Fishing, hunting, outdoors books recommendations

[saskbucks]

I’m looking into getting a new read. Wondering what books you folks may have read that you would recommend?  I really liked North to Cree Lake.”  Would want something Canada based if possible. Thanks.

[ran7ger]

North to Cree lake is a great read!  I just got the Olaf Hanson book about the hanson lake road.
https://www.amazon.ca/Northern-Rover-Life-Story-Hanson/dp/1897425015/ref=asc_df_1897425015/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292914864714&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11850734657473920184&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1002791&hvtargid=pla-496596432612&psc=1&mcid=761129e4ec4d3d27856437a4db0b0a77

 Really looking forward to that one.  Yukon Alone by John Balzar is a good one, too.  Not 100% an outdoors book but I really liked through black spruce and three day road by Joseph Boyden.

[Burbot Master]

There are numerous outdoorsy type books with very funny short stories written by Patrick McManus. He used to write for Outdoor Life, I believe, and also Readers Digest. You can find these on Amazon or in bookstores. I always got a good laugh out of these.

[bassin140]

I am into bass fishing so these were geared towards that passion

1. Why we fish
2. Bass wars
3. Sowbelly
4. Personal best fishing and life
5. High percentage fishing
6. Lunker lore
7. Linders first light on the water

[saskwallydiver]

North to Cree lake is a great read!  I just got the Olaf Hanson book about the hanson lake road.
https://www.amazon.ca/Northern-Rover-Life-Story-Hanson/dp/1897425015/ref=asc_df_1897425015/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292914864714&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11850734657473920184&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1002791&hvtargid=pla-496596432612&psc=1&mcid=761129e4ec4d3d27856437a4db0b0a77

 Really looking forward to that one.  Yukon Alone by John Balzar is a good one, too.  Not 100% an outdoors book but I really liked through black spruce and three day road by Joseph Boyden.

I have read the Olaf Hanson book, very interesting read. Fascinating to hear stories and history from the Hanson Lake road area. I enjoyed it a lot.

[jef612]

Trap Lines North by Stephen Meader

https://www.amazon.ca/Lines-North-Stephen-Meader-2004-05-04/dp/1931177074

[Poorjigger]

Face the North Wind by A.L.Karras the same author who wrote North to Cree Lake. The Mad Trapper from Rat River by Dick North is a good read as well.

[sploke]

There are numerous outdoorsy type books with very funny short stories written by Patrick McManus. He used to write for Outdoor Life, I believe, and also Readers Digest. You can find these on Amazon or in bookstores. I always got a good laugh out of these.

Hah, good memories!  I remember my dad showing me one of his books when I was probably 10 years old.  Our local library had a handful of them, I must have checked them all out and read them 5 times over.  Hysterical stories!

[Wildcats789]

All of Steven Rinella's books.  Also, if you are into turkey hunting; Tenth Legion by Tom Kelly.

[speckspotter]

A couple of vintage authors would include Robert Ruark and Gordon MacQuarrie. Ruark's "Old Man and the Boy" is a masterpiece of outdoor writing. MacQuarrie's stories about The Old Duck Hunters' Association are hilarious. Both writers are American, but the themes and settings are relatable to this part of the world.

Couple more local options include Marchildon and Robinson's "Canoeing the Churchill" and David Carpenter's "A Hunter's Confession".

[slicktrick]

If you’re looking for something with a Saskatchewan connection Miners and Moonshiners is a great read by Fred Peet he was an Author from the Prince Albert Region. For stories from abroad the Classic Use Enough Gun by Ruark is a hunters must read

[Pisces10]

For books about the prairies and the far north try these authors and books:
R.D. Symons- "Where the Wagon Led" "Many Trails" "Many Patrols" "The Broken Snare"
Ed Theriau - "Lost Land of the Caribou"
A. L. Karras - "Face the North Wind"
Erik Munsterhjelm - "The Wind and the Caribou"
Helge Ingstad - "The Land of Feast and Famine"
Mary Weekes - "The Last Buffalo Hunter"
R.M. Patterson - "Trail to the Interior" "The Dangerous River" "The Buffalo Head"
Philip S. Long - "The Great Canadian Range"
Richmond P. Hobson - "Grass Beyond the Mountains"