I actually finished this book a while back but I hadn’t thought to write anything about it. I was loaned one of the limited edition hardback versions by the very same friend who was turkey hunting with me last week.
The book follows the hunting career of it’s author, Glenn St. Charles. If that name sounds familiar to you it’s because he was one the founding fathers of modern bowhunting. He was a contemporary and hunting partner of Fred Bear. He helped found Pope and Young. Anyway, he tells stories of his adventures both in the field and with P&Y.
My favorite stories, and those the book is named for, involves an uncharted trip into Alaska for sheep, moose, and caribou. In essence he simply hired a plane and they flew around looking for a game rich uncharted and unreachable area to hunt. After finding a place he and his friends built a small gravel bar landing strip and hunted there for a few years. The stories and pictures are fantastic. He also hunted Roosevelt elk, mule deer, pronghorns, and most anything else you can chase.
The book isn’t a very hard read and the chapters are broken down into good sub-stories. Perfect for the stop and start type reading I encounter in a tree stand.
Grab yourself a copy, you’ll be glad you did.
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