Any good books or other resources to learn from until next season?

[HarryToolips]

Anything Jack O' Connor......

[mpotzold]

Anything Jack O' Connor......

Now that you mentioned it-

No doubt Jack O’Connor’s(JO) articles and books were well written & entertaining.
Grew up reading many of his articles.

There was another well- known writer/expert on guns & hunting by the name of Elmer Keith(EK). He desliked JO.

JO was a small bore, light bullet, high velocity guy- .270 was his favourite rifle.
Whereas EK was the advocate of large caliber & slower, heavier, wide meplat bullets-hence a proponent of frontal area & SD.
EK once said
“I like one-shot kills where possible and prefer to do all my hunting before I shoot.”

Hey LOSTMIND some more info to ponder on

Interesting article on penetration
http://www.garrettcartridges.com/penetration.html

The optimal velocity of a solid bullet for best penetration is somewhere between 1400 & 1800 fps. Above that the same bullet’s penetration is inversely proportional to its velocity in general. The higher the velocity the less the penetration.
The common belief that “the more kinetic energy (KE = 1/2 mv²⁾a bullet possesses,the more stopping power it has, and the quicker it will dispatch an animal” is not necessarily true.

I’m a firm believer in bigger, heavier & slower bullets that will give best penetration especially when confronting a dangerous animal.
That is the main reason I got a 45/70 Guide Gun. All animals killed so far in the last 9 years were one- shot kills. Also use a .300gr TBBC in my 375 in more open areas.
I use Garrett’s 540gr +P Hammerhead at 1550-fps & SD at 0.368 & the 420gr

[ajr5406]

Episode 19 of Randy Newbergs Hunt Talk podcast has some great gear tips - I found it very useful.

[BigBanger]

I'm re reading The complete guide to Mule Deer Hunting by Sam Curtis right now. It's a helpful book and a great refresher. I recommend it.

[604Stalker]

Public land mule deer is a good read.

[Heath]

I just bought Steve Rinella's book, The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 1 for big game. It has a lot of good information in there and is a good read. I recommend this book if your new.

[adriaticum]

Youtube, books are passe IMO, unless they are very specific information.
Hushin, MeatEater, Remi Warren, Cameron Hanes, Steve West, Midwest whitetail, Solo Hunter.
Just some of the channels.

[dino]

Don't waste your money on a book!
Your better off buying some tcams and just more time learning an area. You will learn real soon if there's bucks around and at what time of year.

[saskbooknut]

Jack O'Connor - The Art of Big Game Hunting in North America - vintage and very good

[wideopenthrottle]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showth...n-Google-Earth

http://www.rokslide.com/2012-01-09-0...-grizzly-bears

http://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis..._ELmVmOzg_aSxe

https://www.ventusky.com/

https://www.goabc.org/pdfs/assistant...studyguide.pdf

http://www.canadianwildernesssurviva...nuals?start=20

http://www.ccrd-bc.ca/files/library/...29_Shelton.pdf


some links others have posted that I kept