Trophy Bowhunting

by Sapp, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780811733151
• ISBN10: 0811733157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

Trophy Bowhunting invites you to participate in some of the world's greatest bowhunting challenges and gives you all the knowledge you need to succeed. From tracking North American trophies to taking African elephants to bowhunting muskox in the North Pole, this book teaches how to plan the trip of your dreams, buy the right gear for the job, and bag the trophy of a lifetime. Each chapter offers complete information for bowhunting specific game, including budget planning, species distribution, gear requirements, guides and outfitters, and expert commentary on game availability and hunting tactics. Well-known bowhunters share adventure stories and sound advice: Join Jack Brittingham as he stalks giant coastal grizzlies in Alaska; chase turkey hunting's "World Slam" with Danny Faulkner; pursue Africa's Big Six--lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus--in northwest Namibia with Wendell Reich. Modern bowhunting gear is adequate to take the most exotic and dangerous quarries, but you need to be sufficiently prepared for the challenge. Discover whether you have the discipline, resourcefulness, and courage it takes to defy the odds against difficult game in some of the most extreme environments with only a bow and a handful of arrows.

Table of Contents

Foreword: What is a Bowhunting Trophy?	p. vii
Introduction: Get in the Game!	p. ix
Trophy Deer: They Probably Live in Your Neighborhood	p. 1
The Whitetail Lodge	p. 4
Whitetails of the Far North: Lodge without Luxury	p. 6
Homeboy Hunt: Michael Beatty's Magnificent Buck	p. 11
Trophy Whitetails in Surprising Places	p. 13
Trophy Trick: Hunting the Rut	p. 15
Fiduccia's Tips on Hunting the Rut	p. 18
Coues Deer	p. 18
Mule Deer	p. 21
Black-Tailed Deer: The Phantom Trophy	p. 23
Deer Records of North America	p. 27
Elk: E is for Adventure	p. 31
The Stats on Elk	p. 32
Birth of an Elk-aholic	p. 34
Why We Miss	p. 38
Backpacking for Elk	p. 42
Get Off Your Duff and Go!	p. 42
Calling	p. 47
Trophy Care	p. 49
What to Pack	p. 50
Elk Records of North America	p. 51
Caribou: Bulls Built for Bowhunting	p. 53
Finding Caribou	p. 58
How to Plan (and Budget for) Your Caribou World Slam	p. 58
Your Caribou Slam	p. 66
North American Caribou Records	p. 68
Your World Slam Caribou Budget	p. 69
Pronghorns: Homegrown Big Prairie Speedsters	p. 71
Pronghorn Survey	p. 73
Do-it-Yourself Pronghorn Hunts	p. 75
Wyoming Trophy Memories	p. 80
North American Pronghorn Records	p. 85
Moose: Biggest Deer in the World	p. 87
Scoring a Moose	p. 89
Moose Hunting Tips	p. 91
Hunting for a Moose Permit in the U.S.	p. 93
Canada moose...in Canada	p. 99
Moose Records of North America and Beyond	p. 101
Mountain Sheep and Goats: High-Altitude Rocky Mountain Adventure	p. 103
America's Native Goat	p. 103
The Grand Slam	p. 106
Bob's Day Off	p. 114
Sheep and Goat Records of North America	p. 122
Bison: But is it a Trophy?	p. 125
Buffalo Today	p. 127
Go Hunt	p. 128
North American Bison Records	p. 135
Muskox: Oxen at the Top of the World	p. 137
Horns	p. 138
Your Hunt	p. 140
North American Muskox Records	p. 142
Javelina: Extreme Fun in America's Southwest	p. 143
Javelina as a Trophy	p. 145
Why Hunt Javelina?	p. 146
Bowhunting the Wild Turkey: Great Challenge or Easy Trophy?	p. 151
Turkeys in the New World	p. 151
The Turkey as Trophy	p. 154
Choosing the Right Gear	p. 156
World's Toughest Turkey	p. 159
Calling	p. 160
Planning and Budgeting for Your World Slam	p. 162
Your World Slam Turkey Budget	p. 166
Don't Die for a Turkey	p. 166
National Wild Turkey Federation Bowhunting Records	p. 168
Bears: America's Homegrown Omnivores	p. 169
The Biggest Bear Ever By Bow	p. 175
Gearing Up for Black Bear	p. 181
Bear Records of North America	p. 186
Mountain Lion: The Case for Cougar	p. 189
Puma Populations	p. 191
How to Hunt Mountain Lions	p. 193
Where You Find Them	p. 196
Canada's Cats	p. 199
Cougar Records of North America	p. 200
Alligator: Land Shark of the American Southeast	p. 201
Gators are Not Gimmes	p. 201
The Memorable Moments	p. 205
Try Here for Gators	p. 208
Red Stag: The Deer Down Under	p. 211
Red Deer	p. 211
America's Ambassador	p. 214
Red Deer Mechanics	p. 216
What is "Velvet Antler?"	p. 218
Elsewhere in the South Pacific	p. 220
The Hole in the Ozone	p. 222
SCI Record Book Minimum Scores for Red Stag	p. 222
Africa: Another World of Bowhunting Opportunity	p. 225
Best Kept Secret	p. 225
What About Safety?	p. 229
Meet Your African Quarry	p. 230
Africa's "Big Six"	p. 231
Bob Eastman's World Record Elephant	p. 237
Horned Game	p. 242
Planning and Budgeting	p. 255
Budgeting for Your African Hunt	p. 256
Why not Texas?	p. 257
Afterword	p. 261
Appendices	p. 265
What is Fair Chase?	p. 265
Beware the Professional	p. 266
State Fish & Wildlife Department Contact Information	p. 267
Index	p. 271
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