Deer and Deer Hunting - The Serious Hunter's Guide

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1984. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 7 1/2" X 9 1/2. Cream boards with a brown quarter-spine with gold lettering. One tape repair to the cover. If you're serious about hunting deer, you've come to the right book. Whether you're a seasoned hunter or one just about to step onto the trail, you couldn't find a better guide than Robert Wegner. He has gained unparalleled experience with deer and deer hunting because they are the subjects he focuses on in his job and in his off hours. He has the mind of a scientific researcher and the soul of a deer hunter, a combination that allows few details to escape him. This book, heavily illustrated with photographs graphs, and charts, is nourishing fare for the hunter who is hungry to learn more of the hows and whys of North America's No. 1 big-game animal. Each chapter in Part 1, Giants Among Deer Hunters, is the case history of a Wegner hero, an outstanding deer hunter of yesterday or today. Wegner has gleaned valuable nuggets from the lives and works of these outdoor greats, and he passes this information and inspiration along to you. Part 2, Deer-Hunting Lore and Natural History, covers aspects that might not interest the casual hunter but are highly important to the serious hunter. So there's an entire chapter on deer droppings, and it's illustrated. Serious hunters will like such in-depth treatment as the chapter on whitetails and alfalfa and the one on acorns and whitetails. The mysterious subject of antler velvet gets its own chapter, and so does the intriguing subject of deer play. In Part 3, Wegner's chapters evoke the deer- hunting mystique. One chapter focuses on the November deer hunt, another - illustrated by fantastic photos from the past-covers all manner of deer camps, and another is all about buckskin. Part 4, The Deer Hunter, includes a chapter on what scientific investigations have determined about the characteristics of deer hunters. Another chapter explores the world of the bow hunter. In Part 5, Wegner delivers a comprehensive annotated bibliography of books on deer hunting published from 1838.