Elk and Elk Hunting: Your Practical Guide to Fundamentals and Fine Points (Paperback)

by Hartt Wixom (Author) "One of the first, indelible memories I have of elk and elk hunting goes back some 40 years to when I visited an older country..." (more)
Key Phrases: locating elk, elk terrain, male wapiti, Rocky Mountain, New Mexico, Forest Service (more...)

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Product Description
Elk and Elk Hunting has long been a standard resource for both beginning and experienced elk hunters. Now available in paperback, this classic book on the sport covers all of the essentials, including preseason conditioning, scouting, bugling, the elk camp, the use of horses, and much more. Additional sections on the natural history of elk, game management, and elk lore continue to make this the most comprehensive elk hunting guide available. This classic guide is now available in paperback-more than 40,000 copies sold in hardcover.

About the Author
Hartt Wixom, a licensed Wyoming guide, grew up in elk country and has spent his life hunting and observing elk across the country. A former Rocky Mountain editor for Field and Stream, his writing has appeared in various hunting publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1st Paperback Ed edition (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811731359
• ISBN-13: 978-0811731355
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #584,576 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book overall I have read on hunting elk., November 10, 1999

By	[e-mail] ([e-mail]) (Peoa, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elk and Elk Hunting: Your Practical Guide to Fundamentals and Fine Points (Hardcover)

The book is easy to read--early high school reading level. Since reading the book about 10 years ago, I have taken 15 elk and hunted in several states. Hart gives many ways to hunt elk. I have used all of them. He also gives many "no no's" in hunting elk. I have practiced avoiding all of them.

Overall, the book is well worth reading. I would recommend that all serious elk hunters have a copy of the book as a reference guide.

Dick Jorgenson

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gets you closer to elk than anyone could ever imagine, September 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Elk and Elk Hunting: Your Practical Guide to Fundamentals and Fine Points (Hardcover)

I highly recommend this book to all serious elk hunters. Once you've read this book and applied these tactics, elk seem to fall out of the trees around you (Watch out! They're big animals!). You're foolish not to read this if you are going elk hunting.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the Bible of Elk Hunting books, December 27, 2006

By	R. W. Smith (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Elk and Elk Hunting: Your Practical Guide to Fundamentals and Fine Points (Hardcover)

It's too bad that one reviewer had to bump a negative review several times in what looks like a deliberate effort to downgrade this book. The truth of the matter is that this book is one of the best books ever written about hunting the majestic wapiti. When many of the current titles on this subject have long been out of print, it's a pretty good bet that Wixom's book will be considered a classic and still be read by hunters seeking solid, reliable imformation about elk and how to pursue them.