The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game
Volume 1: Big Game
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Publisher Description
A comprehensive big-game hunting guide, perfect for hunters ranging from first-time novices to seasoned experts, with more than 400 photographs, including work by renowned outdoor photographer John Hafner
Steven Rinella was raised in a hunting family and has been pursuing wild game his entire life. In this first-ever complete guide to hunting—from hunting an animal to butchering and cooking it—the host of the popular hunting show MeatEater shares his own expertise with us, and imparts strategies and tactics from many of the most experienced hunters in the United States as well.
This invaluable book includes
• recommendations on what equipment you will need—and what you can do without—from clothing to cutlery to camping gear to weapons
• basic and advanced hunting strategies, including spot-and-stalk hunting, ambush hunting, still hunting, drive hunting, and backpack hunting
• how to effectively use decoys and calling for big game
• how to find hunting locations, on both public and private land, and how to locate areas that other hunters aren’t using
• how and when to scout hunting locations for maximum effectiveness
• basic information on procuring hunting tags, including limited-entry “draw” tags
• a species-by-species description of fourteen big-game animals, from their mating rituals and preferred habitats to the best hunting techniques—both firearm and archery—for each species
• how to plan and pack for backcountry hunts
• instructions on how to break down any big-game animal and transport it from your hunting site
• how to butcher your own big-game animals and select the proper cuts for sausages, roasts, and steaks, and how to utilize underappreciated cuts such as ribs and shanks
• cooking techniques and recipes, for both outdoor and indoor preparation of wild game
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Rinella (Meat Eater; American Buffalo) continues his winning streak of crafting passionate, informed treatises on outdoor living in this fascinating examination of hunting bear, elk, and moose as well as more commonly hunted species such as whitetail deer. Rinella thoughtfully walks fellow hunters through the process of choosing the proper weapons, selecting the right tools such as binoculars and navigation tools, the art of loading one's pack, and getting permission from land owners before setting out on a hunt. Once in the field, readers will appreciate Rinella's fine points on tactics such as stalking and using decoys as well as tips that can only come from a veteran, such as talking to backpackers for information on animal activity and shooting technique in order to ensure a successful hunt. Once they've downed an animal, Rinella offers detailed tips accompanied by helpful photos to aid in butchering for consumption or taxidermy. Surprisingly, the book's weak spot is its final chapter, covering recipes for making the most of one's bounty. Rinella doesn't offer too many tips beyond the obvious grilled steaks and jerky, though wild pig hunters will appreciate his simple but flavorful recipe for smoked ham. It's a minor flaw in a book that's terrifically informative and is sure to inspire hunters to start poring over maps and readying themselves for their next hunt.
Customer Reviews
One of my new favorites
It’s funny reading this book and knowing who wrote it you can’t help but to read it in his voice in your head lol. One of the most important books or (as I’m going to use it) guides I’ve read. The vocabulary and ways of story telling in this grabs you and keeps you reading. I thought it was pretty awesome for some pictures of what was being described also. Definitely going to keep this on my phone for future use and reference (as a new hunter) for myself as well as tell my buddies about it. Loved the breakdowns of not only all the big game and common game in the USA but also their habitats and feeding patterns and explanation of diets during certain periods of the year and of course HOW TO HUNT THEM lol . Will definitely be checking out more by Steve soon. And if you haven’t already watch his tv show called MEATEATER.
New hunter
Very easy to read and hopefully apply this book is chocked full
Of information