One Man, One Rifle, One Land Hunting All Species of Big Game in North America

by Jones, J. Y.

• ISBN13: 9781571571694
• ISBN10: 1571571698
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-23
• Publisher: Safari Press

Summary

Culminating a 25-year career, Jones hunted every North American species and subspecies with his .30-.06 rifle.

Table of Contents

Foreword	x
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xiv
Chapter Reviewers	xvi
SECTION ONE: ME, MY RIFLE, AND MY LAND
One Man	1	(6)
One Rifle	7	(6)
One Land	13	(4)
SECTION TWO: THE BOVIDS
Pronghorn Antelope	17	(10)
A First Time for Everything	22	(5)
Rocky Mountain Goat	27	(14)
Master of the Vertical	33	(8)
Plains Bison	41	(10)
Pride of the Black Hills	44	(7)
Wood Bison	51	(12)
Behemoth Bulls of Deh Cho	56	(7)
Greenland Muskox	63	(10)
High Arctic Adventure	66	(7)
Barren Ground Muskox	73	(10)
Quest in the Infinite Arctic	75	(8)
SECTION THREE: THE SHEEP
Dall Sheep	83	(14)
Cliff-Hanger Ram	86	(11)
Stone Sheep	97	(12)
A Ram for Harvey	102	(7)
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep	109	(12)
Unlimited Success	115	(6)
Desert Bighorn Sheep	121	(10)
Baja Bighorn	125	(6)
California Bighorn Sheep	131	(10)
Ram of the Okanagan Country	135	(6)
SECTION FOUR: THE MOOSE
Alaska-Yukon Moose	141	(12)
The Giant of Hyland Lake	146	(7)
Eastern Canada Moose	153	(14)
Bulls of Bear Lake Bog	157	(10)
Western Canada Moose	167	(12)
Harvey's Last Moose	172	(7)
Shiras Moose	179	(8)
Bullwinkle from Paradise	181	(6)
SECTION FIVE: THE ELK
Rocky Mountain Elk	187	(14)
Challenge of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness	193	(8)
Roosevelt Elk	201	(10)
Rogue River Gambler	206	(5)
Tule Elk	211	(10)
Truly Tule	215	(6)
SECTION SIX: THE CARIBOU
Barren Ground Caribou	221	(12)
Super Cub Safari	226	(7)
Mountain Caribou	233	(12)
Tough Horses Tame the Yukon	236	(9)
Central Canada Barren Ground Caribou	245	(12)
Icebergs, Bears, Bulls, and Baffin Island	248	(9)
Quebec-Labrador Caribou	257	(16)
No Cow, No Bull	263	(10)
Woodland Caribou	273	(12)
Stags of the Sphagnum Earth	276	(9)
Peary Caribou	285	(12)
Return to the Arctic	288	(9)
SECTION SEVEN: THE FELINES
Cougar	297	(12)
Run Silent, Run Deadly	302	(7)
Jaguar	309	(14)
Gato Pintado de Calakmul	315	(8)
SECTION EIGHT: THE URSIDS
Black Bear	323	(12)
Consolation Prize	328	(7)
Alaska Brown Bear	335	(16)
The Emperor of Amber Bay	340	(11)
Barren Ground Grizzly Bear	351	(10)
Arctic Silvertip	355	(6)
Interior Grizzly Bear	361	(16)
Yukon: Persistence, Patience, and Prayer	367	(10)
Polar Bear	377	(14)
The Ultimate Arctic Adventure	382	(9)
SECTION NINE: THE CANID
Gray Wolf	391	(10)
Phantoms of the Wilderness	395	(6)
SECTION TEN: THE PINNIPED
Walrus	401	(14)
A Historic First in Igloolik	406	(9)
SECTION ELEVEN: THE REPTILE
American Alligator	415	(12)
Swat Team Strike in Brevard County	418	(9)
SECTION TWELVE: THE DEER
Rocky Mountain Mule Deer	427	(12)
Deer of the Wide-Open Spaces	431	(8)
Desert Mule Deer	439	(10)
El Buro Grande de Sonora	442	(7)
Sitka Black-tailed Deer	449	(14)
Kodiak Conquest	453	(10)
Columbia Black-tailed Deer	463	(12)
Pacific Coast Bucks of Ranches and Rain Forests	466	(9)
Southern White-tailed Deer	475	(12)
A Buck in His Bedroom	482	(5)
Northern White-tailed Deer	487	(12)
One-Minute Hunting in Alberta	491	(8)
Coues Deer	499	(10)
Brush Bucks of the Black Range	503	(6)
Carmen Mountains White-tailed Deer	509	(11)
Dwarfs of Coahuila	513	(7)
SECTION THIRTEEN: FAILINGS, FEELINGS, PHILOSOPIES, AND THE FUTURE
Coming Clean on Misses	520	(5)
A Tribute and Critique Regarding Guides and Outfitters	525	(5)
Of Hunters, Nonhunters, and Antihunters	530	(9)
The Ethical Hunter	539	(6)
Final Thoughts	545