Sports & Recreation, Hunting
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You Can't Get 'Em From Home
Hunting Adventures in British Columbia by Tony De Bonis
In the 1980s, young Tony De Bonis and his dad set out into the deep woods of British Columbia with one goal in mind: hunting. As the years went on, Tony went from a beginner hunter to an expert, and eventually taught his own sons just as his...
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One Is Too Many
War on the North: When Mike Harris Killed Ontario’s Spring Bear Hunt by T. E. Quinney
In 1999, fuelled by a multi-million dollar propaganda campaign, Premier Mike Harris, without warning, ignited a firestorm across northern Ontario by terminating the spring bear hunt. One Is Too Many chronicles the twenty-year struggle to restore...
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Hunter Green
An Introduction to Hunting for the Eco-Aware Who Think Hunting is Weird But Are Kind of Considering It by Thomas Hudson
Hunter Green is an essential primer for the urban, eco-conscious non-hunter who is curious about the idea of harvesting natural, organic, cruelty-free food from the natural world. These pages give even the ‘greenest’ novice a set of facts, tips...
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That Dog Don't Hunt
Tales from The Hunt Camp Porch by Jim Newman
Jim Newman, a natural born story-teller, takes the reader through joyful and humorous stories about life at the hunt camp, hunting culture, and the joys of nature and wildlife. The stories are a mix of childhood memories, folklore, facts,...
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Voices from the Mackenzies
A History of People who have worked in the Mackenzie Mountains Outfitting Industry. by Paul Deuling
Re-live the experiences of the people who traveled to the distant and untouched Mackenzie Mountains of Canada’s Northwest Territories. This raw, beautiful land was opened to outfitting in 1965, when intrepid entrepreneurs carried out exploratory...
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That Red Headed Yukon Guide and Trapper
by Terry Wilkinson
A Reader’s Digest of hunting and trapping Welcome to your vicarious wilderness adventure! With that red-headed Yukon guide and trapper as your leader, experience the joys and challenges of hunting and trapping … all without leaving your living...
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Cane Creek Days
by Warren Gill
Cane Creek Days is the memoir of a boy growing up on a story-book farm near Petersburg, Tennessee, the kind of farming life that no longer exists. The story takes place among the fields and small towns and bridges and dusty roads through which...
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Tales from the Trail
Adventure Stories by Dawson Smith
A collection of non-fiction short stories, Tales from the Trail details Dawson Smith’s many hunting expeditions with hunting partner Bill Cash and others. Filled with close calls and lots of luck, these stories are cast upon the wild backdrop of...
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A Cowboy's Life
Memories of a Western Cowboy in an Empire Of Grass by Mack Bryson
“Either the whisky goes or I go.” These words were uttered by the author’s great grandmother after a harrowing trip by riverboat and stagecoach to her new husband’s ranch on the raw frontier of British Columbia’s Cariboo country. This is a memoir...
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The Chief's Footsteps
A Social and Natural History Based on the Life and Times of Roy Peck of Danford Lake, Québec by Rick Blanchard
This book recounts the remarkable life of Roy Peck, a quintessential yet extraordinary Canadian. Born into an austere rural situation, he stuck by home and family through tough times and discovered the fun of living and the benefits of choosing...
