The greatest hunting stories ever told : tales of big game hunting

Summary Note

A collection of true hunting tales, conveying the drama, tension, stamina, and sheer thrill of tracking down game.

General Note

"Classic tales of hunting grizzly, moose, cape buffalo, and much more"--Front cover.

Content Note

Suicide made easy /Robert C. Ruark -- My first deer, and welcome to it / Patrick F. McManus -- "Ducks? You bat you!" / Gordon MacQuarrie -- Bear attack! / Ed Wiseman, as told to Jim Zumbo -- De shootinest gent'man / Nash Buckingham -- The rhinoceros / Jack O'Connor -- The painful moose / Clare Conley -- Gypsy / Jerry Gibbs -- Wounded lion in Kenya / J.C. Rikhoff -- The leopard / Jack O'Connor -- The wilderness hunter / Theodore Roosevelt -- Bird dogs never die / Charles B. Martin, Sr. -- Brown bear--1962 / Fred Bear -- The last stand of a wily jaguar / Frank C. Hibben -- Buffalo / John Taylor -- So the possum's a pushover? / Joel F. Webber -- Brown fury of the mountains / Ben East -- Rogue elephant / Captain Patrick A. Meade -- The great Jonesboro pigeon shoot / Jim Carmichel -- The Chabunkwa man-eater / Peter Hathaway Capstick -- My last grizzly / Dan Ludington, as told to James Doherty -- Never trust a moose / Eric Collier -- More elephant stories / John Taylor -- How to shoot the bird of peace / Nord Riley -- Wolves don't live by the rules / Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Reardon -- Lions don't come easy / Jack O'Connor -- I had to have a moose / Olive A. Fredrickson -- Santiago and the lady / Jack O'Connor.