Hunting or shooting animals and game Books

Join Alfred Marshall Mayer on his thrilling adventures in the wilds of America, where he pursued game with gun and rod. This classic book, first published in 1883, offers a vivid and exciting glimpse into an era when hunting and fishing were integral...

Join the thrill of the chase as you follow the hounds across the English countryside, leaping hedges and scaling fences in pursuit of the elusive fox. With expert guidance from one of the sport's leading authorities and detailed illustrations of every...

A collection of vivid descriptions and accounts of deer-stalking in the Forest of Atholl, including the nature and habits of the red deer. The book also features beautiful illustrations by renowned artists Charles Landseer and Edwin Henry Landseer.This...

A true classic in the world of hunting and fishing literature. This book chronicles the stories of some of the most legendary hunters and anglers of all time, and provides valuable insights into the techniques, strategies, and equipment used by these...

This comprehensive guide to the field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of hunting and fishing techniques, as well as tips for outdoor enthusiasts. Whether you're an...

Recreations in Shooting provides a fascinating look into the world of game hunting in the British Isles. With firsthand accounts of traditional hunting practices, Carleton offers a unique perspective on the sport and its history. This guide offers useful...

This book provides memoirs and anecdotes of the most distinguished masters of hounds and other celebrities of the chase. It also includes histories of famous packs and hunting traditions of great houses. Anyone with an interest in hunting will find this...

Aymer Maxwell provides a comprehensive guide to pheasant hunting and covert shooting. His expertise on game birds, shooting techniques, and conservation make this book an essential resource for hunters of all levels. Maxwell's insights into the art of...

In this essential guide to waterfowl hunting in Illinois, Frank Chapman Bellrose provides a comprehensive overview of the state's waterfowl populations, as well as the problems and issues facing hunters in the region. With detailed descriptions of...

Lindsay's book offers exciting tales of hunting and fishing, capturing the beauty of Canada and the West through evocative descriptions of nature and wildlife.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...

This engrossing volume chronicles the adventures of a group of British clergymen who pursued their passion for hunting, shooting, and fishing in the years following World War I. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other primary sources, the author provides...

In this thrilling adventure story, A Sportsman at Large follows the exploits of an English aristocrat as he travels the world in search of big game. From the jungles of South America to the savannas of Africa, Cox's narrative will transport readers to a...

This thrilling account of a hunting trip in Africa is both a memoir and an adventure story. Written by the founder of the Boy Scouts, it's filled with exciting tales of tracking elephants, lions, and other big game. But it's also a thoughtful reflection...

William Carnegie's guide to practical game preserving provides comprehensive instructions for rearing and preserving both winged and ground game, as well as destroying vermin. It also includes valuable information for the game preserver. This book is...

Join the adventure of a lifetime with The English Sportsman in the Western Prairies. Written by Grantley F. Berkeley and Willard Fiske, this book takes you on a journey through the vast and untamed western prairies of England. This riveting account of...

This book is a comprehensive guide to the art of coursing and falconry. It covers all aspects of these ancient and noble pursuits, including breeding and training birds of prey, hunting techniques, history and traditions, and the joys and challenges of...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...