How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life

Larry Benoit - With Peter Miller - Introduction by Lamar Underwood

"This is a simple, plain-talking, commonsense, and no-nonsense book on hunting the Whitetail," begins How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life. It's the legendary classic that started instructional hunting literature as we know it, and it's in print again.

Larry Benoit had spent decades tracking and taking deer in the mountains of northern Vermont before he set down the first word about hunting, and the result was an instant classic. He was a tracker in the old sense of the word, a smart hunter who worked hard for his trophies. He didn't sit on stumps, waiting for a deer to wander by, and he didn't cruise back roads in a car: He hunted. In How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life, he shows how. Chapters include getting fit for the chase, learning to read tracks, advice on clothing and equipment, how to handle a rifle, and how to field dress and butcher your buck. Interspersed are anecdotes from his long career, including the saga of a 13-day pursuit of a savvy, 230-pound buck with 25-inch antlers.

It's a book for the hunter just learning to love the woods, and it's a book for the old hand who wants to spend some time with one of the most experienced hunters ever to walk the northern forests. It's one of the gems of hunting literature.

Globe Pequot / Lyons Press

Pages: 192 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-0631-1 • Paperback • August 2015 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-1-4930-1872-7 • eBook • August 2015 • $13.99 • (£10.99)

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Hunting

How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life

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Summary

"This is a simple, plain-talking, commonsense, and no-nonsense book on hunting the Whitetail," begins How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life. It's the legendary classic that started instructional hunting literature as we know it, and it's in print again.

Larry Benoit had spent decades tracking and taking deer in the mountains of northern Vermont before he set down the first word about hunting, and the result was an instant classic. He was a tracker in the old sense of the word, a smart hunter who worked hard for his trophies. He didn't sit on stumps, waiting for a deer to wander by, and he didn't cruise back roads in a car: He hunted. In How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life, he shows how. Chapters include getting fit for the chase, learning to read tracks, advice on clothing and equipment, how to handle a rifle, and how to field dress and butcher your buck. Interspersed are anecdotes from his long career, including the saga of a 13-day pursuit of a savvy, 230-pound buck with 25-inch antlers.

It's a book for the hunter just learning to love the woods, and it's a book for the old hand who wants to spend some time with one of the most experienced hunters ever to walk the northern forests. It's one of the gems of hunting literature.

Details

Globe Pequot / Lyons Press

Pages: 192 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-0631-1 • Paperback • August 2015 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-1-4930-1872-7 • eBook • August 2015 • $13.99 • (£10.99)

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Hunting

Author

Larry Benoit, a native of Vermont, was frequently referred to as the best whitetail hunter in the United States.

Peter Miller is a writer and photographer. His books include Vermont People and Vermont Gathering Places. He lives in Waterbury, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Lamar Underwood
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Uncle Windy Lawrence
Preface

1. The Trophy Buck
2. Conditioning
3. Clothing
4. Equipment
5. Scouting for the Trophy Buck
6. Sign the Trophy Buck Leaves
7. On the Track
8. Sound, Sight, Scent
9. Shooting
10. Dressing and Dragging Out Your Buck
11. Hanging, Butchering, and Cooking
12. Thoughts on Hunting

Larry Benoit's Scorecard
Lanny Benoit's Scorecard

Reviews

"Larry Benoit is possibly the best whitetail deer hunter in America."
—Sports Afield
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