand years-history of archery-burke
medieval archer
Archery-reinhart and keasey
a thousand campfires-jay massey
lions in the path-white
American bowman review-1941
penn bowhunter's festival, the first 30 years
David goes to Greenland(with Art Young)
Instinctive shooting 2-asbell
trad archer's handbook-greenland
longbow country
Fred Bear Biography-Kroll
Become the arrow-ferguson
hunting with bow and arrow-laycock
hunting the hard way-hill
Tigerero-Siemel
Trad archery-fadala
60 years with the feathered shaft-pritchkites
bowhunting fireside tales
bows on the little delta-signed by glenn
The black arrow
Winds of change trad archery today
trailing a bear-munger
book of primitive archery- jay massey
some more titles, but I'm tired of writing........whew!

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Interesting comment on your local library. I just did a quick e-search of available titles at our local library and was pleasantly suprised to find:

34-hunting related books
11-books on archery- including one called &quot;Archery Tackle-How to make it and use it&quot;
4-strictly bowhunting books
plus several hunting videos.
The books covered stuff written anywhere from the 1920's to the late 1990's by people such as Capstick through D. Schuh.

Might just have to renew my library card...

RC

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Tuff- your research turned these up but I am sure you will be amused when you get there and try to find them. Let us know.
John- you must have thrown out the boob tube many mons ago! hahahaha
As far as the bookstores go I went to the one inour mall here in tupelo MS looking for anyhitng hunting related, found two magazines bottom shelf in back. But what was on the top shelf FRONT AND CENTER? GAY MALE the alternative lifestyle magazine. Needless to say that is the last dollar they will get from me.

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hunting related...

33 books on wild bird tracks, one book on extinct animals <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>!

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You're a bad man Lil! lol

Pat- I'd be suprised if most weren't there, we have a pretty fierce librarian (you've seen &quot;Conan the Librarian&quot; haven't you?) <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> But ya never know 'til ya check.

RC

Edited by - Tuffcity on 02/06/2002 00:11:19

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hmm....<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Pat&gt; I have the same TV I bought 25 years ago! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I have read several different hunting books and am in the process of purchasing some on traditional archery. Thanks for the info.
If you want some reading that isn't archery, try the &quot;Left Behind&quot; series by Tim LaHaye. It can be found at any bookstore including WalMart.

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Lil- they can treat cabin fever at the infirmary can't they? hehehe

John- is it B/W or color, it could be a collectors item maybe you should go on antiques road show with it!

I meant traditional bowhunting books and left one out myself, &quot;THE BIBLE&quot; great book no matter how many times you read it you can always find something new.

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cabin fever...whats dat? LOL

Got so much stuff going on I am going to hate to see what summer is like! Cant wait for the 2 1/2 month vacation though....YAHOOOOOOOOo....man is it time yet <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>!

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I have an autographed copy of Wensel's Bowhunting Rutting Whitetails and I have read it.

Also, I have read Kidwell's Instinctive Archery Insights about 5 times. This is the book that will &quot;get you over the hump&quot; for shooting instinctively as mentioned above. It gets you hitting the target quickly. This is the book that I would recommend that anyone starting out should read and reread. And I think most anyone else would benefit from a read also.

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Lil- they can treat cabin fever at the infirmary can't they? hehehe

John- is it B/W or color, it could be a collectors item maybe you should go on antiques road show with it!

I meant traditional bowhunting books and left one out myself, &quot;THE BIBLE&quot; great book no matter how many times you read it you can always find something new.
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And what does the Bible have to say?

1. Make sure your quiver is full.

2. Shoot all of the arrows!

Bill

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The bible? Hunting? Try Gen 27:3

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Can anyone suggest a good book that deals with Tracking Wounded Deer with Archery. The one's that I have read mainly deal with firearms, and a little with archery. Thanks.

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Can anyone suggest a good book that deals with Tracking Wounded Deer with Archery. The one's that I have read mainly deal with firearms, and a little with archery. Thanks.

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I just ordered Asbels first Instinctive shooting book and his ground hunting book. Figured I'd better read something so I could say I did, <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>