Hunting

Recommended Books for Ranch Hunters

In response to requests for book recommendations, I have attached a brief list of popular books that cover a wide range of topics.  Most were recommended by our guest hunters and focus on the basics of deer biology, ecology and behavior.  Others, however, address the really “big topics” of conservation, our hunting heritage and preserving hunting for future generations. Please take a look and  send me your comments and recommendations. I’ll add them to our list.

  1. Aldo Leopold, A Sand Country Almanac (Ballantine Books, 1986).
  2. Bill Heavey, If You Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?  Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia (New York: Grove Press, 2008).
  3. Boone and Crockett Club’s Complete Guide to Hunting Whitetails: Deer Hunting Tips Guaranteed to Improve your Success in the Field (Missoula, MT: The Boone and Crockett Club, 2014).
  4. Brad Herndon, Mapping Trophy Bucks (Krause Publications, 2003)
  5. Craig Boddington, The Perfect Shot: North America: Shot Placement for North American Big Game (Safari Press, 2005).
  6. David Peterson, A Hunter’s Heart: Honest Essays on Blood Sport (Holt Paperbacks: 1997)
  7. Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III, Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations About the deer, America’s Most Popular Big Game Animal (Skyhorse Press, 2017).
  8. Duncan Dobie, Dawn of American Deer Hunting: A Photographic Odyssey of Whitetail Hunting History (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2015).
  9. Ed Zurn, Hunting and Fishing From A to Zern (New York: Winchester Press, 1985).
  10. Ernest Hemingway, The Green Hills of Africa (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,1935).
  11. Dan Flores, American Serengeti: The Last Big Game Animals of the Great Plains (University Press of Kansas, 2017).
  12. Hank Shaw, Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes for Cooking Deer, Elk, Moose, Antelope and Other Antlered Things (H&H Books, 2016).
  13. Joel W.Helmer, Nebraska’s Bucks and Bulls: The Greatest Stories of Hunting Whitetail, Mule Deer and Elk, in the Cornhusker State (Bison Books, 2020).
  14. James Kavanagh, Nebraska Trees and Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants (Wildlife and Nature Identification) Pamphlet (Waterford Press, 2017).
  15. James A. Swan, Ph.D., In Defense of Hunting: Yesterday & Today (Harper One Press: 1995).
  16. Jim Posewitz, Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting (Falcon Publishing, 2002).
  17. John & Chris Eberhart, Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails: Expert Techniques for Taking Big, Wary Bucks (Stackpole Books, 2003).
  18. John J. Mettler Jr., DVM, Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game (North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 1986).
  19. Joel Spring, The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories (Skyhorse, 2016).
  20. Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Meditations on Hunting (Belgbrade, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, Inc.1995).
  21. Keith Aune & Glenn Plumb, Theodore Roosevelt & Bison Restoration in the Great Plains (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019).
  22. Mark Kenyon, That Wild Country: An Epic Journey Through the Past, Present and Future of America’s Public Lands (2019).
  23. National Rifle Association, The Hunter’s Guide (NRA 1998 and updated in 2017).
  24. NebraskaLand Magazine, Nebraska’s Hunting Heritage (Lincoln, NE)
  25. NebraskaLand Magazine, Wild Game Cookbook (Lincoln, NE: 1999).
  26. Richard P. Smith, Deer Hunting (4th Edition) (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2011).
  27. Robert Ruark, The Old Man and the Boy (Holt Paperbacks, 1993).
  28. Ron Rohrbaugh, Jr. A Traditional Bowhunters Path: Lessons and Adventures at Full Draw (Stackpole Books, 2016).
  29. Steve Bestrel & David Hendeau, Field & Stream The Total Deer Hunting Manual: 301 Hunting Skills You Need.
  30. Steve Rinella, Hunting, Butchering & Cooking Wild Game,
  31. Steve Rinella, Meateater: Adventures From the Life of an American Hunter (New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2012).
  32. Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (New York: G. P. Putnam 7 Sons, 1895).
  33. Theodore Van Dyke, The Still Hunter: The Classic Guide to Stealthy Hunting of Deer, 2018
  34. Toby Bridges & Don Oster, Pronghorn Hunting, (Minnetonka: Creative Publishing, 2001).
  35. Valerius Geist & Michael H. Francis, Antelope Country: Pronghorns: The Last Americans (Iola: Krause Publications, 2001).
  36. Valerius Geist & Michael H. Francis, Mule Deer Country (Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, 1999).
  37. Valerius Geist & Michael H. Francis, Wild Sheep Country (Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, 1993).
  38. Valerius Geist & Michael H. Francis, Whitetail Tracks: The Deer’s History and Impact in North America (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001).

 

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