Tales of a Bear Hunter: Forty-One Years of Recollections from a Professional Bear Hunter

By Dalton Carr

As a professional bear hunter for 41 years, Carr has written a real page-turner. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157157171X
• ISBN13: 9781571571717
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Safari Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A fantastic account of a Real Bear Hunter

Having hunted with Dalton and shared the life on the hunt with him, this book is no exageration as to the skills necessary for the Bear Hunter to possess. Dalton writes as he speaks, a straight and factual dialogue of a successful hunter. He is a Master of the wild and hero to America.

Excellent!

Too many books on hunting deer...not enough on bears. This is one of the few good bear books. It stands up there with Ben Easton's classic "Bears." Great hunting adventures with lots of good info for the aspiring bear hunter, like myself. To me, bears are the ultimate North American game, and Mr. Carr has produced an excellent source of both anecdotes and information.

Incredible Book

Wow! I could not put this book down! The author tells the tales in such great, vivid detail that he really puts you in the story! The wealth of knowledge gained from reading this book is awesome. Any bear enthusiast/hunter will greatly appreciate the honesty and bluntness spoken here. With good solid info on rifle calibers and ammunition and just straight common sense, this book gets the big thumbs up!

Wonderful stories and anecdotes of bear hunting

Dalton Carr draws upon his forty-one years of experience as a black bear hunter, predator controller on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington State, marshal of Red River in Colorado (where he killed "bad" bears); and a sport bear hunter in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming to write Tales Of A Bear Hunter. Dalton never used traps and dogs, but preferred to stalk his bears with a rifle and an tracking ability honed by his many years in law enforcement. Dalton shares with the reader more than wonderful stories and anecdotes of bear hunting as he reveals what to look for when tracking bear, why bear charges happen, what the best bullets and calibers are to use on bear, the best places to shoot a bear to deliver a killing shot, as well as safety issues when hunting bear. Tales Of A Bear Hunter is very highly recommended reading for anyone who has ever aspired to hunting bear with camera or with rifle, as well those with a keen interest in the rugged and demanding sport of hunting big game.

If you like Capstick or Corbett, you will love this book.

Big bears are to North America what lions are to Africa and tigers are to India. The author claimed dozens of bears as a hunter and wildlife control officer. Yet like Jim Corbett he also loved and respected the animal he hunted. The book has stories that end in kills but the author is just has happy recounting his experience watching these animals when no trophy was obtained or sought. Also like Corbett the author has an understated style devoid of chest thumping or macho posturing. (Yet he once followed a wounded bear into a narrow tunnel of windblown timber armed only with a pistol.)Good stories and plenty of good advice for the aspiring bear hunter. If you like to spend the downtime of winter reading about hunting, this book is perfect.