Traditional Bowyer's Bible

Name: Traditional Bowyer's Bible
ISBN: 9781585740857

by Jim Hamm

Why it's on the shelf

The definitive series on building wooden bows by hand. Volume 1 starts with the fundamentals.

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Sources

John J. Mettler Jr., John J. Mettler

Step-by-step butchering of beef, pork, lamb, poultry, rabbit, and venison.

Wade Bourne

Wade Bourne's beginner's guide to fishing: tackle, knots, and where fish live.

Dave Canterbury

Canterbury on finding and cooking food in the wild.

W. Hamilton Gibson

An 1880s guide to woods camps, traps, and snares. It's public domain, so Project Gutenberg has a free copy.