The Life of the Hunt
 THE LIFE OF THE HUNT is a thrilling collection of big game hunting adventures from Alaska to Africa, including stalks after elk, caribou, bears, Cape buffalo, kudu and trophy deer. The original hardcover was selected as hunting book of 1995 by SPORTS AFIELD magazine; now available in an updated softcover edition. NOT AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORES OR OTHER WEBSITES.
by John Barsness
2001, softbound, b&w photos, 188 pages
$23 (includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
“John Barsness is a truly talented writer. The Life Of The Hunt is a ‘must read’ for any serious hunter.”--Craig Boddington, PETERSEN’S HUNTING
Hunting the Great Plains
 Many hunters think of the great plains as farm fields and great deserts, but the region that held the great buffalo herds holds just as much game today.
From Oklahoma to Alberta, prairie grouse to deer and elk, this is the ultimate guide to it all.
by John Barsness
6 x 9 inch softbound, 160 pages, b&w photos,
$15 (includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
Hunter's Book of the Elk
 Follow elk throughout the year, including the fall hunting season. An entertaining guidebook, full of elk facts that help the hunter find bulls from the bugling season of September through the winter-range migration in November and December. This coffee-table style book includes photos by well-known wildlife photographer Mike Francis.
by John Barsness
Photos by Mike Francis
2001, hardcover, 100 color photos, 191 pages
$26 (includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
“Everything a hunter needs to know about elk, with entertaining writing and great photography....” --Gillis Webster, Montana elk guide
Shotguns for Wingshooting
 What kind of shotgun is best for pheasant or ducks, or doves? Pump, over/under or side by side--which is the best shotgun? What does balance really mean? What non-toxic shot is best for waterfowl? How can I make my shotgun fit ME, without spending lots of $$$$$?
These questions, and more, are answered. This book is the new classic text of shotgunning, as well as a lavish photographic celebration of shotguns and wingshooting.
by John Barsness
hard cover, large 8 1/2 x 11 format; 150 color photos, 208 pages,
$26.00 (includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
"In surprising depth, the book covers the practical aspects of all the shotguns we use for many birds we hunt.... The photos are worth of a book of their own."
--Bruce Buck, Shooting Sportsman
Shadows in an African Twilight
 Whenever I start thinking we’ve got it tough in the states, I read a book like this. Born in Rhodesia in 1950, Kevin Thomas hated school, spent all his days afield, grew up to become a game ranger and eventually a professional hunter. So far it sounds like the classic African PH story. But shortly after he became a game ranger, Rhodesia went ‘pear shaped.’ One bush war, a complete rearrangement of the social system, and Kevin’s story is suddenly much different. Ignore the typos and quaint British punctuation. This is a story that keeps you riveted, from hippo attacks and dagga bulls, to ‘kill cars’ (cannon-equipped Alouette helicopters) Kevin’s story is one you’ll never forget.
by Kevin Thomas
700 pages
We are back to only one option for buying Kevin’s book:
- To get a personally inscribed message from Kevin, choose the $81 option. ($56 for the book; $25 for airmail shipping from Africa.) Kevin will inscribe whatever you like, and ship it direct from his home. About 2 weeks. (We and Kevin apologize for the price increase. It was the doings of the South African post Office.)
- This option is temporarily sold out.
Heart Shots
Women Write about Hunting
 Here’s a great Christmas present idea for all the women who hunt, want to hunt, will soon hunt, or you wish would hunt with you.: a book of all women writers writing passionately about what they do: hunt.
It’s the best collection of women’s hunting stories ever. From Annie Oakley to Osa Johnson, Frances Hamerstrom, and even me, the collection covers more than a century of writing that rarely gets any attention from the powers that be. Have you ever heard of Vivienne de Watteville? She was her Dad’s right hand ‘man’ on an elephant collecting safari in Africa. He did the hunting and shooting, she did the taxidermy. Then one day, he was mauled by a lion and died. Guess who finished collecting the animals? All elephants, with her Dad’s .416 Rigby. And did the taxidermy, and the meat hunting for the porters while other women were being told they were too ‘fragile’ to be outdoors. (John’s grandmother heard that one, just before she left her home in Minnesota and homesteaded, by herself, in Montana just about the same time Vivienne was writing Out in the Blue, published in 1927; it’s excerpted here along with a bunch of other great writing.
The publisher is not planning to re-print. So last summer I bought up half of the remaining 50 copies they had in the warehouse. Obviously, supplies are limited.
edited by Mary Zeiss Stange
2003, hardcover, 360 pages.
$24.50 (Includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
Covering several continents, plus a century of writing, including:
‘A Brief Sketch of Her Career and Notes on Shooting'
Annie Oakley (1913)
‘The Story of Two Girls’
Alberta Claire (1916)
‘I May Have To Shoot Him’
Beryl Markham (1942)
‘Christmas At Paradise Lake‘
Osa Johnson (1944)
‘And Now with the Pygmies and Indians‘
Frances Hamerstrom (a 1994 reprint)
‘In the Eye of the Beholder’
Eileen Clarke (1998)
Don’t miss this great collection : 360 pages of stories.
Montana Time:
The Seasons of a Trout Fisherman
 Beginning with the first fish of spring, John takes the reader through the seasons of the year, fly fishing for wild trout--delving into both the biology of the species and the heart of the angler.
by John Barsness
5 1/2 x 8 inch softbound, 128 pages
$19 (Includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
Trout Unlimited calls Montana Time “one of the 10 best flyfishing literature books published in the 90's.”
The Queen of the Legal Tender Saloon
 A story of lost dreams and a found home, with a little sex, drugs and rock and roll (cowboy style) thrown in. This is a young woman's Montana adventure set in the 21st century where the bad guys don't always get caught- -at least not without an appeal and a slick lawyer--and riding off into the sunset isn't such a romantic ideal.
by Eileen Clarke
Paperback, 6 x 9 inches, 269 pages
$9.50 (Includes media rate shipping in the U.S.)
"Modern Montana at its truest--with the bark still on it. That the scenery is at once tawdry and magnificent goes without saying." --Robert F Jones, author of BloodTies
"An innocent's progress, a portrait of the New West, a song sung in perfect pitch--all describe The Queen of the Legal Tender Saloon. I've been waiting a long time for a book like this." --Steve Bodio, author of Querencia, Rage for Falcons
"A great airplane book. It just takes you away!" --Kay Ellerhoff, editor Wild Outdoor World
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