Sheep and elk books

[schur7559]

Hello all. Long time lurker, first time poster. My wife dragged me along for a tropical vacation in a couple of weeks and I’d like some western hunting books to vicariously live through. Have any of you read Sheep and Sheep Hunting by Jack O’Conner? Is it worth the $250 price tag online? I’ve looked at local libraries and came up empty. Im open to all other options but most of what I find in the sheep hunting department is ridiculously expensive. Any other good elk books to look for? Thanks all!

 

[hunterjmj]

Sheep hunting in Alaska by Tony Russ is a great book.

 

[BeastOfTheTrees]

Same thing happened to me recently except it was absolutely an awesome trip. I read ocean themed books out there on the beach and it really gets you into the ocean.

I say read as in completed past tense, 3 kids contributed to my whopping 100 pages lol. Not a Ram book but “Leviathan: History of Whaling in America”

Its hard to not get into that book.

 

[wildwilderness]

Rampages is a good series, but more of a coffee table set

 

[JD Jones]

Sheep hunting in Alaska by Tony Russ is a great book.

This

 

[Johnny Tyndall]

O'Connor is great, but there's no way that book is worth $250 unless you're a collector. That man wrote a dozen books and a million words and after a while you basically get the idea. I'd just grab whatever you can from the library.

 

[SoloWilderness]

A beast the color of winter.

 

[Joseph2186]

You can find the Art of hunting north american big game book by Jack oconnor its a good read and much much cheaper. Ebay is a good place to find hunting books.

 

[AKmatt]

Sheep hunting in Alaska by Tony Russ is a great book.

I second this, a lot of great info and stories in this one

 

[Pony Soldier]

Increase your understanding rather than being a voyeur. Elk of North America.

 

[hunterjmj]

Another good book is Idaho's greatest mule deer by Ryan Hatfield. Mostly pictures but lots of good stories. I recently picked up the Wyoming version. These are great books that you can pick up and glance at all the time.

 

[dieselchessy]

Alaskan Yukon trophies won and lost is a decent book, but I see the Amazon prices are crazy.

 

[Grizz208]

I can't read.

 

[gwtravis]

 

[TheGrayRider]

Ain’t nothing cheap about bighorn sheep hunting, even the used books by long deceased authors. Best of luck, TheGrayRider.