The Well Read Outdoorsman

noharleyyet said:
Need to add Abbey's 'Monkey Wrench Gang'
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Good to see that Cactus Ed made the list. I'd have to include The Brave Cowboy, Fire on the Mountain, Black Sun, The Fool's Progress, and of course, Desert Solitaire.

I'm a bit surprised that Jack O'Connor hasn't been mentioned, so I'll add Game in the Desert-- also published under the title Hunting in the Southwest-- and, Sheep and Sheep Hunting.
 
Glad to see lots of my favorites on this list, even including "Hunter" S!
One that hasn't been mentioned, though, is arguably my all-time favorite; "Dancing at the Rascal Fair", by Ivan Doig. Takes place up along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, and although most of the names have been changed, there's no question about where, if you're familiar with that country. Up by where I shot my first muley...
It didn't strike me how good it was, until the second or third time I read it. You talk about a tapestry, or some other exquisitely woven object... It's a Masterpiece. And I haven't even been able to finish some of his other books...
Starts and ends with a drowned horse. Might be time to get off the 'net, and go back in time again...
 
For the horse and mule guys and gals

"Mountains for my horses" by Tom Reed from Pony,Montana
and he also has shorts in the last two Bugle Magazines.
 
Osborne Russell journal ("Journal of a trapper") was on my bed stand and I picked it up tonight and found this:
Aug 21 [1835] we crossed the mountains thro. a defile in a west direction and fell onto a small branch of the Gallatin. Here we encamped on a small clear spot and killed the fattest Elk I ever saw. It was a large Buck the fat on his rump measured seven inches thick he had 14 spikes or branches on the left horn and 12 on the right.

Not sure exactly where he on the Gallatin was but the map looks to be in the Fan Creek area.
 
I made a comment on this thread earlier about Hunter Thompson being an avid elk hunter.To the best of my knowledge he never wrote about such.
 
Some of the new camo patterns look like a rendition of a "Fear and Loathing" acid trip gone awry.(minus the angry dinosaur lizard thing).:)
 
RobG- I'll second "Journal of a Trapper". It is a little tough to read as it is a translation of the trappers manuscript. Although the trapper is literate, it isn't the same sentence structure we would utilize. But it is so neat to see the Yellowstone area through his eyes before civilization.

I am a huge fan of Vince Flynn (RIP). I have or have read every one of his books. Start in chronological order. Term Limits is first release. In book two, the character Mitch Rapp is introduced. #1 bad ass. You will loose sleep as you read them because the author grabs you and you cannot put the books down. Vince's books got me back into reading novels after a 25 year hiatus.
 
Lige Mounts: Free Trapper by the great Montanan Frank Bird Linderman is an awesome book about trapping and the passing of a frontier.

Another good one is The Long Friendship by HG Merriam. It follows the lifelong friendship of Linderman and Charlie Russell, and has a great story about their last hunting trip together.
 
Z Barebow said:
RobG- I'll second "Journal of a Trapper". It is a little tough to read as it is a translation of the trappers manuscript. Although the trapper is literate, it isn't the same sentence structure we would utilize. But it is so neat to see the Yellowstone area through his eyes before civilization.
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Yeah, Devoto's version of the Lewis and Clark Journals doesn't clean up the sentences either - this just adds to the charm. The Russell book has a lot of footnotes by the editor so I learned things like the reason the town of Gardiner is spelled different than the Gardner River is that Jim Bridger botched the spelling of Gardner's name. I also have War of the Copper Kings (about Butte and corruption- makes me hopeful that we'll get through today's political mess).
 
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So this says it is comprised of Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter, both of which I already have...Is there anything in here not already in those two?
 
American Big Game HUnting is different than what I linked too. Those were just some first editions.

ABGH is about the start of the Boone &Crockett Club. It was co-written with George Bird Grinnel, IIRC.
 
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