Elk and Elk Hunting: Your Practical Guide to Fundamentals and Fine Points
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Elk and Elk Hunting has long been a standard resource for both beginning and experienced elk hunters. Now available in paperback, this classic book on the sport covers all of the essentials, including preseason conditioning, scouting, bugling, the elk camp, the use of horses, and much more. Additional sections on the natural history of elk, game management, and elk lore continue to make this the most comprehensive elk hunting guide available. This classic guide is n… More >>
Elk and Elk Hunting: Your Practical Guide to Fundamentals and Fine Points
ONE STAR = ONE LEMON
The book is a lemon buy for anyone minimally familiar with game
management. It offers very small useful insight into the subject.
The chapter on tactics [Chapter 7] provides laughably narrow
perspective. I expected that the text covers far wider range of
environments than the authors chosen to deal with.
The chapter on strategy [Chapter 15] has an artificial division on
residential and nonresidential. It really does not include many
well known (and very useful) strategies. The book just boosts
around the topic, in an exaggerated “hunter’s” manner.I guess most
people agree that strategy is the most tough and vital
component of any hunt. Only 11 small pages (of about 300) are on
strategy. I find it hard to believe into… [check it out --- see
Table of Contents].
The authors’ effort to dress the style as academic is another
shortcoming of the book. The book is a thick volume of primitive
information, presented in a lengthly and heavy manner. The book
has no clear definitions. It does not contain summary notes, and
is hard to apply to real cases.
This book came as a huge disappointment to me. It does not worth
the time (and the money) to spend on. I much regret to get into
this trap. Try other options!
Rating: 1 / 5
The book is a lemon buy for anyone minimally familiar with game
management. It offers very small useful insight into the subject.
The chapter on tactics [Chapter 7] provides laughably narrow
perspective. I expected that the text covers far wider range of
environments than the authors chosen to deal with.
The chapter on strategy [Chapter 15] has an artificial division on
residential and nonresidential. It really does not include many
well known (and very useful) strategies. The book just boosts
around the topic, in an exaggerated “hunter’s” manner. I guess most
people agree that strategy is the most tough and vital
component of any hunt. Only 11 small pages (of about 300) are on
strategy. I find it hard to believe into… [check it out --- see
Table of Contents].
The authors’ effort to dress the style as academic is another
shortcoming of the book. The book is a thick volume of primitive
information, presented in a lengthly and heavy manner. The book
has no clear definitions. It does not contain summary notes, and
is hard to apply to real cases.
This book came as a huge disappointment to me. It does not worth
the time (and the money) to spend on. I much regret to get into
this trap. Try other options!
Rating: 1 / 5
The book is a lemon buy for anyone minimally familiar with game
management. It offers small useful insight into the subject.
The chapter on tactics [Chapter 7] provides laughably narrow
perspective. I expected that the text covers far wider range of
environments than the authors chosen to deal with.
The chapter on strategy [Chapter 15] has an artificial division on
residential and nonresidential. It does not include many
well known (and useful) strategies. The book just boosts
around the topic in typical “hunter’s” manner. Most
people agree that strategy is the trickiest
component of any hunt. Hard to believe, but
only 11 small pages (of about 300) are on
strategy.
The authors’ effort to dress the style as academic is another
shortcoming of the book. The book is a thick volume of primitive
information, presented in a lengthly and heavy manner.
The book does not have summary notes, which makes
hard to apply the materials to real cases.
This book came as a huge disappointment to me. It does not worth
the time (and the money) to spend on. I much regret to get into
this trap. Try other options!
Rating: 1 / 5
The book offers small useful insight into the subject. It is a
lemon buy for anyone minimally familiar with game management.
The chapter on tactics [Chapter 7] provides laughably narrow
perspective. I expected that the text covers far wider range of
environments than the authors chosen to deal with.
The chapter on strategy [Chapter 15] has an artificial division on
residential and nonresidential. It really does not include many
well known (and very useful) strategies. The book just boosts
around the topic, in an exaggerated “hunter’s” manner.I guess most
people agree that strategy is the most tough and vital
component of any hunt. Only 11 small pages (of about 300) are on
strategy. I find it hard to believe into… [check it out --- look
at the table of contents].
The authors’ effort to dress the style as academic is another
shortcoming of the book. The book is a thick volume of primitive
information, presented in a lengthly and heavy manner. The book
has no clear definitions. It does not contain summary notes, and
is hard to apply to real cases.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is an anomaly – Wixom gives clear instructions on elk hunting techniques in various situations. Contrasts with most books, which qualify every assertion with myriad exceptions, which simply undermines the purpose of giving advice in the first place. Some of the book is outdated, but the advice on methods is so concise and informative that it contains a lot more information than other wordier texts.
One weakness is the authors understanding of ballistics, but I’ve found a lot of skilled hunters don’t have a lot of knowledge in this area. The guys who concentrate on guns to the point of obsession are usually shooters, not so much hunters. There’s enough specialized material available elsewhere on this subject that the book would have been well served to leave it out.
Rating: 4 / 5