A 1000 Campfires - Top Read ! and Bowyers Bible 4
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:03 pm
Yesterday bsrecurve loaned me his copy of Jay Masseys A thousand Campfires .
I started reading it at the train station this morning and finished it on the train on the way home . Jay Massey writes in a familar easy to relate to style .
Plenty of stories of his traditional gear hunts in the Alaskan wilderness , Kodiak Island and other wild places , I couldn't put the book down . I have a dream to hunt Moose and Jays Moose hunting stories where my favourites .
One chapter he told of a hunt in the back blocks where a Grizzly trailed Jay and a hunting mate to steal there meat from 2 Dall sheep kills. How would you cope with that , even if you had a 45:70 pistol as backup .
Another he talks about an encounter with a pair of unethical shooters who where taking advantage of the bowhunting season in order to extend there opportunities of a deer kill and how he put the situation right again. Well it illistrated his integritty anyway . Such a shame he died in 1997 , he has made a massive contribution to our sport and what more could he have done
Once again loved it - will be buying my own copy next order stateside .
Last week I got a copy of the Bowyers Bible 4 and I am really impressed with its content - tops off the other 3 Bowyers Bible well . They where full of good information but there where glowing gaps in them . Number 4 goes a long way to patching them up - much more informed this time round . Top value get Bowyers Bible 4 even if your not into making your own traditional gear .
regards Perry
I started reading it at the train station this morning and finished it on the train on the way home . Jay Massey writes in a familar easy to relate to style .
Plenty of stories of his traditional gear hunts in the Alaskan wilderness , Kodiak Island and other wild places , I couldn't put the book down . I have a dream to hunt Moose and Jays Moose hunting stories where my favourites .
One chapter he told of a hunt in the back blocks where a Grizzly trailed Jay and a hunting mate to steal there meat from 2 Dall sheep kills. How would you cope with that , even if you had a 45:70 pistol as backup .
Another he talks about an encounter with a pair of unethical shooters who where taking advantage of the bowhunting season in order to extend there opportunities of a deer kill and how he put the situation right again. Well it illistrated his integritty anyway . Such a shame he died in 1997 , he has made a massive contribution to our sport and what more could he have done
Once again loved it - will be buying my own copy next order stateside .
Last week I got a copy of the Bowyers Bible 4 and I am really impressed with its content - tops off the other 3 Bowyers Bible well . They where full of good information but there where glowing gaps in them . Number 4 goes a long way to patching them up - much more informed this time round . Top value get Bowyers Bible 4 even if your not into making your own traditional gear .
regards Perry
