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Complete Book of Elk Hunting: Tips And Tactics For All Weather And Habitat Conditions [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 296 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 37 g
  • Sari: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Aug-2005
  • Kirjastus: The Lyons Press
  • ISBN-10: 1592286534
  • ISBN-13: 9781592286539
  • Formaat: Hardback, 296 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 37 g
  • Sari: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Aug-2005
  • Kirjastus: The Lyons Press
  • ISBN-10: 1592286534
  • ISBN-13: 9781592286539
The Complete Book of Elk Hunting offers readers a close and lively look at the ways of elk and how to hunt them from veteran elk hunter and freelance writer Sam Curtis, who draws on
more than thirty years of experience living and hunting in the heart of elk country and on contemporary elk research conducted by wildlife biologists throughout the range of elk distribution.

In The Complete Book of Elk Hunting you will learn that these are prime times for elk hunters. Elk numbers across most of their range are higher than they have been in a century. But high elk numbers don’t necessarily mean high elk hunter success. Elk are wary, highly mobile animals that use their habitats to great advantage to elude hunts.

Through examples and anecdotes, Curtis thoroughly discusses the subtleties of understanding the different types of elk habitats, elk behavior within those habitats, and hunting tactics suitable for all weather and habitat conditions. The book includes an annotated illustration of where to find bull elk in the Rocky Mountain West, from the beginning to the end of the season, and a chart for forecasting elk whereabouts, depending on different weather conditions.


A comprehensive guide to hunting elk in any situation.

Arvustused

If you're going to hunt elk, you can count on putting out a lot of effort and probably a lot of money, too. Much better you know what you're getting into before you start, and there is no one better to learn from than Sam Curtis. He is a naturalist, a woodsman, and as I can tell you from personal experience, a hell of an elk hunter. Reading his book will not guarantee you success, but it will certainly tilt the odds more in your favor.--David E. Petzal, Deputy Editor, Field & Stream.

Introduction vii
RECOGNIZING HABITATS 1(100)
1. Natural History
3(12)
2. Where the Elk Are
15(10)
3. Side Ridges
25(10)
Sidebar: Knuckle-Cracking Elk
34(1)
4. On the Steep
35(4)
5. Thick Timber
39(8)
6. Undercover Elk
47(10)
Sidebar: A Nod of the Head
55(2)
7. Dog-Hair Pine Forests
57(8)
8. Wet Meadows
65(4)
9. Up On Top
69(10)
Sidebar: A Cow-Elk Coalition
77(2)
10. Close to Home
79(6)
11. Forecasting Elk Whereabouts
85(10)
12. Breaking with Tradition
95(6)
Sidebar: The Single-File Spread
98(3)
UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR 101(96)
13. Scouting
103(6)
14. All About Tracking
109(16)
15. Those Maddening, Meandering Elk
125(8)
Sidebar: Punctured Bulls
132(1)
16. Take a Stand
133(8)
17. Go Where the Food Is
141(8)
18. Bedtime Bulls
149(6)
Sidebar: Bugles and Bachelors
153(2)
19. The Rut
155(8)
20. Post Rut
163(10)
Sidebar: Chronic Wasting Disease
171(2)
21. Making the Most of Cold Weather
173(8)
22. The Law of Least Effort
181(4)
23. Tough Hunting for Easier Elk
185(12)
Sidebar: Fool Me Once
196(1)
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 197(38)
24. The Benefits of Fire
199(10)
25. A Clearcut Myth
209(10)
26. How Other Animals Affect Elk
219(10)
Sidebar: Purge Leafy Spurge
226(3)
27. Where Have All the Big Ones Gone?
229(6)
PLANNING YOUR HUNT 235(42)
28. Selecting a Rifle or Bow
237(10)
Sidebar: Elk Hunters Attract Grizzly Bears
242(5)
29. Guided or Self-Guided Hunts
247(12)
30. Backpacking to Better Hunting
259(12)
Sidebar: What to Make of an Elk
269(2)
31. Elk Camp
271(6)
Index 277
Sam Curtis has hunted elk and guided elk hunters in the West for more than thirty years. As a contributing editor for Field & Stream, he writes regularly about hunting tactics and about the habitats and habits of big game. Curtis also writes about natural history and the environment for magazines such as Backpacker and Audubon. His books include Whitewater!, Harsh Weather Camping in the 90s, and The Complete Guide to Mule Deer Hunting.