From antlers to hooves, the white-tailed deer is a fascinating animal. This big game prize is a valuable part of its environment. Though its population was once quite low, the white-tailed deer is now the most popular animal hunted in the United States. Fittingly, the Fish & Game series is part life science, part sports and recreation. This book explores the white-tailed deer, including its habitat, appearance, history, seasonal habits, scientific...

Neither rain, sleet, snow, dark of night, 100-degree heat, nor-10 wind chill will prevent John Phillips from crappie fishing. The author has caught crappie through the ice in Minnesota, in the sizzling sun of Florida and in many of the states in between. Phillips has fished with most of the nation's best crappie anglers to learn their secret strategies for catching crappie year-round under every type of weather and water condition. Those techniques...

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers In Still Life with Brook Trout, John Gierach demonstrates once again that fishing, when done right, is as much a philosophical pursuit as a sport. Gierach travels to Wyoming and Maine and points in between, searching out new fly-fishing adventures and savoring familiar waters with old friends. Along the way he...

This is the second volume of "The 'Country Life' Library of Sport - Fishing", containing a wealth of timeless information for the modern angler. This Easy-to-digest and profusely-illustrated book contains chapters on everything from the classification of fish and equipment, to proper technique, common problems, and much more; making it ideal for the novice fisherman one not to be missed by collectors of vintage angling literature. Many vintage books...