Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter

Teddy does a great job creating a visual of the Medora area in the readers mind. All of his hunting trips and love of being outdoors at a time when the area was still somewhat a wilderness was very enjoyable. My dad also enjoyed it.

Interesting stories about hunting during his early ranch days. Hunting methods (shooting into a flock of grouse sitting on the ground and similar actions) wouldn't be thought of as "sporting" today but in those days of "hunting for the pot," it was accepted. Interesting stories but sometimes boring.

Reading the hunting stories and ways of life on the plains was a very interesting read. His way of writing took me a few pages to get used to but the President can really describe the miserable, the comfortable and the beautiful. His years of living on the plains gave him such a unique perspective on conservation that his ideas stil resonate today. He describes the near total elimination of the bison and the sheer numbers of other game animals in a way that allows you to see the scene in your mind. I can only imagine what life in the middle of the continent was like when you were literally weeks from the nearest cities and days from your neighbors. Very good read!

With regards to hunting and describing the times, it was a good and informative book. I would agree that there were times when I wasn't enthusiastic about picking it up again, but once I did I could always breeze through the bad lands and river bottoms with ol' Teddy. Not a riveting read, but much better than I could write for sure! However, I was disturbed to get to the end and find "The end of part one" written on the last page. Is there a part two? Did this printing only cover half of the original? I'm confused about that.

Roosevelt takes us into the outdoor world at a pivotal time in America. With his skillful writing, the past becomes present.Cowboys and Indians meet the industrial age.The focus of this book is hunting, of course, and there is much to be learned here regarding that endeavor.Roosevelt is not shy about promoting his views on the need for conservation and strictly enforced game regulations and laws.If you always hated history, read this book.

great product, will buy again

Great read for any outdoorsman! Roosevelt has an amazing ability to paint a visual picture of the terrain and the wild game he chased. I highly recommend.From a conservation perspective, it was a little disappointing to find out how many animals people used to kill back in the day.

Interesting read straight from the horses mouth about his hunting trips. I’ve read a few books about Teddy Roosevelt and pretty much summed him up as a typical elitist of his time, much like the elitists of today. Rich boy from the east buys land in Missouri, hires help and undiscriminately shoots and kills everything that moves. I love hunting and wilderness but what’s interesting is that he’s melancholy about the previous decades slaughter of the buffalo and predicts the extinction of the elk, yet he kills handfuls at a time. And while hunting for elk or his goal of other specific animal, he goes along and kills whatever comes into view. He mentions in one trip, he shot twelve animals of eight different species. Another trip to the Bighorn mountains, he shoots three bear, six elk and six deer. Yet another trip while field dressing a bighorn ram, he sees a mother bear and her cub. What does ol Teddy do?! Murders them! A lot of people give this president credit for his progressive policies and creating national parks for preservation of the land but I didn’t get the sense that decision extended to the animals. He talks about how the states had elk from Maine to cali but they have all been hunted out east of the Mississippi. Yet he isn’t part of any solution. Now these days you can take any trip to the mountains and be lucky to see any elk, moose, bear, cat or any fowl larger than a crow, thanks to the endless slaughter of the 1800s. Its taking a good century for these species of animals to come back in small numbers with means of conservation and law. Its crazy to read how in the moment these people lived back then when it comes to harmonizing with nature.

These books are scans of copies and then bound - so whatever was in the original book (notes, etc.) show up in the one you buy. I think that they could do a better job getting some pages straighter and removing notes etc. It is pretty simple to do those sort of things today. On the flip side this is a good way to get copies of books that are hard/impossible to find, so it is a trade-off. The print is legible and the binding is good, so overall a reasonable source of books that are hard to find.

This book is a refreshing perspective through the eyes of a man who lived fully connected to nature, and all that it provides. With current hunting culture being predominantly focused on vlogs and glorified clothing line advertisements, this book strips it back to the true essence of hunting and camaraderie. The storytelling leaves you feeling a connection to a true and honest man, so much so that his political successes become an afterthought.