From the Foreword by Don Thomas: “Like all of the few ‘outdoor’ books that truly deserve to endure, A Man Made of Elk is, well…different. That’s logical enough, for the same can be said of its author. A former Marine pilot and current backwoods intellectual, idealist, iconoclast, and, yes, hunter, Dave Petersen defies categorization as adroitly as his terrific prose…. I know deer hunters, bear hunters, and sheep hunters, but I don’t know anyone else who identifies as completely with one species of game as Dave Petersen identifies with elk. This book’s title goes beyond metaphor; the guy is made of elk.”
Table of Content
Dedication
Foreword
Author’s Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I: An Elk Hunter’s Almanac
1. Farts in a Hurricane 3
2. A Man Made of Elk 9
3. A Lucky Day 16
4. A Hunter’s Heart 23
5. Close to Home 36
6. Wapiti Wisdom 39
7. “Come On!” 44
8. The Same Elk Twice 53
9. One Perfect Arrow 65
10. Wallowing in It 76
11. Evolution of a Trophy Hunter 81
12. A Mighty Big Squirrel 89
13 Failure 91
14. A Winter Vacation 95
Part II: Woodsmanship: How I Do It (and how I try not to)
15. Privileged Advice 103
16. Eating Humble Pie 109
17. Bushwhacked! 118
18. Blood and Guts Made Easy 123
19. Confessions of a Jerky Junkie 128
20 Going Squirrely 135
21. Turkey Tactics for Wapiti (and vice versa) 141
22. Bunny Bashing Basics 145
Part III: Campfire Philosophies
23. Do Animals Have Feelings That Hunters Can Hurt? 153
24. A Trip to the Meat Market 159
25. The Sacred Game 166
26. Meditations on Poaching 169
27. The Silence of the Bulls 175
28. Modern Hunting, Ancient Philosophy 184
29. Control 200
30. The Mule Deer Wars 203
31. Let’s Use the Quads God Gave Us 210
Postscript: Thomas Aquinas Daly 219
About the Author 229
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