The Complete Guide To Hunting Wild Boar In California

In this comprehensive and detailed book Gary Kramer takes the hunter all over California, from north to south and east to west looking for the wild boar.

Everything the hog hunter needs to know for the next wild chase and beyond.

Written by a professional outdoor author and hunting guide, this book is based upon a lifetime of feral hog hunting experience and is designed to be a truly comprehensive guide to this most fascinating pursuit! Consisting of 25 chapters, this book employs a logical, systematic, approach to the art of hunting feral hogs and provides a hunter with all of the knowledge they need to successfully find and hunt feral hogs including: -Rifles, handguns, and bows for hunting feral hogs -Camouflage clothing for hunting feral hogs -How to locate feral hogs in any given location -A description of feral hog food sources -How to recognize feral hog sign -The various methods of hunting feral hogs -How to eliminate your scent -How to find a good stand location -How to use lures to attract feral hogs -How to use calls to attract feral hogs -Special accessories for feral hog hunters -And much more!

Make the most of your time in the field Whether heading into the field after a favorite game animal or pursuing a species for the first time, hunters want as much information as possible to make the hunt successful. This book provides tips and techniques for hunting more than 28 species of big game, small game, upland birds, turkeys and waterfowl. More than 300 photos and illustrations discuss choosing a bow or firearm; planning a hunt; scouting; hunting strategies such as still-hunting, stalking, using hunting dogs, driving, flushing and more.

Year of the Pig is a personal journal of one avid hunter's pursuit of wild pigs in eleven American states during the Chinese calendar's "Year of the Pig" (2007).

From field to table, The Hunter's Guide to Butchering, Smoking, and Curing Wild Game and Fish gives you all you need to know to harvest your big game, small game, fowl, and fish.

A comprehensive big-game hunting guide, perfect for hunters ranging from first-time novices to seasoned experts, with more than 400 photographs, including work by renowned outdoor photographer John Hafner Steven Rinella was raised in a hunting family and has been pursuing wild game his entire life. In this first-ever complete guide to hunting—from hunting an animal to butchering and cooking it—the host of the popular hunting show MeatEater shares his own expertise with us, and imparts strategies and tactics from many of the most experienced hunters in the United States as well. This invaluable book includes • recommendations on what equipment you will need—and what you can do without—from clothing to cutlery to camping gear to weapons • basic and advanced hunting strategies, including spot-and-stalk hunting, ambush hunting, still hunting, drive hunting, and backpack hunting • how to effectively use decoys and calling for big game • how to find hunting locations, on both public and private land, and how to locate areas that other hunters aren’t using • how and when to scout hunting locations for maximum effectiveness • basic information on procuring hunting tags, including limited-entry “draw” tags • a species-by-species description of fourteen big-game animals, from their mating rituals and preferred habitats to the best hunting techniques—both firearm and archery—for each species • how to plan and pack for backcountry hunts • instructions on how to break down any big-game animal and transport it from your hunting site • how to butcher your own big-game animals and select the proper cuts for sausages, roasts, and steaks, and how to utilize underappreciated cuts such as ribs and shanks • cooking techniques and recipes, for both outdoor and indoor preparation of wild game

The Hog Book: a Chef's Guide to Hunting, Butchering and Cooking Wild Pigs walks new and seasoned hunters and wild food aficionados through the winding - and often misunderstood- path of hunting, processing, butchering and cooking feral hogs. From history and distribution to curing and packaging, this complete guide delves into every aspect of utilizing this invasive species as a delicious food source. Designed for beginners or advanced cooks, The Hog Book contains over 100 recipes from whole hog cookery to sausage to offal. Author Jesse Griffiths is a dedicated hog hunter and consumer, again working in partnership with lauded photographer Jody Horton after the success of their first collaboration, Afield.