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Most anything written by Charles Waterman but especially "Gun Dogs & Bird Guns" & "Field Days".

Any three of Jim Corbett's books.

Such a wide ranging subject. I enjoy some of historical accounts, never to be seen again. Maybe, some of the compilations Batten did for the old Amwel press, and some of the Safari Press stuff is interesting. Maybe, far too much for a short list.

To second Mike Rowes Choice but specifically in this order :-
A. Man Eaters of Kumaon
B. The Temple Tiger and other Stories
C. The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
I put C last as it's a long read, slow and somewhat tedious but well worth it.

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A Shooting Man's Creed by Sir Joseph Nickerson

Moss, Mallards and Mules by Bob Brister

Big December Canvasbacks by Worth Mathewson

I will second Brittany Man’s mention of Charlie Waterman. In addition to the two titles he listed, The Part I Remember and Ridge Runners and Swamp Rats are also very good. I also like Gordon MacQuarrie’s old duck hunter stories. And of course, a bunch of Gene Hill’s.

My favorites include the Jim Corbett books and anything from Nash Buckingham. My favorite all time hunting story appeared in the September 1994 Grays Sporting Journal: “The Worlds Greatest Duck Gun” by Ed Dvorak Jr. I still have the magazine and kept it on a bookshelf in my office at work. I’d pull it out from time to time and read it when the workaday doldrums became too much.

It's far more than a hunting book, but I enjoyed reading the journals that John Fremont produced regarding his surveying trips of the West in the 1840s. There are lots of stories about hunting in it's purest form - for survival. It's interesting what people will decide is good when it's all you can get. He once referred to a "fine mess of seagulls shot by Kit Carson."

Here's a link to an ebook:


https://www.gutenberg.org/files/9294/9294-h/9294-h.htm

I believe some people are readers and some are not.
The best solution is to start.

I read a lot, so there is a seasonal rotation.

My personality doesn’t lend itself to sitting down and reading lengthy novels or accounts. It has to catch me in the first few pages.
Here’s a stack I’m chewing through right now, next to my chair.

Here’s an old book about managing grouse moors.
Fits in at a grouse camp.


Half.com is a good low cost source.
If you spell something on it, or just don’t like it, you’re not out much.