Why Reload? There are dozens of reasons why shooters decide to take up the hobby of reloading. Here are a few of the most frequently referenced reasons: * Cost Savings * Accuracy & Velocity * Customized Loads * Personal Satisfaction Times have changed. With all of the challenges of today, both real and perceived, in many cases ammunition is not readily available. People must turn to reloading. Even those people who have been reloading for a long time now face challenges. Favorite powders are not always available. Traditional weight bullets are unavailable. One has to reload familiar cartridges with unfamiliar components. The purpose of this databook is to help the user be like the Marines: Improvise, Adapt and Overcome This databook contains over 9,000 loads for over 250 rifle cartridges.

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."

Modeled after Peter Beckford's Thoughts on Hunting, Letters to a Young Huntsman provides a unique look into foxhunting today. From the perspective of one professional huntsman to another, it touches on many of the intricacies of the sport. If you've enjoyed Andrew Barclay's articles in Covertside magazine then you should enjoy this book. It is an expanded group of letters to a fictitious young huntsman who has just taken over a pack of foxhounds. These letters, written from an older and experienced huntsman, are designed to educate the reader in this wonderful sport that so many enjoy. In this book Andrew visits many of the trials and tribulation that a huntsman must deal with in the course of a season, career, or lifetime with foxhounds.

Howling The Moon Dog - Coyote Hunting East of the Mississippi is an approach to coyote hunting for the beginner or intermediate predator hunter or for someone only considering the sport and wants to know what shooting moon dogs is all about. While the information is relevant to any predator hunt, the emphasis is on the hunts in the Eastern United States and the special situations that are presented on those hunts. Topics covered include equipment needed and not needed on your hunt, scouting, setting up a plan, the intricacies of calling, lights, decoys and tactics. Firearms, ammunition, skinning and pelt care and SO much more Easy to read, full of actual, real-life hunt experiences and in full color, this is not to be missed by any up and coming predator hunter.

There are many advantages for using the gutless method when harvesting and processing big game. Although it could be a fairly new concept to modern hunters - this method has been used by traditional hunters around the world and has many benefits. This concise publication will help the reader very quickly learn a valuable skill.

Hunter and Hunted; Here's how to win at both Life is comprised of moments in time thrown together by God, nature and ourselves, with timing and choice as the commodities that decide which direction we go. Certain of these moments are designated as crossroad moments being more important and strategic in how our journey will go advantageously or chaotically. In these crossroad moments we choose the path we'll take. These are the moments that define our lives. As a hunter, I watch the animals I'm trying to harvest. They have a sixth-sense; an uncanny ability to feel the presence of possible danger, and then to react with a built-in mechanism to avoid it. They know exactly what to do to get out of the situation that is about to bring them harm. They are in their element and they take full advantage of all the benefits. I often have the feeling something or someone is watching me; hunting me. I have a defensive mechanism also, given me by God called discernment. For animals it's instinct, and a natural fear of humans. In humans it's a knowing; an understanding, that we are being sought out and hunted for our souls. But, we have the power of choice to get ourselves out of danger. Many of the ways we hunt our prey are strikingly similar to the ways we are hunted. We hunt in a physical world. We are hunted in the spiritual realm. In this book I compare the techniques and strategies used by the hunters.

The Modern Elk Hunter is a simple step-by-step guide in planning a Western hunt. It introduces the reader to the Western landscape, the game that inhabits it, and the hunting lure that will draw you in. It walks through the many license options and research resources a hunter has at their fingertips, and also advises how to best utilize them. By providing recommendations to follow, blunders to avoid, and many little known tips and tricks, The Modern Elk Hunter is a one-stop shop in increasing the success of your next Western Hunt

In this his first book, the author teaches lessons on turkey hunting as he relates to the reader a series of funny stories about encounters he has had over the years while hunting turkeys with dear friends and colleagues. Embedded within the TALES are lessons and tips that hopefully will make the reader more successful at turkey hunting and cause them to laugh at the ridiculous scenarios that can and do happen in the turkey woods. Hazards like snakes, bears, fires and barbed wire fences are discussed in the stories to make personal safety something the hunter should always consider. Practical, helpful tips to make a turkey hunter more successful are scattered throughout and in a section at the end. The central theme of the book is "friendships" and the love of the wild turkey.

From his phenomenal collection of over 25,000 articles and stories of the Maine Woods, Steve Pinkham has selected more of the most exciting old hunting and fishing tales, as well as stories of animal encounters, lumbering, canoe trips and tall tales for this sequel to Old Tales of the Maine Woods. Ranging from 1845 to 1905, this book also covers the Maine Woods from Magalloway to Moosehead and Mopang to Madawaska. Most people know that Thoreau went to Maine several times, wrote eloquently about his travels and coined the phrase "Maine Woods." Now for the reader will get to read more stories by many more known and unknown men and women who also travelled to northern Maine and wrote about their experiences of penned fictional stories set in the backwoods. Included are brief biographies and portraits of the known writers. For the unknown authors, Pinkham has included appropriate pictures. In his first volume, Pinkham included histories of each region; for this volume he has included many early bits of fascinating information for each chapter. www.oldtalesofthemainewoods.com Steve Pinkham grew up in western Maine, hearing old stories of hunting and fishing, and has spent much of his life hiking, paddling, and discovering the many wonderful places in the backwoods of Maine. Having spent the past twelve years searching for articles and books, following up on clues, and spending a vast amount of hours in libraries and historical societies, he published his first book, Mountains of Maine in 2009 and his second book, Old Tales of the Maine Woods, in 2012. Selecting from his vast collection for this book, he now spends his time writing and publishing articles and books about the Maine Woods from his home in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Rabbits account for more hunting hours than any other game animal and Rabbit Hunting is the only book devoted exclusively to this sport. It consists of stories about hunting and techniques used in the sport with sections on types of rabbits, uses of dogs, methods of hunting and recipes for cooking rabbit. The material is culled from the works of some of the finest outdoor writers in America. Whether you are a hunter or an armchair reader, this book will provide hours of enjoyment.

Inside: Color Pictures West Texas Trapping takes you through more than just a day on the trail. You learn: How to deal with changing trapping season conditions for various fur bearing animals. How to handle traps, baits, and catches with ease-as well as which ones work best and where. How keeping notes and logging your experiences can lead to a better return on your season. Orrin and gang provide an unique insight into an area thought of mainly as 'oilfield'.

Coyote Calling: Advanced Concepts & Tactics is full of cutting edge information for coyote callers who want to maximize their hunting experience. Each chapter deals with important factors that impact coyote calling success. Whether you have been calling coyotes for 2 months or 20 years, you are sure to learn some new tricks from reading this book

A young teenage boy from New York hops a freight train to visit friends in the South. He picked the wrong train and winds up in New Mexico where he almost dies from a gunshot. He travels across the United States experiencing exciting hunting and fishing adventures. The story ends decades later in coastal South Carolina as the author, now an old man remembers good friends, good hunts, and his old dog.

This book contains hard to find information that can save your life or your health: Advice on security, emergency medical care and evacuation, prevention of insect diseases, and envenomation by snakebit or other venemous varmint. Because your trip into and out of the outback can be the most hazardous part of the adventure, six chapters have been devoted to bush flying considerations: Five chapters discuss survival from an inadvertent accident in an aircraft or boat, or simply just getting lost while afield. Finally, you'll find indepth information concerning animal-human conflict - whether the horned animals, members of the bear family, the big cats, hippo or the dangerous big lizards - crocodile and aligator. The basic message is to always go expecting the best but prepared for the worst.

This early work by Patrick R. Chalmers was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it. 'Mine Eyes to the Hills' is a wonderful work on the Highland forests of Scotland and the hunting to be found there.

Reflections from an Outdoorsman: A Deer and Turkey Hunting Book by Kevin Lee McIver shares the adventures of this American hunter whose roots include a family tradition of harvesting game to put food on the table. Through a collection of short stories focusing on deer and turkey hunting, readers follow Kevin's younger days as a fledgling hunter, through many years of hunting game where he shares many grand adventures, tips and tactics in hope that it inspires others to venture out into the great outdoors. Rooted deep within tradition, the book imparts first-hand why American's love hunting and how they pass this tradition on to future generations to enjoy and to protect this greatest of American outdoor sports.

Lois Worth Woodruff was a professional hunter on the plains and in the forests of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika during the first half of the last century. Now, forty years after his death, it's time to meet some of his trackers, gun-bearers and clients. This is a simple story, simply told, but that in itself is what makes 'Two Buffaloes' a glimpse into how it was then... a piece of East African history that is rapidly being lost.

Follow along with author Sherrie Gant on a personal journey through Oregon's high desert as she shares stories of how her family hunting camp of over 50 years has become much more than a just a place to harvest meat. It's a landscape where generations of women have found comfort. It's a place of growth and personal development where valuable life lessons were learned, love was lost and found, and through great tragedy, faith flourishes.

Making Your Life in the Outdoors Finding Meaning in the Crosshairs, and Memories at the End of Your Line. Reflections on Family, Friends, Food, Fishing, and Forests When was the last time you laughed by a campfire with good friends? How long ago did you sit quietly by a lake waiting for the big one to bite? Have you lately taken a moment to remember the heart-pounding thrill you had watching-and hoping-for a buck to cross your path? Nothing touches body, mind, and soul like nature-the great outdoors-and when you combine it with the author's five essential ingredients to a great life, it creates true stories full of adventure and excitement, contentment and contemplation. Wisdom and wit flavor each story that is topped off with mouth-watering recipes straight from the hunting lodge and fishing camp-proven delicious by many a hunter and fisherman.