daverichey February 4th, 2008

TITLE:
AUTHOR: Steve Hickoff
PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books

CONTACT:

Stackpole Books
5067 Ritter Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

PHONE: (800) 732-3660
WEBSITE: Stackpole Books
COST: $21.95 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-D-8117-3406-6

Turkey hunting in fall and winter was once a big thing, and many old-time writers who authored early turkey-hunting books wrote of fall hunting. Hickoff concentrates his energies on fall turkey hunting, and he knows what it takes to be successful.

This book is filled with solid information that can make fall turkey hunting successful. We don’t have a statewide fall turkey season, and it is limited to isolated areas these days. However, nothing prevents a hunter from applying for a fall tag and hunt where the season is open.

Hickoff’s book is well-written, and is the first modern book on the topic. It also is filled with color photos that back up what the author is writing about. This is a book every hunter should have in their collection if they ever intend to hunt the fall season. I heartily endorse this title.

Tags: fall, hunting, stackpole books, steve hickoff, turkey, winter

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daverichey February 4th, 2008

TITLE: Black Bear Hunting
AUTHOR: Richard P. Smith
PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books

CONTACT:

Stackpole Books
5067 Ritter Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

PHONE: (800) 732-3660
WEBSITE: Stackpole Books
COST: $32.95
ISBN: 978-0-8117-0269-0

This hardcover book on hunting black bears takes me back many years to a time when Stackpole Books asked me to do a bear book, and I had three books of my own to write, so I introduced Rich Smith to the editor. So Smith did his first book … also on bears. He writes extremely well on the topic because he is around bruins a great deal of the time.

I’ve shot numerous bears while hunting with the author, and we’ve been friends for over 30 years. I’ve hunted black bear in many other places around North America, have killed many animals, and Smith is the most knowledgeable authority on bear hunting I know.

His new book is jam-packed with great information on bears. One section that particularly appeals to me was how he judges the skull of a big record-book bruin before shooting. He covers all the details, and as he writes “it’s in the ears.” The ears, the distance between them, and distance from the ears to the nose, makes it a big bear. If the animal looks like it’s wearing a Mickey Mouse cap with big ears, it’s a small bruin.

Smith has forgotten more about hunting black bears than most people will ever learn. And what he forgot to put into this book isn’t worth the space it would take. This book is a graduate degree on bear hunting!

Tags: , bear, black bear, hunting, richard p. smith, stackpole books

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