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Essential for the beginner outdoorsman, Wilderness Hunting & Wildcraft details hunting big game in North America. Covering everything from woodcraft skills to the habits of big-game animals, this book comprises Townsend Whelen's experience drawn from a lifetime in the game fields, as well as a compilation of writings by the most observant and successful hunters of the time. Whelan devotes several chapters to an assortment of North American big-game animals and includes valuable information on the particulars of hunting each species. With information on hunting methods, navigation, camping, camp gear, rifles, marksmanship, and field photography, Wilderness Hunting & Wildcraft has been a crucial resource for novice and experienced hunters alike since its initial publication in 1927.
Colonel Townsend Whelen (1877-1961), an American soldier and outdoorsman, is best known for his expertise with rifles, reloading, and cartridge development. An avid writer on hunting and outdoorsmanship, Whelen contributed to a number of magazines and authored several books, including Why Not Load Your Own!
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Colonel Townsend Whelen (1877-1961) was an American soldier, hunter and outdoorsman. The author of several books and contributor to a number of magazines, Whelen was an expert rifleman, ammunition reloader, and cartridge developer.
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- PublisherWolfe Pub Co
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0935632468
- ISBN 13 9780935632460
- BindingHardcover
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WILDERNESS HUNTING AND WILDCRAFT: WITH NOTES ON THE HABITS AND LIFE HISTORIES OF BIG GAME ANIMALS. By Lieut. Colonel Townsend Whelen. Illustrated with photographs and with sketches by the author.
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1987). (1927) 1987 new edition. 8vo (145 x 208mm). Ppx,338. B/w photograph plates and line illustrations, bibliography. Quarter-bound in dark brown leather over teal cloth, small gilt wolf motif to upper board, four raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, silk marker ribbon. A fine copy. Number 851 of 1000 copies. Originally published by Samworth in 1927. This 1987 Wolfe Publishing edition was limited to 1500 numbered copies. "This work treats of the hunting of big game for sport on the continent of North America, of the woodcraft essential to success, and of the habits and life histories of our big game in as much as is of interest and use to the hunter. It comprises my own experiences of a total of approximately sixty months in the game fields, as a well as a compilation from the writings of our most virile, observant, and successful hunters." Chapters include: The habits of big game; The three North American deer; The white-tailed deer or Virginia deer; The mule deer or Rocky Mountain black-tailed deer, jumping deer; The Columbian black-tailed deer; The wapiti or elk; The moose; The caribou; The mountain sheep; the Rocky Mountain goat or white goat; The bears of North America; The big brown bears; The grizzly bears; Still-hunting or woods hunting; Stalking, or mountain and plains hunting; Finding one's way; Clothing and personal kits; Camp beds and bedding; Shelter and tents; Big-game rifles; Wilderness rifles; Photography; Physical preparation; Convenient check-lists. . Seller Inventory # 44161
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