Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting Books

A must-read for any fishing enthusiast. This book covers the art of worm-fishing in clear-water streams, providing detailed advice on equipment, techniques, and bait selection for a successful outing.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

Rowland Ward's account of his angling adventures in Florida offers a fascinating glimpse into the natural history of the region. With vivid descriptions of the wildlife he encountered, Ward's book is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of...

This comprehensive guide to fly-fishing for trout offers practical and detailed instructions on angling techniques and the creation of artificial fly patterns. Written for both experienced anglers and novices, George Philip Rigney Pulman's Vade-Mecum is...

KNOW YOUR RIFLE!This essential book is perfect for someone who has always wanted to own a Mosin-Nagan, or, for that matter, a shooter who already does.Copiously illustrated, its words and pictures tell the lineage of this great infantryman's rifle.Learn...

GHOST TROUT is a series of narratives and essays that chronicle the search for the rare Humboldt cutthroat trout, and rivers and streams and their relationship to people and birds and dogs and the human condition. Pieces of the past are mingled with...

A comprehensive travel guide for fishing Florida's Gulf Coast"Thompson provides anglers headed for Florida’s Big Bend and Emerald Coast an unlimited trip ticket to nearshore and offshore fishing adventures. Seasoned with insight and...

There's more fun in the outdoors than you realize. All that's needed is a spirit of adventure, a sense of humor, and a little know-how. Jim Allen can give you all of this and more. In Outdoors Gone Wild you'll learn how to shake someone off your trail in...

You will enjoy these stories about deer hunting. They are true and very good. You can also gain some valuable tips on what and what not to do and put them to use for your advantage when hunting Whitetails.

Join Ben D. Mahaffey and friends as they form a 'Geriartric Trio" to travel to the Australian Outback in search of Buffalo, Wild Bulls, Deer, Kangaroos and other exotic animals.

In their formative years, whitetails develop an intimate relationship with their environment. Thereafter, these big game animals resonate in perfect harmony with their specific surroundings. Behavior patterns of timberland, mountain bred, prairie flats...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

As young children growing up across America, no one could have predicted their unlikely career paths. They came from the Mississippi lowlands and forests, the hills of Kentucky, Erie County in New York, and North Carolina. They had humble beginnings...

This book chronicles many stories that cover deep-sea fishing in the Bahamas and a lightning strike there, too, as well as fly fishing in the Catskills. Then there is hunting quail in Florida and big game in Kenya. Not left out are stories of Palm Beach...

Victor Scarinzi, a self-described Italian redneck, shares stories that range from daydreaming as a boy, to getting into trouble as a teenager, to learning the lessons of adulthood in this collection of memoirs.  It was by spending time in nature...

Untamed Wilderness Meets Fearless Spirit: Unforgettable Adventures Deep Within the Venezuelan JungleVenture deep into Venezuela's heart, where danger, thrill, and raw beauty intertwine in the memoir of a lifetime. Introducing Jungle Wild, an enthralling...

Understanding the Role of Generations in Artisanal Fishing in Ghana Subtitle: Challenges, Choices, and the Pursuit of Sustainable LivelihoodsUnderstanding the Role of Generations in Artisanal Fishing in GhanaBook DescriptionIn "Understanding the Role of...

Questo libro diario di tiro sportivo di qualità, maneggevole e facile da usare, con una copertina dal design moderno e di pregio per tiratori, tiratori scelti e tiratrici, è stato progettato professionalmente per aiutarvi a registrare in modo dettagliato...

Yksinkertainen, kätevä ja helppokäyttöinen Urheiluammuntatietopäiväkirjamme, jossa on moderni ja ensiluokkainen kansisuunnittelu ampujille, ampujille, ampujille, ampujille, on ammattimaisesti suunniteltu auttamaan sinua pitämään yksityiskohtaista kirjaa...

This Duck Hunting Log Book is the perfect notebook for all your hunting adventures. Use this journal to help you record the details of your hunt. Record location, weather conditions, gear, terrain, harvest, and much more. Plenty of space to write...

Full color, awesome photos. "The Hunting Spirit" is a terrific follow up to Jerry Lambert's bestselling hunting book, "Trophy White Tales." This book utilizes the same short story format but in addition to riveting deer hunting tales there are also...

As any fisherman ever lucky enough to wet a line in the wilderness knows, nary a working day goes by they don't dream of the smell of pine, a breath of cool crisp mountain air, and a skillet filled with large fat trout. Yet, near that campfire where...

Practical Taxidermy - A Manual of Instruction In Collecting, Preserving, And Setting up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds, With Accitional Instructions In Modelling And Artistic Taxidermy. By Montague Browne, F.S.Z. This comprehensive manual on...

The Unwritten Laws of Foxhunting - With Notes on The Use of The Horn And The Whistle And A List of Five Thousand Names of Hounds. By C.F.P. McNeill, M.F.H. This extremely scarce and unusual little book was first published in London at the turn of the...

This is one of the few early 20th century dog books to deal solely with the true `Working Terrier'. Now very scarce and much sought after in its original limited edition, it has been reprinted by Read Country Books in a high quality hard back format...

Pierce O'Conor was a highly regarded Terrier Man of his day. This, his first book, "Terriers for Sport" which was published in 1922, has never before been reprinted and only a few copies of the original still remain. Read Country Books has now...

This fascinating book was first published in London 1911, with the writer relating his experiences as a professional rat and rabbit exterminator during the late 1800s. The book was written primarily as a guide to the rural art of vermin control for...

The Gun - Afield amp Afloat (History of Shooting Series - Game amp Wildfowling) This scarce volume was first published in London 1904, and is considered one of the foremost books on wildfowling and game shooting of its time. The author was an experienced...

SOMETHING ABOUT GUNS amp SHOOTING By "PURPLE HEATHER" This commendable shooting title was first published in London in 1891, and is now a highly prized item in the libraries of many shooting men. It is always much sought after and has become increasingly...

SHOOTING amp SPORT IN ENGLAND: PAST amp PRESENT. By Colonel E.C.C. Hartopp. This entertaining but little known book was first published in London in 1894 as "Sport in England." It is a fascinating historical record of the shooting field in late 19th...

The author writes from his then thirty-seven years of practical experience, beginning with his first successfully trained Pointer as a teenager. Some of his methods will prove controversial, but the overall advice given in this book has easily stood the...

Poachers and Poaching - Knowledge Never Learned in Schools This scarce title was first published in London 1891. It was written by a well known author who also contributed many poaching and natural history articles to the sporting press of that era. It...

A book for the true countryman of all ages. First published in the early 1900s, now reprinted in a fine-quality paperback edition for a new generation. It will stir many nostalgic memories for older readers and teach younger ones some new and unusual...

THE BADGER A MONOGRAPH BY ALFRED E. PEASE, M.P. Originally published in London, 1898. Now reprinted from the extremely rare original by Read Country Books. This fascinating historical document was written at the turn of the century by avid huntsman and...

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Australians formed what was known as "acclimatisation societies" to "enhance their barren forests" and released red and fallow deer from Europe and sambar and hog deer fromAsia, as well as rabbits,...

"The Book of the Fly-Rod" is a classic guide to fly fishing by Hugh Sheringham. It contains a wealth of interesting and useful information, historical details, authentic anecdotes, and tidbits from the author's extensive personal experience fly-fishing...

This vintage book contains a complete guide for the angler, dealing with the necessary prerequisites of the fisherman and offering general advice that should be noted relating to dangers, monetary matters, equipment, and much more. Although old, this...

Scott Irwin grew up in a time when children did chores that instilled a hands-on work ethic, but there was still time to explore the wild things.Armed first with a slingshot carefully crafted from a forked box elder limb and powered by pre-WWII red...

From infant memories in a heavily bombed post-war naval city, to the sudden upheaval and arrival in a resin-scented, traditional Highland glen, the boy experienced a steep learning curve. It was, however, to quickly become a part of his nature as he...

This vintage text contains a comprehensive handbook on small bore rifle shooting, with information on equipment, marksmanship, target shooting, practical shooting, rifle ranger, and rifle clubs. Written in clear, concise language and full of invaluable...