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Wild Adventure By Howard Hill With a new preface by Jerry Hill the Hard Way and a foreword by Errol Flynn By Howard Hill Illustrated by Raymond Naylor Wild Adventure recounts the With a new foreword by Jerry Hill stories, the tactics, the thrills, and the dangers of one of Hunting the Hard Way is considered the greatest bow hunters of by many to be the most sought-after all time, Howard Hill. From title of all time. In this book, North America to the plains of Hill recounts his thrilling stories about Africa, Hill showed a courage hunting wildcats, buffalo, mountain and a skill at stalking and sheep, wild boar, alligator, deer, and approaching wild animals small game with bow and . Hill that left others in awe. Hill devoted a lifetime to the promotion also notes that the same set of of archery until his death in 1975. stalking skills is required in the His phenomenal technique and his wild for the photographer who magnificent courage set him apart from would capture these animals the rest of the archery field. His bow on film at close range. These work is featured in the classic films are some of the most exciting Robin Hood, They Died with Their hunting stories ever related. Boots On, and Dodge City. TO ORDER Softcover • 223 pages Softcover • 318 pages $27.95 + S&H* www.horsefeathersranch.com $27.95 + S&H* Call Toll Free 888-330-3822 * S&H is Shipping & Handling CRAFTING The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible series: Comprehensive guides to crafting fine wooden weapons by today’s top traditional bowyers

Volume 1 Hardcover, 326 pages Profusely illustrated $19.95 + S&H*

Volume 2 Hardcover, 318 pages Profusely illustrated $22.95 + S&H*

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The Way of the Bow: Korean Traditional Archery TO ORDER Crafting www.horsefeathersranch.com the Korean Call Toll Free 888-330-3822 Bamboo * S&H is Shipping & Handling Arrow By Thomas Duvernay Video The Traditional Archer’s 120 minutes Handbook It takes the A Practical Guide Korean fletcher over fifty steps to craft an arrow and every one By Hillary Greenland is on this two-hour video. Korean fletcher Geum-dong Choi, Revised and Enlarged one of only a dozen traditional fletchers left in Korea, guides you through the process. This book is packed with information covering a wide $25.00 + S&H* variety of topics to interest the traditional archer. Topics include: selecting or ordering Crafting the Korean Horn Bow your first traditional bow, By Thomas Duvernay taking care of the equipment, Two video set • 4 hours tuning for best performance; making for field, flight and target use, This video took 2 1/2 years to make. A Korean horn bow including footings and ; making takes one year to complete and every season has its , and primitive styles processes. This is a two-tape set (four hours) and packed including Meare Heath and cable- with information about how the famous Korean horn backed bows, and making flemish bow is made. Follow Korean Master Bowyer Geuk-hwan strings and thumbrings. Park as he skillfully takes bamboo, horn, sinew and other materials and turns them into a work of art. Softcover, 118 pages $24.00 + S&H* $40.00 + S&H* Hunting the Osage Bow Hunting the Bamboo-Backed Bow by Dean Torges Video • 75 minutes

Hunting the Osage Bow is Hunting the Bamboo-Backed a manual/chronicle as the Bow explains the construction author helps a novice bowyer of 6 different styles of bamboo- build his first osage bow for backed bows, from staight- use on an Alaskan caribou limbed through reflex/deflex to adventure. The bow building recurved, and offers avenues process is described in to other possibilities as well detail. Entertaining as well as through the creation of a informative, you do not have simple, versatile jig. to build bows to want this book in your archery library. Filmed by Traditional Vision Quest 1998 Softcover, 160 pages and produced by Profuse illustrations Apprehensive Dinosaur Press by Jan Adkins $29.95 + S&H* $19.95 + S&H*

Crafting Traditional A History of the Compressed Cedar Arrow Wood Arrows with Bill Sweetland Video • 35 minutes Video • 50 minutes Starting at the age of 10 with tools This video will take you on from his dad’s shop and a copy of an adventure into the world Saxton Pope’s book, Hunting with of arrow building. , Bill fashioned From raw shafting to his first bow and his beginning in finished arrows. Each step archery. Later in his father’s shop, and process along the he thought of how to improve the way is covered in detail, cedar shaft and to strengthen the tips revealing a unique and easy of arrows where they usually broke. to learn system. In no time After many years of experimenting at all you’ll be “Crafting and building complicated Traditional Wood Arrows.” equipment, the Compressed Cedar Shaft was born. Find out what it is $18.95 + S&H* and how you can tell them from the other shaftings from this video.

$24.95 + S&H* Archery Its History and Forms Written by Mike Loades Video • 72 minutes

This video contains breathtakingly beautiful images and over 30 vignettes of different historical periods. You can see the archery treasures from the Wallace Collection and The Royal Armouries at HM Tower of London. It covers the history of European archery TO ORDER for hunting, war and recreation. Besides, it features www.horsefeathersranch.com , longbows, modern high-tech tackle, Japanese and Turkish archery, archery from Call Toll Free 888-330-3822 horseback and much more. * S&H is Shipping & Handling

$34.95 + S&H* The Flat Bow b y Hunt and Metz Archery Tac kle b y Adolph S hane “...is a hidden treasure - clear, simple, and thorough.” –Tim Timeless handbook Baker, co-author of The Traditional for making top-shelf Bowyer’s Bibles traditional weapons with an emphasis A 1936 classic, The Flat Bow is on the . An packed with how-to information invaluable reference and shortcuts for making elegant from the era before all-wood weapons. Covers fiberglass. constructing bows, strings, arrows, and , as well as how to shoot. Must reading for those making their own wooden bows and arrows today.

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Custom Knif emaking 10 projects from a master craftsman Brain Tan Buckskin With John and Geri McPherson By Tim McCreight Video - 80 minutes color, plus Book - softcover 46 pages Spanning the gap between pre-cut Re-shot in its entirety, the video in this package shows you step- and “art” knives by-step the process of turning raw deer skin into new buckskin. with step-by-step It’s the fastest and simplest way that the authors have ever illustrated instructions encountered. It is possible to shoot your deer in the morning for unique and and wear it that evening. beautiful knives, Also included is a loaded-with-photos, easy-to-read book. The Custom Knifemaking uninitiated can go from raw deer skin to finished soft buckskin shows you how to in as little as 10 hours in two days. It also has a chapter on the make these projects preparation and use of sinew for threads. or designs of your own: kitchen paring $29.95 + S&H* knife, full-tang all- purpose knife, partial- tang carving knife, through-tang skinner, wilderness knife, forged camp knife, kitchen chopper, one- blade pocket knife, lockback folding knife, and Damascus steel dagger.

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Flintknapping: The Art of Making Stone Tools by Paul Helwig

A superb beginner’s manual. Learn to make fine flint kniv es and arro wheads. Abo Knapping Techniques Softco v er, 111 pages Video by Roger Warm uskerken Illustr ated Video • 105 minutes $5.95 + S&H* This video explains techniques relating to making flint artifacts using only antler or bone tools; hence the name ABO, short for aboriginal. The video sho ws ho w to begin by finding the centerline in a piece of material, prepar ation of platforms and recognizing platform problems, end thinning, notching with antler and rib bone, getting an edge on sawed slabs using direct per cussion as well as many safety tips. A St. Charles do v etail is made in the video from beginning to completion using only tools made from antler or bone.

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Old Tools–N ew Eyes by Bob Patten Winner of the Color oado Independent Publisher’s Association Flintknapping Calendars 1999 Gold A war d for boo ks in the ho w-to category $13.00 + S&H* Old Tools–New Eyes allo ws you to: • Appreciate early toolmaking skills • Link appear ance of an artifact to the way it was made • Understand and control fr acture • Receiv e detailed instructions on ho w to make arro wheads, using primal tools • Learn ho w classic artifact types were made • View 200 carefully prepared illustr ations • Acquire fresh ideas and no v el viewpoints

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TO ORDER www.horsef eathersranch.com Call Toll Free 888-330-3822 TACTICS Animal Tracks and Signs of North America Recognize and interpret wildlife clues Whitetail Tactics By Richard P. Smith with Recurves and Longbows This is a practical guide that by Jim Hamm includes: actual photographs of animal and bird tracks “Profound insights into being in the right place, as they appear in the wild, at the right time, with the right attitude.” basic instructions on tracking —Field and Stream Magazine techniques and recognizing various family groups, and How did you fare last a quick reference format season? This book for easy use in the field. It is guaranteed to get describes tracks, droppings, you closer to deer, gnawings or any traces left and closer to BIGGER by animals such as possums, deer, than ever cats, weasels, canines, bears, before. These deadly deer, beavers, sheep, goats, tactics will make you mice, birds and more. the ultimate “stealth” hunter, so order today Softcover • 271 pages for deer season. $16.95 + S&H*

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H.S. Strut Video Series Instructions, Strategies and Tips from the Professors of Turkey Hunting

Vol. 2 - Box Calling 101 30 minutes Box calls have probably been responsible for more successful turkey hunts than any other type of call. Unlock your box calling potential with Box Calling 101.

Vol. 3 - Mouth Calling 101 30 minutes This is a crash course on how to select, use and master a diaphragm mouth call.

Vol. 4 - Friction Calling 101 30 minutes With literally hundreds of calls available: glass, slate, aluminium and Vol. 1 - So... You Want to be a Turkey Hunter more, today’s turkey hunter has a hard time deciding which to use. 90 minutes This video takes you through the steps of using a friction call to its Like the name implies, this video takes the most maximum effectiveness and reviews the many type of calls available basic approach to turkey hunting. Find out how to and the situation in which they work best. get started, which type of call to buy, the correct way to set up on a turkey, and common beginner’s Vol. 1 - $22.00 + S&H* mistakes to avoid. Vol. 2, 3 and 4 - $16.95 each + S&H* One set - $68.00 + S&H* ARCHERY ADVENTURE Video by Reel West Pictures Flintlock Wapiti The Spirit of Rendezvous 69 minutes Volume 1 89 minutes In the days of the early 1800s, a mountain man’s main food The smell of black powder and source was the game animals wood fires rise with the thunder of he could bag. Reliving the cannons and wail of highland pipes hunter’s life of those times Leo to echo off the distant peaks. Into Hakola and Richard Ashburn the revelry Doc and Hawk ride, two take to the wilds in the heart hell for whiskey, gen-u-wine ”Rocky of the Rocky Mountains to Mountain Men,“ loaded with beaver scout for and hunt the wapiti, plew and yearn’en for ”mountain or elk, which live there. It is a doins.“ They’re original Ashley colorful view of real life that Men – or so they claim – guided to makes this story different from Rendezvous by a leprechaun they any hunting video you have captured in the woods. Granted ever seen! three wishes, they now have but one wish left. $24.95 + S&H* $29.95 + S&H*

Death by the Elements Presented by Skipper Bettis and Legends of Old Mossy A Legends Ranch Video 60 minutes “Conservationists and general readers will enjoy Come hunt with Stone Cold this marvelous book. Hamm is a writer to watch.” Austin and Debra from the —Review of Texas Books World Wrestling Federation, as they both harvest a trophy “Wholeheartedly recommended.” —New Hampshire Wildlife whitetail of a lifetime. Learn from seasoned professionals “A wonderful change from the normal hunting stories. on how to dress and hunt in Hamm has taken outdoor writing to a new level.” extreme weather conditions. —Traditional Bowhunter Magazine This video features over 12 rifle, muzzleloader and archery kills. Ishi and Elvis $18.95 + S&H* by Jim Hamm Hardcover Illustrated by Steve Allely special price $19.95 + S&H*

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Call Toll Free 888-330-3822 * S&H is Shipping & Handling The Heritage of the Longbow Longbow, a Social and by Pip Bickerstaffe Military History New Revised Edition by Robert Hardy Traces the history of the A practical guide to the With an entire chapter on the bows longbow from its earliest manufacture and use of recovered from the ship Mary Rose beginnings, through its the longbow, arrows, heyday at the classic and as used battles of Crecy, Poiters, in traditional archery. and Agincourt. The Includes an overview book also describes the of traditional archery, longbow as a hunting shooting styles and and sporting weapon in equipment, with sections today’s modern world. on building a longbow, This is a compelling string and arrow making. story and a major contribution to the history of archery. Softcover, 168 pages Softcover, 252 pages $25.95 + S&H* Illustrated with 12 pages in full color $24.95 + S&H* Encyclopedia of Native American Bows, Arrows, and Quivers Bows and Arrows Volume 1 by Steve Allely and Jim Hamm of the Native Americans by Jim Hamm Native Americans and their elegant weapons have Step back in time long held a fascination to the beautiful for archers, history buffs, weapons used by collectors, and anyone Native Americans. who appreciates traditional This complete guide skills. From museums and includes wooden private collections around bows, sinew-backed the world the exceptional bows, horn bows, Indian archery pieces from strings, arrows, and eastern North America are quivers. brought together in one book. • Almost a hundred historic Softcover, 160 pages bows, scores of arrows, and 150 photos more than a dozen quivers $14.95 + S&H* from 38 tribes are illustrated. Beautifully detailed full-page pen and ink drawings give dimensions, decorations, and Archery Fit: Strengthening Tips construction details. from the Pros Hardcover, 144 pages Perfect Video For Archers Of All Ages 8 1/2 x 11, Profusely illustrated Written and Directed by Dave Cole, MSPT $29.95 + S&H* 79 minutes

This is a video guide to archery strengthening and injury prevention featuring some of the top names in the industry. Hear training tips and TO ORDER learn exercises from top professional archers, master coaches and international bowhunters. www.horsefeathersranch.com Call Toll Free 888-330-3822 $24.95 + S&H* * S&H is Shipping & Handling * S&H is Shipping & Handling