Hunting Books
One of the best ways to unwind after a long day is with a good book. Especially a book about hunting.
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There are a lot of great hunting books out there, and odds are good that I have missed some. If there is a hunting-focused book that you recommend, please send me an email and I will take a look at it.
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Page last updated: Feb 2020
| American Buffalo | Conservation & Philosophy | Steven Rinella | View on Amazon |
| That Wild Country | Conservation & Philosophy | Mark Kenyon | View on Amazon |
| A Sand County Almanac | Conservation & Philosophy | Aldo Leopold | View on Amazon |
| The Ghosts of Autumn | Conservation & Philosophy | Joel Spring | View on Amazon |
| Why We Hunt | Conservation & Philosophy | Aaron B Futrell | View on Amazon |
| Life and Hunting | Conservation & Philosophy | Brent Durkin | View on Amazon |
| Sidetracks | Conservation & Philosophy | Gary Oberg | View on Amazon |
| The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told | Conservation & Philosophy | Lamar Underwood | View on Amazon |
| The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook | Cooking | Steven Rinella | View on Amazon |
| The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game Volume 1 | Cooking | Steven Rinella | View on Amazon |
| The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game Volume 2 | Cooking | Steven Rinella | View on Amazon |
| The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine | Cooking | Steven Rinella | View on Amazon |
| Buck, Buck, Moose | Cooking | Hank Shaw | View on Amazon |
| Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail | Cooking | Hank Shaw | View on Amazon |
| Duck, Duck, Goose | Cooking | Hank Shaw | View on Amazon |
| Upland Game Bird Cookery | Cooking | Eileen Clarke | View on Amazon |
| The Everything Wild Game Cookbook | Cooking | Karen Eagle | View on Amazon |
| The Wild Game Cookbook | Cooking | Roger Murphy | View on Amazon |
| Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game | Cooking | Jesse Griffiths | View on Amazon |
| Venison | Cooking | Jon Wipfli | View on Amazon |
| The Wild Game Smoker and Grill Cookbook | Cooking | Kindi Lantz | View on Amazon |
| The Hunter's Cookbook | Cooking | Steve Chapman | View on Amazon |
| The Hunter's Guide to Butchering, Smoking, and Curing Wild Game and Fish | Cooking | Philip Hasheider | View on Amazon |
| The Practical Guide to Elk Hunting | Elk | John A Cleveland | |
| Jumpstart Elk Hunting | Elk | Brian E Baldwin | View on Amazon |
| Public Land Elk Hunting | Elk | Matthew Dworak | View on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Guide to Elk Hunting | Elk | Bob Robb | View on Amazon |
| DIY Elk Hunting Guide | Elk | Dan Allan | View on Amazon |
| The Modern Elk Hunter | Elk | Todd C Wilson | View on Amazon |
| Elk Hunting the West-Revisited | Elk | Mike Eastman | View on Amazon |
| A Man Made of Elk | Elk | David Petersen | View on Amazon |
| Colorado Dreams | Elk | MF McAlister | View on Amazon |
| Whitetail Adventures (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| The Muddy Elk (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Monster Mule Deer (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Winner, Winner, Turkey Dinner (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Big Bear Feet (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Fish On! (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Fishing Frenzy (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Tales (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| The Swamp (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| The Snake River Challenge (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Moose Mania (Lucky Luke) | Kids | Kevin Lovegreen | View on Amazon |
| Ducks and Geese | Kids | James & Luke Jubran | View |
| Coyote Lost Her Voice | Kids | James & Luke Jubran | View |
| Antlers | Kids | James & Luke Jubran | View |
| Pheasants and Quail | Kids | James & Luke Jubran | View |
| Clean Water | Kids | James & Luke Jubran | View |
| Duck Hunting for Kids | Kids | Tyler Dean Omoth | View on Amazon |
| Deer Hunting for Kids | Kids | Matt Chandler | View on Amazon |
| Whitetail Success by Design | Land & Deer Management | Jeff Sturgis | View on Amazon |
| Mature Buck Success by Design | Land & Deer Management | Jeff Sturgis | View on Amazon |
| Food Plot Success by Design | Land & Deer Management | Jeff Sturgis | |
| Quality Food Plots | Land & Deer Management | Lindsay Thomas JR, Kent Kammermeyer, & Karl V. Miller | View on Amazon |
| White-tailed Deer Management and Habitat Improvement | Land & Deer Management | Steve Bartylla | View on Amazon |
| Hunting Big Mule Deer | Mule Deer | Robby Denning | View on Amazon |
| Hunting Open-Country Mule Deer | Mule Deer | Dwight Schuh | View on Amazon |
| Dennis Wintch: Mule Deer Hunting Legend | Mule Deer | Dennis Wintch | View on Amazon |
| Mule Deer Hunting Bible | Mule Deer | John E Phillips | View on Amazon |
| Hunting High Country Mule Deer | Mule Deer | Mike Eastman | View on Amazon |
| Mule Deer Hunting (The Complete Hunter) | Mule Deer | Jim Zumbo | View on Amazon |
| Mule Deer: Hunting Today's Trophies | Mule Deer | Jim Van Norman | View on Amazon |
| Life and Hunting | Mule Deer | Brent Durkin | View on Amazon |
| Blood in the Tracks | Mule Deer | Jim Collyer | View on Amazon |
| Mule Deer Quest | Mule Deer | Walt Prothero | View on Amazon |
| Mule Deer Strategies | Mule Deer | Walt Prothero | View on Amazon |
| Public Land Mulies | Mule Deer | David Long | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Hunting Tales, Tips, and Tactics | Turkey | Jace Bauserman | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Hunting: A One Man Game | Turkey | Kenny Morgan | View on Amazon |
| The Old Pro Turkey Hunter | Turkey | Gene Nunnery | View on Amazon |
| Lessons Learned from the Magnificent Bird | Turkey | Gary Sefton | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Tails and Tales From Across the USA Vol 1 | Turkey | Tom Weddle | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Tails and Tales From Across the USA Vol 2 | Turkey | Tom Weddle | View on Amazon |
| Advanced Turkey Hunting | Turkey | Michael Hanbeck | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Hunting for Kids | Kids | Tyler Dean Omoth | View on Amazon |
| Successful Turkey Hunting | Turkey | John Higley | View on Amazon |
| The Complete Book of Wild Turkey Hunting | Turkey | John Trout Jr | View on Amazon |
| America's Greatest Game Bird | Turkey | Archibald Rutledge | View on Amazon |
| We're Going Turkey Hunting | Kids | Jonathan Potter | View on Amazon |
| Tenth Legion | Turkey | Tom Kelly | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Hunting Digest | Turkey | Jim Spencer | View on Amazon |
| The Art & Science of Wild Turkey Hunting | Turkey | Lovet E Williams Jr | View on Amazon |
| The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting | Turkey | E.A. McIlhenny | View on Amazon |
| Turkey Hunting with Charlie Elliot | Turkey | Charlie Elliot | View on Amazon |
| The Education of a Turkey Hunter | Turkey | William Hanankrat | View on Amazon |
| The Orvis Guide to Upland Hunting | Upland Birds | Reid Bryant | View on Amazon |
| Endless October | Upland Birds | Randy Schultz | View on Amazon |
| The Traditional Side by Side | Upland Birds | Doug Stewart | View on Amazon |
| Game Birds | Upland Birds | Gary Kramer | View on Amazon |
| Upland Game Birds | Upland Birds | Dick Sternberg | View on Amazon |
| Among the Aspen | Upland Birds | Mark Parman | View on Amazon |
| The Upland Alleghenies | Upland Birds | Bob Fala | View on Amazon |
| Game Birds and Gun Dogs | Upland Birds | Vin T Sparano | View on Amazon |
| A Hunter's Road | Upland Birds | Jim Fergus | View on Amazon |
| The Upland Equation | Upland Birds | Charles Fergus | View on Amazon |
| Hunting Upland Birds | Upland Birds | Tom Carpenter | View on Amazon |
| Upland Bird Hunting | Upland Birds | Joel M Vance | View on Amazon |
| Bare November Days | Upland Birds | Bruce Langton | View on Amazon |
| Upland Hunting in Alaska | Upland Birds | Jim McCann | View on Amazon |
| Bird Dog Days | Upland Birds | Archibald Rutledge | View on Amazon |
| Kicking Up Trouble | Upland Birds | John Holt | View on Amazon |
| LL Bean Upland Bird Hunting Handbook | Upland Birds | Tom Huggler | View on Amazon |
| Upland Autumn | Upland Birds | William G Tapply | View on Amazon |
| Spent Shells | Upland Birds | Anthony Arnold | View on Amazon |
| Hunting Upland Birds | Upland Birds | Charles F Waterman | View on Amazon |
| Idaho Ruffed Grouse Hunting | Upland Birds | Andrew Marshall Wayment | View on Amazon |
| Thursday's Bird | Upland Birds | Joel Spring | View on Amazon |
| Serious Grouse Hunting | Upland Birds | Jay C Kumar | View on Amazon |
| Upland Days | Upland Birds | William G Tapply | View on Amazon |
| Modern Pheasant Hunting | Upland Birds | Steve Grooms | View on Amazon |
| Pheasant Hunting for Kids | Kids | Jeff C Young | View on Amazon |
| America's Bird | Upland Birds | Steve Smith | View on Amazon |
| Ringneck | Upland Birds | Steve Grooms | View on Amazon |
| Rooster! | Upland Birds | Dale C Spartas | View on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting | Waterfowl | Tom Airhart, Eddie Kent, & Kent Raymer | View on Amazon |
| Wildfowl Magazine's Duck hunting | Waterfowl | Skip Knowles | View on Amazon |
| Bury Me in My Waders | Waterfowl | Don E Webster | View on Amazon |
| A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting | Waterfowl | RK Sawyer | View on Amazon |
| The Ultimate Guide to Callening and Decoying Waterfowl | Waterfowl | Monte Burch | View on Amazon |
| The Language of Wings | Waterfowl | E Donnall Thomas Jr | View on Amazon |
| More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters | Waterfowl | Gordon MacQuarrie | View on Amazon |
| Mapping Trophy Bucks | Whitetail | Brad Herndon | View on Amazon |
| Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails | Whitetail | Tony Peterson | View on Amazon |
| Whitetail Savvy | Whitetail | Dr Leonard Lee Ru III and Charles J Alsheimer | View on Amazon |
| Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails | Whitetail | John and Chris Eberhart | View on Amazon |
| Bowhunting Whitetails the Eberhart Way | Whitetail | John and Chris Eberhart | View on Amazon |
| Real World Whitetail Behavior | Whitetail | Jim Roy | View on Amazon |
| All Weather Whitetails: Forecasting Your Next Hunt of a Lifetime | Whitetail | Jeff Sturgis | View on Amazon |
| The Total Deer Hunter Manual (Field & Stream) | Whitetail | Scott Bestuk & David Hurteau | View on Amazon |
| Extreme Whitetail Tactics | Whitetail | Dan Infalt and Mario Trafficante Jr | View on Amazon |
| One Year to Better Deer | Land & Deer Management | Lindsay Thomas Jr | View on Amazon |
| The Blood Trail | Whitetail | Lindsay Thomas Jr | View on Amazon |
| North American Whitetail Advanced Stand Hunting Strategies Book | Whitetail | Steve Bartylla | View on Amazon |
| Big Buck Secrets | Whitetail | Steve Bartylla | View on Amazon |
| Bowhunting Tactics that Deliver Trophies | Whitetail | Steve Bartylla | View on Map |
| Blaze Orange: Whitetail Deer Hunting in Wisconsin | Whitetail | Travis Dewitz | View on Amazon |
| Whitetail Deer Facts and Strategies | Whitetail | Dennis Keller | View on Amazon |
| Dawn of American Deer Hunting | Whitetail | Duncan Dobie | View on Amazon |