The last few state record bulls have come out of the book cliffs. Whether you have drawn a coveted limited entry elk permit, a once in a lifetime mountain goat tag, or if you are just looking for some help on a general season deer or elk hunt, we have a hunt for you. We hunt general season deer in the northeastern region of utah. Utah book cliff deer hunt well, i drew out for my book cliffs muzzle loader hunt this year and was elated. The true stories here feature a variety of game, in locations that range from high yukon territory mountain peaks to lowland swamps off of mobile bay, alabama. Deer hunting stories 1997 mule deer hunt or who got the lions share. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan.
Hunting and other outdoor stories books not about the how to of hunting, but the why, the who, and the where. I was blown away with how many bucks we saw together right off the road during the summer. The wind would do strange things, a lot of doesfawnssmall bucks to work around, thick brush in some places, no cover in others, dry crunchy conditions, and hunting pressure. At the end of the most dangerous game, rainsford wins the game. Spanish philosopher jose ortega y gassett wrote this book in the early 1900s, and it still an important and entertaining work on hunting. Today, that story has taken on a larger life still. We guide some of the top limited entry elk and deer areas in the state of utah. The larger site offers many related items for sale and has many related links.
Double c guides mule deer hunting book cliffs, henry. And luckily for us bibliophiles, there are now hunting books, apps, and a kindle to tell it. The best hunting stories ever told best stories ever. The ranch snaked for 12 miles along range creek, through scrubby foothills, lush. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading. Such a series is the greatest hunting stories ever told, anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. This is a truly large volume of really great stories covering quite a few years.
Research hunts and units before you apply in the big game drawing, and any of utahs other hunt drawings. There are lots of 150 class bucks with 2224 inch spreads on the unit to choose from with quality up to 170 class for those who put in the time both scouting and during the hunt. Now, after a 15minute rest and a cup of coffee he was ready to chase partridges up and down the ridges. We love hearing hunting stories almost as much as we love hunting ourselves. The way that it looks is that the hunt includes both a and c in the any weapon hunt.
This page is part of a larger site on a priceguide to gunbooks, swordbooks and militaria books. That was the most unproductive pasture along the divide. To learn it, i and seemingly everybody in the book hunting world recommend. Steves enthusiasm for jesus, family, hunting, and humor shine in his books, including a look at life from a deer stand nearly 300,000 copies sold, the hunters cookbook with annie chapman, and great hunting stories. It is a large book and you could get a hernia trying to read it at night in bed, but it has lots and lots of great material to read on these cold. I would like to thank everyone that gave advice and encouragement on this site. He is a primal predator with animalistic aggression. The book cliffs is a part of the east tavaputs plateau that begins near green river, utah and extends eastward into colorado. We are gt outfitters, specializing in eastern utah big game. Picture of a hunter with a juvenile mammoth found in an ice cliff.
The utah division of wildlife resources utah hunt planner is an interactive map designed to help hunters research hunting units. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. The book cliffs are one of the worlds best places to study sequence stratigraphy. With 1 point i somehow drew the book cliffs, bitter creek south archery le elk tag this year. In the 1980s, exxon scientists used the cretaceous strata of the book cliffs to develop the science of sequence stratigraphy. Reasons to protect utahs book cliffs roadless area backcountry. Double c guides and outfitters a premium hunting guide on. Apr 14, 2015 so, i took a long weekend and packed up on friday, convinced my friend charlie to meet up with me at the campsite, and about 2. The hunger games by suzanne collins, where the red fern grows by wilson rawls, death in the long grass. All the stories on this page will have hunting as a major part of the plot. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous sandstone that cap many of the southfacing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books. Packletide wants to shoot a tiger to outshine a rival. That old man had just spent all day fishing, then spent all night walking 19 miles off the book cliffs for help.
Ancient hunters killed woolly mammoths for their meat. The bucks we harvest generally score from 70 to 80. The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion. This will be the first year i have hunted the books in almost 20 years. Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition.
Jul 20, 2017 this is a highlight of a 2017 book cliff shed hunt. Suzanne collins shelved 43 times as hunting avg rating 4. Our hunters will usually get the opportunity to look over dozens of 4x4s while they search for that one special buck. Outdoor adventures for hunting and over night excursions into remote, seldomseen wilderness areas. At this time utah has some of the best elk hunting in the world. The book cliffs have preserved excellent strata of the foreland basin of the ancient western interior seaway that stretched north from the gulf of mexico to the yukon in the cretaceous time. This is an extremely remote unit that holds a great herd of mature bucks. A hunting party, including a twelveyearold boy who narrates, sets out one morning after a deer. Good book hunting is the name of our online book group which was created in 2005 and we have been reading and discussing books ever since thats a lot of books. If youre looking for a more detailed map or aerial photo of a portion of this gmu you can also build a custom map for book cliffs. The size of the area, and difficult terrain, can make it a very challenging place to hunt. Hunting camp by ed turner hunting with dad by ed turner hunting with the. Steves enthusiasm for jesus, family, hunting, and humor shine in his books, including a look at life from a deer stand nearly 300,000 copies sold, the hunters cookbook with annie. Hunting s best short stories various authors hemingway, quammen, mcgaune, bassall fine writers and all masters of the short story.
The plateau, usually known only as the book cliffs, is a patchwork of federal, state, tribal and private lands. Aprilmay shed hunting utah 2018 book cliffs duration. After a 4 year wait, the book cliffs area of northeastern utah had finally opened for mule deer. Meet cliff stoll, the mad scientist who invented the art of hunting. This story appears in the april 20 issue of national geographic magazine. Feb 29, 2016 shed hunting book cliffs 2016 wasatchtines wasatchtines. Many out of print gunbooks, swordbooks, hunting and shooting books and militaria books for sale. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah, in the western united states. Feb 26, 2010 drew out for the book cliffs last year with 8 points i think it was. Guided utah antelope pronghorn hunts shane scott outfitting. The book cliffs ridge road is actually a loop that goes up the east side of the cliffs, follows them for a while, and then drops down on the west side. I headed out there on the 21st not having anytime to do any preseason scouting but i know the area and knew where i wanted to be. Double c guides and outfitters formarly wasatchuintah guides and outfitters is a small yet personal guiding outift operating in some of utahs top producing hunting areas.
Buck mule deer hunting in the book cliffs, this is a limited entry unit. Not long after that they closed the book cliffs down to mule deer hunting and when it re opened it opened as a limited entry area. Hunting is a serious businessbut its also about camaraderie, achievements and failures, seeing new places, and revisiting cherished ones. This is a compendium of some of the best hunting stories old and new. In its pages, gassett clues us in on what hunting does for our soul and gives us a little insight on what we should get out of it. This means that you should be able to hunt the road less area also if you would like. But with the impassable cliffs and the overwhelming thickness of the rain forest, it might as well have been 600 miles away.
She plots to do it in an easy way, but something goes awry. Short stories about hunting online short story examples. His first safari, and nearly 60 years later, still the best book on african hunting. These hunt stories are told mainly through pictures, with lots of fascinating and unusual details. Any hunting experience, however, is more rewarding and exciting when the hunter encounters the game he or she seeks. So, our challenge was to locate seep ridge road that veers off of the book cliffs ridge road. The tags for these hunts and seasons can be drawn out in the utah online public big game drawing or purchased at a conservation tag auction. Anyway for the hunt we went down the thursday before to spend some time scouting. To say it will be fun to return to one of my very favorite places on earth would be an understatment. Its a sampler of the best hunting writers out there. We scouted the hunt area friday, the day before the season. Though the biggest buck we saw was on a small piece of private land. It turned out that challenge wasnt hard at all, because the blm had installed a sign to help us out.
White, one of roosevelts close friends and hunting companions. We specialize in trophy bull elk, mule deer, bison, bear. Ted and nana have now been gone for 25 or more years. I am absolutely stoked and was hoping some of you might have insight into hunting this unit. Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country news. There youll find links for literally hundreds of vintage hunting stories, and even complete books, such as teddy roosevelts classic african game trails and good hunting, plus the wonderful book african campfires by stewart e. Mule deer hunting long range mule deer hunt duration.
The book cliffs area is an exceptional trophy elk and mule deer unit. The utah hunt planner also provides the legal hunting boundaries approved by the utah wildlife board. Hitech hunt six of us were drawn for the northeastern california x3bzone 1997 deer hunt. I cant wait to share the journey with the hunt talk crowd. The hunting story follows human language back to the very beginning.
The story of a western pennsylvania settler, farmer, and hunter fire hunting, stalking, hounding, and stand hunting for whitetailed deer and elk known as the pine creek deerslayer of the alleghenies, philip tome was a pioneer farmer who turned to deer hunting for survival. Besides often being hilarious, the stories also talk about the connection between man and nature, and how hunting can bring people of all ages and backgrounds together. Little book cliffs wilderness study area backcountry post. The top 20 books for hunters and anglers outdoor life. Winding for 250 miles across utah and colorado, it is the longest continuous escarpment in the world. The prisoner of zenda by anthony hope hawkins is a nineteenthcentury action and thriller novel about the abduction of the kingtobe of fictional ruritania.
We hunt the book cliffs, rattlesnake, nine mile and san rafael units. Saskatchewan deer hunting with jim benton chambered for the wild 2015. Book cliffs the book cliffs holds the potential for a giant mule deer. Now the fun begins staring at th computer, shooting the smokestick, getting in better shape, and dreaming. Sixty air miles later, the plateau ends abruptly at the roan cliffs and book cliffs. In this dry country a deer may have to climb a mountain to get a drink. The book cliffs are well known for being a sought after hunting destination, and for good reason. If youre not familiar with these writers, then this anthology of more than 20 short stories might be right for you. He had a 4,200acre spread deep in the book cliffs regiona wilderness with rock walls that rise to 10,000 feet.
Cliffs story annual eventscandle lighting ceremonies. Years later he would find library books with photographs of early 20thcentury explorers. What happens at the end of the most dangerous game. When the air turns crisp in november, hunters celebrate opening day of deer season as though it. Get free classic hunting books downloadable as pdfs. Timeless hunting and general outdoor stories like you would hear around a campfire. Hunting stories, page 4 share your huntingoutdoor experiences. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. The writers here know deer and deer hunting, but they also have the knack of sharing what they have seen and learned.
We specialize in trophy bull elk, mule deer, bison, bear and lion. However, it is not a complete list of all hunting regulations or laws, nor is it a legal document. The area begins about 50 air miles south of vernal, utah and extends south to the book cliffs. I went down this past saturday again and saw about 20 bucks in the middle of the afternoon with several ones already at. Keep an eye out for more species and how to hunt them here on the hunting blog. They have been hunting these areas for over 25 years on a personal level and professionally for nearly 10. Founded in 2015, bookyourhunt is a trusted online marketplace where hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and professional outfitters can list, easily discover, book, and enjoy unique hunting opportunities around the world. That now has been transformed into a acre grass land. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states. Annabel could really write action stories about the sourdough of the north, with a great deal of descriptive authenticity as. Mule deer, elk and western big game hunting articles and. Baryte and calcite found in concretions ranging from a half an inch to over 6 feet with some concretions in a linear configuration, up to the size of a sedansaloon. We had other encounters with decent bucks that i couldnt get on film.
Jul 01, 2010 steves enthusiasm for jesus, family, hunting, and humor shine in his books, including a look at life from a deer stand nearly 300,000 copies sold, the hunters cookbook with annie chapman, and great hunting stories. Abc for book collectors nicholas basbanes has written a number of absolutely wonderful books about book collecting and book collectors. We are hunting for buck deer and we hunt an area that gets very little hunting pressure during deer season as it is accessible only by foot or horseback. Predators, new roads, over hunting and poor fawn crops had decimated the previously plentiful deer to the point that the area was closed to hunting 19962000.
The deer come up and over the ridge, which is 8000 feet high and many miles long, in order to get to the winter grounds low on the other side. Deep canyons filled with thick oak brush provide excellent mule deer habitat. Reprinted page for page and line for line from the bodleian copy of the blackletter edition of 1576. Purchase anytime but it will certainly made a cold winter storm much more welcome as you sit inside and travel via the written word. Best places to hunt the book cliffs 6 matching articles. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan plateaus, ending near grand junction, colorado. There are few things in hunting more exhilarating than to hear the bugle of a mature bull elk on a crisp fall morning, and fortunately. As the cuckoos egg hits its 30th anniversary, the book has sold more than 1 million copies. This section of is 100% dedicated to sharing the greatest stories from our community. The book cliffs unit probably provides one of the most enjoyable hunts in the west. Ram hunts in the book cliffs rattlesnake and nine mile range creek units. Although the hunt was the initial challenge, when the two men come face to face in zaroffs bedroom, he issues another challenge.
Top 10 hunting books of alltime grand view outdoors. For the herd of bighorn sheep, the rocky cliffs were a safe place, with 360degree views. Hunting the headwaters of the pine, kettle, sinnemahoning, and allegheny rivers, he shot with a. Utah hunt planner utah division of wildlife resources.
Near the end of connells classic short story, general zaroff and his hunting dogs. This is the place to go to get a nice representative mule deer buck. I found out the hard way that the new battery charger id ordered for my camera was for the wrong type of battery doh. We offer elk, deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, buffalo, cougar and bear hunts. Which adds to two other sage brush treatments totaling over 3000 acres. Posted on april 9, 2015 november 9, 2015 by deltaoperatorman.
We are also very different in what we love to read, so we cover a lot of genres, so when i was deciding what the first candles would be, i went to our book discussions and chose the. Im a marine corps f18 pilot stationed in iwakuni japan so getting back to scout before hand is going to be impossible. The early party of three drove up on thursday and arrived in time to setup camp. The only hunts that i know of that split the road less area off into its own hunt are for the elk hunts. Come along as richard slaugh films the rutting muleys of the ut bookcliffs. This is an excerpt from hunting editor andrew mckeans book, how to hunt everything, which is available here.
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