Thread: Favorite Hunting Book

Originally Posted by sakokid

yip thats a good read two, i was up that valley not long ago, pretty wild country

I've a good collection of early NZ love reading the good ones over and over.

Originally Posted by Rich007

Lol- he's my great uncle - Keith Severinsen. I didnt know him very well. He died in 2005. That book is a hard to read. It was his first I think.. 'Tracks of a hunter' and 'hunt the far mountain' are a lot easier to read. It was reading these when I was younger that got me interested in deer hunting.

Keiths museum at Ashley Clinton is a must visit for all hunters.

Joff Thompsons books are good reading,Tough buggers.

Originally Posted by Spudattack

There are a few:

Hunter - J A Hunter
The Last Safari - Bruce Vanbuskirk
Death in the Long Grass - Peter Hathaway Capstick
Use Enough Gun - Robert Ruark
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa - Frederick Courtenay Selous

Hey SA, 'A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa - Frederick Courtenay Selous' did he create the Rhodesian Selous scouts?

Originally Posted by Scouser

Hey SA, 'A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa - Frederick Courtenay Selous' did he create the Rhodesian Selous scouts?

As far as I know they were named in honour of him.

In Search Of The Wild Red Deer- Charlie Shuttleworth. These guys are my idols, my great grandad was hunting in the whitcombe area in the same time and got some good heads. I've see most of the country up there, love the place.

madjon right those guys were tough dudes, no choppers, polarfleece, cookers, flash packs, sat phones, range finders, dia up scopes, or any scopes for that matter. just a few more deer and less people.

Not really hunting but a good read Cops, Crocs & Leopard-Skin Jocks by Bob Magor.
Aussie, Darwin, Crocs, Fish Poaching and Toyotas....
I thought there was a thread on good books to read but couldn't find it so this will do.

Death in the Long Grass - Peter Hathaway Capstick
Along the Track - Bill Axbey.
All of Charlie Jane's books

That Lynn Harris book is a good one .

I got mine way back when I was in high school. It was printed in 1974 and thats about when I got my copy.

I would add most Phillip Holden books to the list as well

I really enjoyed Wayne Blakes books, they came out when i was a teen possum trapping and did a lot to inspire me.
And Death in the long grass, man those were some exciting stories.

Far and away my favourite hunting book is this one, I found a copy in a 2nd hand book shop the same week I got my FAL and a Norinco JW15.
My copy is pretty tattered from the amount of times ive thumbed through it, I still really love .22lr hunting

Originally Posted by fawkes

That Lynn Harris book is a good one .

I got mine way back when I was in high school. It was printed in 1974 and thats about when I got my copy.

I would add most Phillip Holden books to the list as well

Yes, I bought that one new. It was about the only thing I read in high school.

Hell west and crooked by Tom Cole

A bushman in the northern territory, braking horses, hunting buffalos and crocodiles from 1905 till after ww2.