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[Irrelevant]

At times ridiculously arogant and entitled, at other times humble and authentic, overall a good book that I'll read again. It is another in what has become a series of books that have kindled a small fire inside me to hunt africa, one that I never new was in me. But if I go, and that's a big if, it'll be for more than a month, as the author does in his trip, as I think you need that much time to adjust and soak up the experience. It was particularly interesting that the authors wife, described as a city slicker with no real outdoorsy experience, after spending 6 weeks in the bush, cries on their way to the airport.

 

[WildWill]

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At times ridiculously arogant and entitled, at other times humble and authentic, overall a good book that I'll read again. It is another in what has become a series of books that have kindled a small fire inside me to hunt africa, one that I never new was in me. But if I go, and that's a big if, it'll be for more than a month, as the author does in his trip, as I think you need that much time to adjust and soak up the experience. It was particularly interesting that the authors wife, described as a city slicker with no real outdoorsy experience, after spending 6 weeks in the bush, cries on their way to the airport.

Add this to the list if you haven't read it yet. I never thought I'd enjoy hunting africa as much as I did.

 

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At times ridiculously arogant and entitled, at other times humble and authentic, overall a good book that I'll read again. It is another in what has become a series of books that have kindled a small fire inside me to hunt africa, one that I never new was in me. But if I go, and that's a big if, it'll be for more than a month, as the author does in his trip, as I think you need that much time to adjust and soak up the experience. It was particularly interesting that the authors wife, described as a city slicker with no real outdoorsy experience, after spending 6 weeks in the bush, cries on their way to the airport.

To really understand Ruark, you need to read “The Honey Badger”.

 

[duckhunt]

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I enjoyed this.

 

[hunter49]

 

[Hunting Wife]

 

[44hunter45]

Thrift store find.

 

[jwatts]

 

[Irrelevant]

I'll apologize in advance for anyone who takes offense to my review.

This was my first, and will be only, book in the Joe Pickett series. I give it D, at best, I almost stopped reading it multiple times. But if I can get through Moby Dick, I can get through anything. It was the lowest quality writing I've read is a very long time, more suitable for middle school than adulthood (and it still wouldn't be great). The story was both too predictable and too outlandish at the same time, an admirable feat I suppose. The characters were poorly developed and unrealistic. The best comparison I can come up with is that Joe Pickett is a very poor version of Dirk Diggler. There was nothing "good" about it, which is odd, most bad books still have something impressive or enjoyable about them, but not this one.

 

[Irrelevant]

Great read. On par with his Tiger book, but a faster read. I can't imagine pursuing the same animal for years, all the while it's trying to eat you and a bunch of other innocent people. The dude is clearly a top tier badass, yet his descriptions of being terrified make me wonder if I've ever actually been scared.

 

[WildWill]

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I'll apologize in advance for anyone who takes offense to my review.

This was my first, and will be only, book in the Joe Pickett series. I give it D, at best, I almost stopped reading it multiple times. But if I can get through Moby Dick, I can get through anything. It was the lowest quality writing I've read is a very long time, more suitable for middle school than adulthood (and it still wouldn't be great). The story was both too predictable and too outlandish at the same time, an admirable feat I suppose. The characters were poorly developed and unrealistic. The best comparison I can come up with is that Joe Pickett is a very poor version of Dirk Diggler. There was nothing "good" about it, which is odd, most bad books still have something impressive or enjoyable about them, but not this one.

Tried one of the Pickett books myself and couldn't agree more not my cup of tea. But leave Melville alone .





The current book I'm reading and am really enjoying it. The book is broke up into 5 sections based on the regions of the country NE, SE, SW, Midwest, and the NW (which HI is lumped in with). Parts folklore, local dark history, and plain old ghost story so far it's been very entertaining. Seems like most if not all the stories are set on public land and at the end of each has notes on how to hike to the exact spot/spots in the stories.

 

[Warner]

“50 Years a Hunter and a Trapper.” It’s worth a read. Reflections of an elderly man hunting and trapping in the 2nd half of the 19th century, mainly in northern Pennsylvania.

 

[Straight Arrow]

ADVENTURES IN GEYSER LAND, a rare book which chronicles the true-better-than-fiction story of the 1877 Yellowstone tour of wonders, then shooting, capture, and eventual release of the Carpenter and Cowan families from the Helena/Radersburg area of Montana. The Nez Perce encountered and captured this group as the hundeds of warriors, women and childen with hundreds of horses were fleeing the cavalry, crossing the middle of Yellowstone after the Battle at Big Hole. The shooting victim recounts the days of literally crawling for miles after being shot in the leg and the skull, then being bashed with a rock, eventually saved by the cavalry. The captives tell their stories of the interactions, threats, and eventual release by the Nez Perce.

 

[noharleyyet]

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ISWYDT...

 

[noharleyyet]

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I'll apologize in advance for anyone who takes offense to my review.

This was my first, and will be only, book in the Joe Pickett series. I give it D, at best, I almost stopped reading it multiple times. But if I can get through Moby Dick, I can get through anything. It was the lowest quality writing I've read is a very long time, more suitable for middle school than adulthood (and it still wouldn't be great). The story was both too predictable and too outlandish at the same time, an admirable feat I suppose. The characters were poorly developed and unrealistic. The best comparison I can come up with is that Joe Pickett is a very poor version of Dirk Diggler. There was nothing "good" about it, which is odd, most bad books still have something impressive or enjoyable about them, but not this one.

As of the latest mailed in iterations, this is fair...and even worse was the bastardized screen series.

 

[Hunting Wife]

ISWYDT...

I had actually never read it. Figured now was as good a time as any.

 

[geetar]

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At times ridiculously arogant and entitled, at other times humble and authentic, overall a good book that I'll read again. It is another in what has become a series of books that have kindled a small fire inside me to hunt africa, one that I never new was in me. But if I go, and that's a big if, it'll be for more than a month, as the author does in his trip, as I think you need that much time to adjust and soak up the experience. It was particularly interesting that the authors wife, described as a city slicker with no real outdoorsy experience, after spending 6 weeks in the bush, cries on their way to the airport.

I found it funny that he always seemed willing to abandon all the African big game animals anytime he saw some birds he could shoot.

 

[geetar]

Most recently I'm reading this one.

 

[Irrelevant]

I found it funny that he always seemed willing to abandon all the African big game animals anytime he saw some birds he could shoot.

well I mean, they don't eat you when you f'up a shot.

 

[geetar]

well I mean, they don't eat you when you f'up a shot.

True.