Big Trophies, Epic Hunts (eBook)

True Tales of Self-Guided Adventure from the Boone and Crockett Club

Hanspeter Giger, Justin Spring (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
280 Seiten
Boone and Crockett Club (Verlag)
978-1-940860-04-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Behind every legendary big game animal there is a great story. The Boone and Crockett Club, North America's premier wildlife conservation organization, presents 30 remarkable tales of top-scoring trophiesâand the determined sportsmen who harvested them. Readers will trace the steps of self-guided hunters who traversed the deep backcountry in pursuit of North America's wildest, wiliest big game animalsâincluding cougar, caribou, mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep and more.

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Witness the hard-core determination of North America's most successful do-it-yourself hunters...Thirty hunters. Thirty record-book trophy game animalsmost of them taken on public lands. Thirty epic tales to share back at hunting camp. These are the real-world stories behind some of the top-scoring trophies recognized by the Boone and Crockett Club, North America's premier wildlife conservation organization. Traverse the deep backcountry in pursuit of North America's wildest, wiliest big game animalsincluding cougar, caribou, mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep and more. Witness the hard-core determination of North America's most successful do-it-yourself hunters, who combine physical conditioning with research, fair-chase ethics and shooting prowess to seek out and harvest legendary trophy animals. Learn what it takes to make your mark in the record book from 30 who have actually been there. This handsome volume includes an introduction by Jason Matzinger, the well-known host of Into High Country on the Sportsman Channel along with a chapter explaining the science and uses of the record-keeping program by Justin Spring.

Autor

Justin Spring is the Boone and Crockett Club's Assistant Director of Big Game Records. He has a degree in wildlife biology and spends any spare time he has on self-guided hunting adventures with his wife Becca. They live in Alberton, MT.Jason Matzinger, the host of the Sportsman Channel's program "Into High Country," is an extremely talented young man and a gifted hunter, who possesses a tremendous amount of experience at a young age. Jason has grown up hunting, guiding and filming the best of Montana. In only one season Jason took his previous show "Powder Horn Montana" to the top and was nominated for "Best New Series" by the Sportsman Channels Views Choice Awards. Jason resides in Bozeman, Montana.Hanspeter Giger is a Lifetime Associate of the Boone and Crockett Club as well as a dedicated B&C Official Measurer.

Inhalt

Introduction | Jason MatzingerSagamore Hill Award WinnersIntroduction | Hanspeter GigerFinest Ever Taken | Frank Cook | Dall’s SheepWorld Record Dall’s Sheep | Harry L. Swank, Jr., | Dall’s SheepMore Short Stories About Sagamore Hill Award Winners | Hanspeter GigerWhen the Unexpected Happens | Garry Beaubien | Mountain CaribouThe Longest Night | Michael J. O’Haco | PronghornA Good December | Charles E. Erickson, Jr. | Coues’ WhitetailBrilliant Idea | Gernot Wober & Lawrence Michalchuk | Rocky Mountain GoatGoing SoloThe Old Warrior | Fred Peters | Black Bear The King | Lester H. Miller | Columbia Blacktail Deer27 Years Later | Gene R. Alford | CougarClancy the Caribou | Paul T. Deuling | Mountain CaribouLady’s Day in the High Country | Mavis M. Lorenz | Bighorn SheepTrinity Dream Come True | J. Peter Morish | Columbia Blacktail DeerOut of NecessityRecord on a Meat Hunt | L.S. Chadwick | Stone’s SheepPolar Bear Number 9 | Robert B. Nancarrow | Polar BearMy Last Bull | Duane R. Richardson | BisonA Stone for the Ages | R. Terrell McCombs | Stone’s SheepWe Got A Stomper | Rip Rippentrop | Bighorn SheepWhen the Smoke Clears | Thomas L. Mello | Tule ElkLiving the Dream | Timothy R. Carpenter | Roosevelt’s ElkSharing the ExperienceMexico’s Wild Desert Sheep | Alberto Tapia Landeros | Desert SheepOur Grizzly Hunt | Roger J. Pentecost | Grizzly BearThe Fold | Donald F. Blake | Canada MooseChristmas, a Day Early | William B. Bullock | Coues' WhitetailMagic Moment | L. Victor Clark | Mule DeerThe Best Present | John R. Johnson | Alaska-Yukon MooseKilling the Wind | Michael L. Ward | Alaska Brown BearEmotional High | Mary A. Isbell | Shiras’ MooseOur Lucky Hunt | Kyle Lopez | Mule DeerAs Luck Would Have It | Carla A. de Kock | Musk OxMoose of a Lifetime | Robert J. Condon | Alaska-Yukon MooseScience Behind Keeping Records | Justin Spring

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2014
• Einführung: Jason Matzinger
• Zusatzinfo: 45 Illustrations including: - 45 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Verlagsort: Missoula
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: big game hunting • Camp fire stories • Do it yourself hunting • Greatest Hunting stories ever told • hunting camp • Self-guided hunting
• ISBN-10: 1-940860-04-0 / 1940860040
• ISBN-13: 978-1-940860-04-6 / 9781940860046