Jock O'onnor vividly recounts his adventures in hunting the animals and conveys a wealth of field-acquired knowledge of the habits of each animal and the methods the hunter used to outsmart it.

Contributions by authors about each of the big game mammals including exotics. Includes chapters on early management, big game values, nutrition, population behaviour, predators, and other aspects of management.

The most complete big game records book available--containing a listing of over 22,000 trophies, the stories behind all the current World's Records trophies, and hundreds of field and portrait photographs of the greatest big game animals ever taken.

Stunning color photos and literary tales of hunting big game animals offer a tribute to hunting of game animals such as deer, elk, caribou, and bears in settings from Canada's Northwest Territories to Virginia and the Rockies.

This book is a survey of the big game animals of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Each animal is covered in a small chapter discussing the animal's characteristics, behaviour, and conservation, all in a personal, anecdotal style. Includes a range map of each species. Animals covered: Horned animals: bighorn sheep, dall sheep including stone and fannin sheep, pronghorn antelope, mountain goats, bison, and muskoxen. Antlered animals: white-tailed deer, mule deer and black-tailed deer, elk, moose, and caribou. Large Cats: mountain lions and jaguar. Bears: black bears, grizzly bears including brown Kodiak bears, and polar bears.