ELEPHANT! THE RENAISSANCE OF HUNTING THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. Classics in African Hunting Series No. 69.

ELEPHANT! THE RENAISSANCE OF HUNTING THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. Classics in African Hunting Series No. 69.

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN BIG GAME HUNTING BOOKS, 1785 TO 1950. By Dr. Kenneth P. Czech.

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN BIG GAME HUNTING BOOKS, 1785 TO 1950. By Dr. Kenneth P. Czech.

DESERT HAWKING: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS. [Compiled by] Harry McElroy.

1996 1st edition. Large 4to (220 x 288mm). Pp430. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

This is Harry McElroy's third volume in his useful, and much sought-after, series. In the case of this title, McElroy contributes the first twelve chapters and chapter twenty-two, the remaining nine by friends and fellow falconers. Chapters include: Equipment and accomodation; The blue darter (Accipiter cooperii); The imprint; anti-aggression conditioning; The brancher Cooper's; The passager; Weight control; Diet; The molt and Dr. Tuttle's prescription; The austringer's bird dog; Hunting; The yellow-eyed bicolored hawk (Accipter bicolor) - Oscar Biengolea; Group hunting with Harris' hawks - Tom and Jennifer Coulson; Hunting respectable quarry with the American kestrel - Jennifer Coulson; The passage merlin, an outstanding game hawk - Jennifer and Tom Coulson; Hawking with the red-tail passage or eyas - Mario DiDominico; The longwinger's Harris hawk and other falcons - Harry McElroy; Method of hood making - Eric Tabb; Classical game hawking with passage prairie falcons - Dr. Kenneth Tuttle; Clubs, rehab, education and research - Harry McElroy.
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Author McElroy (Harry). (b. 1930).
Book Code 26621
ISBN B00A1B4S8S.
Book Description A fine copy. Signed by the author. No dust-wrapper - as issued.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1996
Publisher Published by the author.
Place NP.