Has anyone ever seen Jack O'Connor's book titled "Hunting with a Binocular"?

[JOC Fan]

Send me a PM or reply to the post if you have ever seen one.

 

[JBrown1]

It was published by Bausch and Lomb in 1949. I have never heard of it and I wonder if it wasn't more of a pamphlet.

http://www.hunterbooks.com/imagesDB/Connor.pdf

 

[JOC Fan]

Yaeh I have that list but have never actually seen it. They didnt even have a copy last time I visited the JOC in Lewiston.

 

[JBrown1]

I wonder if it was more of a promotional pamphlet. Something that would end up in a drawer, only to be tossed later, as opposed to something that would be placed on a bookshelf.

 

[JOC Fan]

I sent a note to my pal Brad. Lets see what he says!

 

[QuackAttack]

Tag for updates. I was at the Center a month or two ago and I don’t recall seeing that title. I have almost all of his hunting books as well.

 

[JOC Fan]

Thanks for confirming.

 

[bmrfish]

Can’t help with the pamphlet but around 1980 or so I had a class at the University of Idaho in a big room full of his trophies. Zoogeography I think it was and the teacher was epically terrible. I always liked going to the classroom though!


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[Centralcoastca]

I’m interested in seeing if anyone comes up with something, my grandpa was a big O’Connor disciple and subsequently a .270 fanatic. I remember reading his articles when I was a teenager that my grandpa gave me.

 

[JOC Fan]

I will next email my buddy Mike at B&C and he can ask Buck Buckner to see if there was ever such a thing. If anyone, Buck will know. Stay tuned.

 

[JOC Fan]

OK, I finally got the skinny on it.

It is a thin soft covered book and not just a B&L pamphlet.

Cover is a pale green color with mountains in the background of a darker green color

Dimensions are 4” x 6”

Bound with two staples

22 Numbered pages

Includes 6/7 black and white photos

Pages are of the slick higher quality paper

It is dated in the back December of 1949

Appraised it at $500

 

[Centralcoastca]

OK, I finally got the skinny on it.

It is a thin soft covered book and not just a B&L pamphlet.

Cover is a pale green color with mountains in the background of a darker green color

Dimensions are 4” x 6”View attachment 372660

Bound with two staples

22 Numbered pages

Includes 6/7 black and white photos

Pages are of the slick higher quality paper

It is dated in the back December of 1949

Appraised it at $500

Daang, very cool.

 

[QuackAttack]

That’s awesome. Shame there isn’t a printer doing a lot of the old books. Retro is big business these days and his books are more relevant today than ever. Tons of hunters with no clue about basics that he covered so eloquently back then. I miss outdoor writers that were true masters of their craft and not just gear pimps.

The hunting world needs Jack, now as much as ever.