Yesterday bsrecurve loaned me his copy of Jay Masseys A thousand Campfires .
I started reading it at the train station this morning and finished it on the train on the way home . Jay Massey writes in a familar easy to relate to style .
Plenty of stories of his traditional gear hunts in the Alaskan wilderness , Kodiak Island and other wild places , I couldn't put the book down . I have a dream to hunt Moose and Jays Moose hunting stories where my favourites .
One chapter he told of a hunt in the back blocks where a Grizzly trailed Jay and a hunting mate to steal there meat from 2 Dall sheep kills. How would you cope with that , even if you had a 45:70 pistol as backup .
Another he talks about an encounter with a pair of unethical shooters who where taking advantage of the bowhunting season in order to extend there opportunities of a deer kill and how he put the situation right again. Well it illistrated his integritty anyway . Such a shame he died in 1997 , he has made a massive contribution to our sport and what more could he have done
Once again loved it - will be buying my own copy next order stateside .
Last week I got a copy of the Bowyers Bible 4 and I am really impressed with its content - tops off the other 3 Bowyers Bible well . They where full of good information but there where glowing gaps in them . Number 4 goes a long way to patching them up - much more informed this time round . Top value get Bowyers Bible 4 even if your not into making your own traditional gear .
regards Perry
A 1000 Campfires - Top Read ! and Bowyers Bible 4
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Yep, it's a heck of a book...
If anyone is tired of their copy of "Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers" taking up too much space on their book shelf, just let me know!
If anyone is tired of their copy of "Bowhunting Alaska's Wild Rivers" taking up too much space on their book shelf, just let me know!
It's the great, big, broad land 'way up yonder,
It's the forests where silence has lease;
It's the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It's the stillness that fills me with peace.
It's the forests where silence has lease;
It's the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It's the stillness that fills me with peace.