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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting
Veld is a natural resource vital to our survival on earth. About 80% of our beautiful country consists of veld. Most of this area is used for livestock and game ranching as well as for biodiversity conservation and recreation. Good veld management is needed to prevent land degradation and to ensure sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation. But good veld management relies on a good knowledge of ecological principles and veld management practices, something many land users did not have the privilege to acquire. This book aims to provide the necessary knowledge to assist land users to effectively manage the land under their care, a huge responsibility indeed.
Veld Management – Principles and Practices, attempts to simplify a rather technical subject by including more than 380 photographs and illustrations and using easy understandable language
Contents:
● Chapter 1 is an introduction to the subject and also includes important legislation.
● Chapter 2 discusses the natural resources we are managing during veld and land management, such as soil, vegetation and water.
● Chapter 3 deals with ecological principles and includes sections on basic ecological processes, the role of plants and animals, and land degradation.
● Chapter 4 includes all the important practices such as property planning, grazing systems, fire management, the control of unwanted plants and many more.
● Appendix A: Declared weeds and invader plants.
● Appendix B: List of herbicides commonly used to control unwanted plants during veld and environmental management.
This edition of the standard textbook on its subject has been
revised by Robert Churchill's biographer. Macdonald Hastings,
himself well-known in the shooting field (and other fields as
well), has incorporated comments on matters which, since
Churchill's Game Shooting as first published in 1955, required
further enlargement or modification. He has also brought the entire
work completely up-to-date. Macdonald Hastings, who collaborated
with the author in the writing of the original edition, was Robert
Churchill's own choice to revise the text and this new edition of
Churchill's drill book, as the great gunmaker and coach himself
liked to describe it, may be regarded as contemporarily definitive.
None who read the first edition will want to miss this second one,
in which every point of controversy and prejudice has been
underlined with an editorial note to assist the shooting man in
improving his own performance. To those who are still unfamiliar
with Churchill's method of teaching game-shooting, it is important
to add that this books is aimed to help not merely the experienced
shot who wonders why he is missing, but also the novice handling a
gun for the first time. It contains complete and always practical
advice on all forms of shot-gun work for everybody. Those who make
good use of this manual will not only be welcome guests in any
company but quickly pay the cost of the book out of the saving they
make on wasted cartridges.
In this book, you will find everything you will need to know about
hunting rail birds in the United States. The four huntable species
are: The Clapper rail (Rallus longirostris), King rail (Rallus
elegans), Virginia rail (Rallus limicola) and the smallest: the
Sora rail (Porzana carolina). September marks the opening of
railbird/marsh hen hunting season across America. Rail birds are
webless migratory wildfowl (marsh birds) that migrate in great
numbers throughout our flyways each fall from September - December.
Each state's Migratory Wildfowl Commission sets the limits and hunt
days each year, following the Federal Government's seventy days
allowed to hunt rail birds. The limits have consistently been quite
liberal, since the bag limits were first set by Federal game laws
in 1918, and even today, these are a liberal 25 Sora/Virginia rail
per person per day, and 15 Clapper/King rail, or in aggregate,
depending on your states specific DNR's rail bird hunting
regulations. If you are a keen waterfowler, you'll enjoy the Rail
Bird Hunter's Bible Everything you need to know about the history
and about hunting rail birds throughout the USA is in this book.
All waterfowl hunters will appreciate receiving a copy of the most
scholarly hunting book ever written on these rail bird species by
the author of "REDFISH ON A FLY" (2007). John J. Audubon called
rail bird shooting: "The sport of kings," as it was a shooting
sport primarily done in a traditional method of push poling a light
skiff through a flood tide in the Saltmarsh. That traditional
hunting method has not changed, since the days of 1831 when as a
young man he was invited to hunt rail birds, and observe wildfowl
in Charleston, South Carolina. At first he called the King Rails
the Freshwater Marsh Hen, because of its preference for freshwater
marshes. It is the largest of North American rails. It was in the
Charleston brackish salt marshes that Audubon saw a Carolinan being
poled in a skiff out rail bird hunting for Clapper rail. The man,
who had two muzzle-loaded, side-by-side shotguns, shot at and
killed four separate marsh hens as they flushed off around his
skiff Read about the history of the four huntable rail bird
species, where to find them, and how to hunt them. The author has
hunted rail birds for over forty seasons all over the nation, and
is the nation's top wildfowl historian, and researcher on hunting
rail birds in North America. You will read about ecology of the
species, environmental issues, nesting areas, banding programs, and
the great fall migration and the hunting season. Read interesting
and historical stories about some of the most famous rail bird
hunters, shotguns, guides, push poles, retrieving dogs, and rail
bird skiffs. See sixty hunting photos and illustrations from around
the nation's greatest rail bird flyways and hunting areas, and
hunting gear. Did you know that the Sora rail can fly at speed up
to 40 mph? However the Virginia, Clapper and King rails fly as fast
a quail. Rail birds are best hunted in the traditional manner,
which is in a marsh during very high tide (called a rail bird flood
tide), and the hunter shoots jumping rail birds from the front of
the skiff, while seated in a gunner's chair. The skiff also has a
guide or poler, who uses a push-pole from back of the boat to go
through a salt marsh or a flooding fresh water rice meadow. In the
Atlantic Flyway, rail birds numbering in the millions, migrate
throughout the coastal inshore waters, and historic staging, and
feeding grounds along the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways each
fall, they are hunted from the months of SEPT-DEC according to the
state's DNR-Migratory Bird Committee, which sets the seasons each
year by August 1st. Everything you need to know about the education
of a rail bird hunter is found in this book, which is the first
book ever written on the history of rail bird hunting in America.
Wild Spaces, Open Seasons traces the theme of hunting and fishing
in American art from the early nineteenth century through World War
II. Describing a remarkable group of American paintings and
sculpture, the contributors reveal the pervasiveness of the
subjects and the fascinating contexts from which they emerged. In
one important example after another, the authors demonstrate that
representations of hunting and fishing did more than illustrate
subsistence activities or diverting pastimes. The portrayal of
American hunters and fishers also spoke to American ambitions and
priorities. In his introduction, noted outdoorsman and author
Stephen J. Bodio surveys the book's major artists, who range from
society painters to naturalists and modernists. Margaret C. Adler
then explores how hunting and fishing imagery in American art
reflects traditional myths, some rooted in classicism, others in
the American appetite for tall tales. Kory W. Rogers, in his
discussion of works that valorize the dangers hunters faced
pursuing their prey, shows how American artists constructed new
rituals at a time when the United States was rapidly transforming
from a frontier society into a modern urban nation. Shirley
Reece-Hughes looks at depictions of families, pairs, and parties of
hunters and fishers and how social bonding reinvigorated American
society at a time of social, political, and cultural change.
Finally, Adam M. Thomas considers themes of exploration and hunting
as integral to conveying the individualism that was a staple of
westward expansion. In their depictions of the hunt or the catch,
American artists connected a dynamic and developing nation to its
past and its future. Through the examination of major works of art,
Wild Spaces, Open Seasons brings to light an often-overlooked theme
in American painting and sculpture.
The result of more than thirty years' experience, Bass Fishing on
Shore and Sea is a comprehensive guide to catching this beautiful
yet challenging gamefish. The bass is wily and powerful, awesomely
fast and fights with unparalleled aggression when hooked. Add to
the the fact that the fish can be found along some of the wildest,
most unspoilt shorelines or out on the lonely sea, and it is clear
why bass fishing holds such allure for sport anglers. Topics
covered include: where to look for bass and how to fish for them;
tackle and techniques for shore fishing; what baits to use and how
to obtain them; the equipment and techniques for boat fishing, both
inshore and further out and fishing with lures. Illustrated
throughout with superb photographs, this book is essential reading
for all sea anglers.
After more than 45 years of turkey-hunting experience with some
of the best callers and hunters in the nation, author John E.
Phillips has developed "The "Turkey Hunter's Bible" to be a
complete reference on how to find, call, take, clean and prepare
the wild turkey for the table. The author has taken several birds
of each subspecies of wild turkey in the continental United States
and Mexico. But more importantly, he's hunted with some of the
greatest turkey hunters who ever have lived.
In this black and white version of "The Turkey Hunter's Bible,"
you'll get: the most up-to-date, complete guide to one of America's
fastest-growing hunting sports; complete coverage of every aspect
of the sport - hunting gear, techniques, turkey species, shooting,
bowhunting and much more; and plenty of turkey pictures, hunting
pictures and line drawings.
Using these hunting tips, you also can photograph turkeys in the
wild - either with a still camera or a video camera. The mating
ritual of the wild turkey gobbler is a beautiful thing to see. When
a mature tom spreads his tail, calls all of his feathers to
attention, so they stand and make the bird look almost twice as big
as he is, he's showing-off for the hens.
Whether you want to photograph wild turkeys or take wild
turkeys, this book will provide you with the information you need
to meet the toms on their own turf. However, the author issues this
caution, "Turkey hunting is very addictive. The call of the wild
turkey gobbler is as alluring as the call of the Sirens of ancient
Greece. And, I've found that when the dogwoods bloom, and Jack
Frost is chased-away by Mother Earth, resisting the temptation to
go to the woods and call a gobbler is almost impossible."
Shooting to Survive is a must-read guide for responsible
civilians carrying concealed, law enforcement officers protecting
communities, and military operators conducting combat missions.
This is not only a book on shooting a pistol, but more importantly
a book on fighting with a pistol detailing the reasons for the
techniques. The techniques are designed around the response of the
human body when experiencing a body alarm reaction. "Shooting to
Survive" contains information from some of the best instructors
throughout the United States and internationally in competitive
shooting, private security, law enforcement SWAT, and military
Special Operations. Volumes of information that would cost a great
deal of money and fill a personal library are conveniently
assembled in this one book to inform and educate you on how to
fight with a pistol. "Shooting to Survive" is a 600-page book
broken into easy-to-read sections that are conveniently organized
providing an in-depth analysis. There are nearly 300 illustrations
and over 1400 endnotes. The techniques in the book on fighting with
a pistol apply to any brand including those with a decocker, grip
safety, or manual safety. The book also contains detailed
information about the internationally popular Glock pistols.
This book contains a mixture of old and new Carp Angling methods, a
sprinkling of valuable tips and tricks and there is something for
everyone. Within these pages, you will find the nuts and bolts of
fishing for carp, including many lessons learned along the way as
we look back, and predict what might happen in the future. Some of
the 'faces' who have contributed to "Heads Down, Tails Up" are well
known in the British carp scene and some not so much, but they all
delivered a quality interview or guest chapter from which we can
all gain something. It took a certain amount of gentle persuasion,
but eventually, they all conceded and we can all be grateful for
their shared knowledge. It's been a long journey since I typed the
first word, but now having viewed all the material with images and
captions in place, I can sleep easily, knowing that I have
accomplished my mission with the assistance of many good friends. I
hope this book gives you an insight to the various situations that
we find ourselves in as we pursue our goals, and that your fishing
lives will be enriched because of it. There has always been more
than one way to catch a carp and if Heads Down, Tails Up influences
you, adds another string to your bow, or results in more carp
gracing your net, then I will be more than happy.
The Dark Continent... made legendary by the men and their weapons
who roamed its vast wilderness. Many would prove to be inadequate,
falling short of the mark. But for a select few - men and weapons -
history would record them as something special. Classic African
Cartridges is a series of articles penned by well known authors
"Ganyana" and Charlie Haley, documenting the rise of eleven
classics such as the 9.3 Mauser, .404 Jeffery, .303 British, .375
H&H Magnum, 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, The .577/450
Martini-Henry and even the 4-bore, and the circumstances
surrounding their rise to prominence. Compiled from almost two
decades of material published in the African Hunter magazine, this
publication is a must read. "Ganyana" is a firearms and ballistics
fanatic. A former senior ecologist with the National Parks and
Wildlife Management Authority with a doctorate in biology and a
licensed professional hunter, his years spent in the field have
resulted in volumes of data collected. Charlie Haley too, is a gun
fanatic. Retiring after over twenty years' service as police CID
Detective Superintendent Charlie was formerly officer commanding
the Zimbabwe forensics ballistics laboratory and is widely regarded
as one of the premier African experts on just about anything to do
with firearms. He currently serves on the committee of the Zimbabwe
Shooting Sport Federation as Chief Instructor, and is the Chief
Training Officer for the Zimbabwe Professional Hunter's and Guide's
Association. He has written widely for African Hunter magazine over
the past two decades.
Improve Your Skills with This Simple Guide to Catching FishGet
started fishing or get better at it with secret tips and
easy-to-follow instructions. Skip all the fluff and go straight to
the information you want to know in this photo-illustrated booklet.
Pocket-size format-easier than laminated foldouts Introductory
information for beginners, including everything you need to know
about rods, reels, lines, lures, and more "Target species" section
focusing on desirable types of fish, with equipment recommendations
and tricks for catching each species Ideas for preparing your fish
for the table Expert author with a lifetime of experience
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