A fully illustrated manual for hunters seeking to improve their skills for taking the West's most sought-after big-game animal.

Denning shares his knowledge of mule deer hunting and techniques that have been refined by trial and error, observation, and faithful persistence.

Dan Branagan was raised in Michigan, hunting whitetail from a young age and further honed his deer hunting skills further while living in Iowa. Dan was very experienced hunting whitetails with the muzzleloader, bow, shotgun, and rifle very familiar with all hunting methods. However, when he moved over 25 years ago to Idaho, he found that he was severely humbled when it came to mule deer hunting. While both whitetail and mule deer are obviously deer, their habits, the hunting strategies, and successful hunting techniques are so different that he pretty much had to start over. Dan wrote this book to provide you the reader, the knowledge and understanding gained through many painful lessons while hunting the West. It is exactly the book which he needed to read 25 years ago and it is exactly the book that you need to read now if you have ever wanted to tag a big mature mule deer buck in the Rocky Mountains. Living in Idaho, Dan has gained an intricate knowledge of mule deer from studying them year round and while learning their strengths and weaknesses, he have developed novel successful hunting methods and techniques. Originally from the Midwest, he knows what many of you, who don't live in the West are thinking, based on your experiences hunting whitetail deer and the types of Western hunting stories that you are most undoubtedly reading. Dan know what mistakes that you are likely to make and what changes in your hunting plans are needed in order to be successful in your Western hunt. This book is designed to give you knowledge based understanding so you can train and retrain your most important asset which is your brain. Hunting the West takes specialized gear, time, and planning and is expensive whether you live in the West or are coming from elsewhere. This book will be the cheapest and best investment that you will make on planning and pulling off your Western mule deer hunting dreams!

A unique collection of mule-deer hunting stories, biology, management, and hunting how-to's, on North America's top trophy. Get the inside story on where to find bucks on public lands, and why where is just as important as how.

A symbol of the West, the mule deer can be one of the toughest animals to hunt. Especially when you're after a crafty, trophy buck, you really have to know what you're doing to be successful. In Mule Deer Strategies, Walt Prothero reveals all of the tactics that have helped him become a hugely successful mule deer hunter from choosing optics and glassing, to picking the right gun, to the six prime methods of hunting: stand hunting, still hunting, driving, brushing, tracking, and rattling. Follow Prothero's advice - tailor it to different types of terrain and climatic conditions - and you too can be a successful mule deer hunter. (6 X 9, 200 pages, color photos, b & w photos, diagrams)

The Sportsman’s Guide to Hunting Around the World Whether you’re planning the trip of a lifetime to Africa, hoping to finally bag an elk, or just looking to tune up your wingshooting skills, this book has it all. Filled with expert advice, species-by-species guides, full-color field-photography and riveting campfire tales, How to Hunt Everything is both a must-have resource for every hunter, and a celebration of hunting as a life-long, universal pursuit! SPECIES BY SPECIES GUIDE Expert hints on stalking and shooting 200 of the world’s most challenging and coveted species from Cape buffalo to caribou to Russian bears. GEAR ESSENTIALS Whether you’re bowhunting or using traditional or high-tech firearms, this book lets you know what you need and how to use it. Special sections highlight traditional native ways of hunting and how to apply their wisdom today. ALL-STAR TEAM The writers in this book have been there, hunted that, and come back with amazing tales to tell. How to Hunt Everything gathers the best of their experiences. FIELD PHOTOGRAPHY See a world of animals highlighted in their natural environments in an art-quality hardback book suitable for gifting to anyone who loves hunting…including yourself!

From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes--America's public lands. Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses provide a home to wildlife populations, a vital source of clean air and water, and a haven for recreation. Since its inception, however, America's public land system has been embroiled in controversy--caught in the push and pull between the desire to develop the valuable resources the land holds or conserve them. Alarmed by rising tensions over the use of these lands, hunter, angler, and outdoor enthusiast Mark Kenyon set out to explore the spaces involved in this heated debate, and learn firsthand how they came to be and what their future might hold. Part travelogue and part historical examination, That Wild Country invites readers on an intimate tour of the wondrous wild and public places that are a uniquely profound and endangered part of the American landscape.