Ultimate Big Game Adventures: Wild Hunts Across North America

by Shockey, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780973280807
• ISBN10: 0973280808
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: F & W Media Inc

Summary

From an igloo tomb in the arctic, to a mountain goat glacier in British Columbia, to a brown bear alder jungle on a volcanic island, Ultimate Outdoor Adventures epitomizes the ultimate North American hunting adventure. Highlighting the spine tingling adventures of Jim Shockey, award winning outdoors writer and professional wilderness guide and outfitter for the last two decades, this high-action book will scintillate and titliiate. Readers travel along to the most remote corners of North America reliving the best of the best of these epic hunting journeys. Fully illustrated with more than 200 images burned to film from all of those wild, inhospitable places, this visual treasure completely defines hunting adventure. An award-winning outdoor writer, wildlife photographer, wilderness guide, and outfitter for the last two decades, Jim Shockey is the first and only hunter in the world to complete the North American Super Slam and Ultimate Slam using only a muzzleloader. He has published more than 1,000 adventure articles for nearly all of the largest outdoor magazines.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 5
Foreword	p. 6
Hunting On The Ragged Edge
Imagine A Land	p. 8
The Edge Of Insanity	p. 18
Facing Down Fear	p. 24
Diary Of Despair	p. 32
Epilogue: Danger Knocks	p. 42
Man Against Beast
Come Hell Or High Water	p. 50
On The Trail Of Danger	p. 58
Ol' Three Legs	p. 64
The Hunted	p. 68
The Ring Of Fire	p. 76
Oh Deer!
Toe-To-Toe	p. 84
The Fire In His Eye	p. 88
'Big' Kodiak Deer Hunt	p. 92
The Baddest Blacktail	p. 96
Antler Kings
White Manes & Blackpowder	p. 104
Nord By Northeast	p. 110
Diary Of A Yukon Odyssey	p. 116
He Could Charge At Any Second!	p. 122
Behind The Scenes For Shiras Moose	p. 128
Valley Of The Moose	p. 134
Mountain Mysteries
Bulls And Billies	p. 140
Hunting The Devil's Bath	p. 146
Climbing Solo	p. 152
Up & Down Mountain Goats	p. 156
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