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Idaho Ruffed Grouse Hunting - The Heartbeat of the Woods (Paperback): Andrew Marshall Wayment Idaho Ruffed Grouse Hunting - The Heartbeat of the Woods (Paperback)
Andrew Marshall Wayment
R614 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Save R51 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Southern Surfcaster - Saltwater Strategies for the Carolina Beaches & Beyond (Paperback): S Cameron Wright The Southern Surfcaster - Saltwater Strategies for the Carolina Beaches & Beyond (Paperback)
S Cameron Wright
R495 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R32 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Southern Surfcaster will increase your knowledge of fishing and help you develop into a more confident salt-water fisherman. Explore creative techniques and the latest strategies that have transformed the sport over the last decade. Many of the old-school methods of fishing are updated for modern practicality. The Southern Surfcaster will change the way you think and what you thought you knew about salt water fishing.

Propagation and Distribution of Food Fishes: Fiscal Year 1929 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): Glen C. Leach Propagation and Distribution of Food Fishes: Fiscal Year 1929 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
Glen C. Leach
R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Into the Wilds - The Dangerous Truth Every Man Needs to Know (Paperback): Brent Alan Henderson Into the Wilds - The Dangerous Truth Every Man Needs to Know (Paperback)
Brent Alan Henderson
R500 R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Smallbore Rifle Shooting - A Practical Guide (Paperback): Christopher Fenning Smallbore Rifle Shooting - A Practical Guide (Paperback)
Christopher Fenning
R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Smallbore Rifle Shooting" is essential reading for those who are considering taking up the sport, and for those who already have some experience but wish to improve their skills and participate in competitions. It takes the reader forward from the point at which the very first shot is fired, introduces new levels of understanding and competence, provides useful advice, and answers many of the questions frequently asked by beginners. The key topics, which are examined in detail, include breathing, aiming, trigger control, and "follow through." Step-by-step guidance is presented on how to build a comfortable and stable prone position while wearing a jacket and sling, and the numerous photos are include pictures taken through the sights. The author presents practice exercises that help demonstrate the different techniques. For people looking to progress beyond indoor practice shooting, there is an explanation of types of competition, how to enter events, and how to anticipate the effect of wind on a shot.

Forest Life in Acadie - Sketches of Sport and Natural History in the Lower Provinces of the Canadian Dominion (Paperback):... Forest Life in Acadie - Sketches of Sport and Natural History in the Lower Provinces of the Canadian Dominion (Paperback)
Campbell Hardy
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All Nations (Paperback): Robert Blakey Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All Nations (Paperback)
Robert Blakey
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Camp Life in Florida - a Handbook for Sportsmen and Settlers (Paperback): Charles Hallock Camp Life in Florida - a Handbook for Sportsmen and Settlers (Paperback)
Charles Hallock
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shooting and Fishing in Lower Brittany - a Complete and Practical Guide to Sportsmen (Paperback): John Kemp Shooting and Fishing in Lower Brittany - a Complete and Practical Guide to Sportsmen (Paperback)
John Kemp
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The British Anglers Manual; Or, the Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - With Some Account of the Principal... The British Anglers Manual; Or, the Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - With Some Account of the Principal Rivers, Lakes and Trout Streams in the United Kingdom, With Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling and Angling at the Bottom, and (Paperback)
Thomas Christopher Hofland
R677 Discovery Miles 6 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia (Paperback): John Keast Lord The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia (Paperback)
John Keast Lord
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Gospel of the Eels - A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish (Paperback): Patrik Svensson The Gospel of the Eels - A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish (Paperback)
Patrik Svensson; Translated by Agnes Broome 1
R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

’I can’t recall us ever talking about anything other than eels and how to best catch them, down there by the stream. Actually, I can’t remember us speaking at all. Maybe because we never did.’

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is one of the strangest creatures nature ever created. Remarkably little is known about the eel, even today. What we do know is that it’s born as a tiny willow-leaf shaped larva in the Sargasso Sea, travels on the ocean currents toward the coasts of Europe – a journey of about four thousand miles that takes at least two years. Upon arrival, it transforms itself into a glass eel and then into a yellow eel before it wanders up into fresh water. It lives a solitary life, hiding from both light and science, for ten, twenty, fifty years, before migrating back to the sea in the autumn, morphing into a silver eel and swimming all the way back to the Sargasso Sea, where it breeds and dies.

And yet . . . There is still so much we don’t know about eels. No human has ever seen eels reproduce; no one can give a complete account of the eel’s metamorphoses or say why they are born and die in the Sargasso Sea; no human has even seen a mature eel in the Sargasso Sea. Ever. And now the eel is disappearing, and we don’t know exactly why.

What we do know is that eels and their mysterious lives captivate us.

This is the basis for The Gospel of the Eels, Patrik Svensson’s quite unique natural science memoir; his ongoing fascination with this secretive fish, but also the equally perplexing and often murky relationship he shared with his father, whose only passion in life was fishing for this obscure creature.

Through the exploration of eels in literature (Günter Grass and Graham Swift feature, amongst others) and the history of science (we learn about Aristotle’s and Sigmund Freud’s complicated relationships with eels) as well as modern marine biology (Rachel Carson and others) we get to know this peculiar animal. In this exploration, we also learn about the human condition, life and death, through natural science and nature writing at its very best.

The Fly Fisher's Guide (Paperback): George Cole Bainbridge The Fly Fisher's Guide (Paperback)
George Cole Bainbridge
R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation - Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. in... The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation - Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. in Two Parts: the First Written by Mr. Izaak Walton, the Second by Charles Cotton, Esq (Paperback)
Izaak Walton
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Transactions of the American Fish Culturists' Association (Paperback): American Fisheries Society Transactions of the American Fish Culturists' Association (Paperback)
American Fisheries Society
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Year of Liberty - Or, Salmon Angling in Ireland, from February 1 to November 1 (Paperback): William Peard A Year of Liberty - Or, Salmon Angling in Ireland, from February 1 to November 1 (Paperback)
William Peard
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Angling; Or, How to Angle, and Where to Go (Paperback): Robert Blakey Angling; Or, How to Angle, and Where to Go (Paperback)
Robert Blakey
R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sea-Fishing as a Sport - Being an Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish, How, When, and Where to Catch Them in Their Various... Sea-Fishing as a Sport - Being an Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish, How, When, and Where to Catch Them in Their Various Seasons and Localities (Paperback)
Lambton J. H. Young
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Modern Angler - in a Series of Letters (Paperback): Robert Salter The Modern Angler - in a Series of Letters (Paperback)
Robert Salter
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Hand-Book of Angling for Scotland and the Border Counties - Embracing the Practical Experience of Thirty Years'... The Hand-Book of Angling for Scotland and the Border Counties - Embracing the Practical Experience of Thirty Years' Fishing, With Map and Routes, &S (Paperback)
John Robertson
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Thoughts on Hunting - in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend (Paperback): Peter Beckford Thoughts on Hunting - in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend (Paperback)
Peter Beckford
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sporting Incidents in the Life of Another Tom Smith (Paperback): Thomas Smith Sporting Incidents in the Life of Another Tom Smith (Paperback)
Thomas Smith
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
View of the Salmon Fishery of Scotland, With Observations on the Nature, Habits, and Instincts of the Salmon; and on the Law as... View of the Salmon Fishery of Scotland, With Observations on the Nature, Habits, and Instincts of the Salmon; and on the Law as Affecting the Rights of Parties, Etc (Paperback)
Murdo MacKenzie
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Description of the River Thames &C - With the City of London's Jurisdiction and Conservacy Thereof Proved, Both in Point... A Description of the River Thames &C - With the City of London's Jurisdiction and Conservacy Thereof Proved, Both in Point of Right and Usage, by Prescription, Charters, Acts of Parliament, Decrees ... to Which Is Added, a Brief Description of Those Fish, (Paperback)
Roger Griffiths
R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Schreiner's Sporting Manual - a Complete Treatise on Fishing, Fowling and Hunting, as Applicable to This Country: With... Schreiner's Sporting Manual - a Complete Treatise on Fishing, Fowling and Hunting, as Applicable to This Country: With Full Instructions for the Management of the Dog: Illustrated With Numerous Engravings, in Two Parts (Paperback)
William H Schreiner
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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