Along with ice fishing, bowfishing is one of the most unique, unfamiliar, intriguing, and poorly understood forms of angling. Dispensing with rod, reel, and bait altogether, this sport connects its practitioners to the most ancient and primal roots of humanity, when food was earned through the skillful use of bow and arrow. Bowfishing appeals to traditionalists and seems quite exotic, but its popularity is on the rise. Readers drawn to a more extreme and pulse-racing form of fishing will find everything they need to know here—all the equipment, licensing, clothing, gear, safety precautions, and specialized techniques and strategies necessary for a successful day stalking the waters is included. A fascinating and viscerally compelling combination of fishing, hunting, and archery, this sport provides a rare thrill. And this is the perfect guide to take along on the adventure.

In this new volume expert bowfisherman William Hovey Smith Explores every aspect of the challenging and exciting sport of bowfishing. In a step-by-step fashion, Smith guides the reader through the basics of bowfishing--how to select equipment ranging from bows, arrows, and fish points to tubs, spools and polarizing sunglasses. The author provides a wealth of information on topics such as how to rig a bowfishing boat, hew to find and enter a bowfishing tournament, how to hunt various species whether freshwater species like carp, gar and catfish, saltwater quarry such as shark, mola mola and stingray, or aquatic monsters like alligator gar and paddlefish. Complete and authoritative, this comprehensive book covers every detail of the rapidly growing sport of bowfishing. Stoeger's new

"A bent stick and a string- for 20,000 years there has come from it a fascination that remains to this day. Archery in it's original form, with a simple device, without special features, has been finding more and more participants for some years and the art of bow building has also been rediscovered."--Front insert.

Backyard deer hunting Converting deer to dinner for pennies per pound In a single volume, prize-winning author Wm. Hovey Smith explains every aspect of deer hunting from finding deer to cooking it for your family. This book is designed for someone who has never, or seldom, hunted or cooked game. Basic hunting and cooking instructions are provided along with 50 tested recipes. Novice and experienced hunters alike will enjoy the author's writing style which is like sitting across the kitchen table listening to grandpa talk about hunting and cooking. Each day brings news of some economic, natural or political disaster. In these uncertain times it may vital for family survival to know how to kill, clean, cook and process game or salvage a dead animal that was killed in the same disaster. This book will tell anyone how to do these tasks even when electronic communications fail. This book should be in every home and library in the nation. Even if you do not think you need it, request that your local library stock it. Get the confidence to *Hunt close to home * Hunt multiple seasons * Process your own animals * Use functional, but inexpensive equipment * Eat better meat * Help the environment and your neighbors * Have a healthy lifestyle * Process deer, hogs and turkeys * Put inexpensive meat in your freezer * Eat well * Keep money in your pocket *

Evaluations of different crossbows on the market today and how to select the right arrow, points, and sights. Shooting and hunting techniques for deer, bear, hogs, and elk. Classic crossbow hunts for big game in Africa, musk ox in the Canadian arctic, and water buffalo in Australia.

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