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Good book recs
Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:38 am
Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:38 am
Looking for a book or two to bring on my Pronghorn hunt next week. Will be sitting water so I know it could be long sits.
Not a big reader but I have enjoyed some outdoor and war books in the past.
Thanks.
Not a big reader but I have enjoyed some outdoor and war books in the past.
Thanks.
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Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:42 am to jgthunt
Good luck on your hunt, what state? I have 6 or 7 points in Wyoming. I'm thinking about entering the draw next year.
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 7:44 am
Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:47 am to Loup
I have all three of those, great suggestions
A Sand County Almanac
If you want fiction try CJ Box. It's about a Game Warden and is set in northern WY
A Sand County Almanac
If you want fiction try CJ Box. It's about a Game Warden and is set in northern WY
Posted on 8/12/25 at 7:55 am to jgthunt
You just need one
Posted on 8/12/25 at 8:31 am to LSUballs
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check em out.
Hunting southwest Nebraska
Hunting southwest Nebraska
Posted on 8/12/25 at 8:40 am to LSUballs
He better have a long time to read it! Such a great book, much better than the movies.
For a shorter and lighter read - We Few - Nick Brokhausen. My favorite book, a very different perspective on the Vietnam war. It's written by a SOG guy but not the usual Navy Seal Rah Rah we are elite ghosts kind of shite. It's about stealing jeeps from MP's, shooting the jungle to pieces, getting very drunk... It's a fun read.
For a shorter and lighter read - We Few - Nick Brokhausen. My favorite book, a very different perspective on the Vietnam war. It's written by a SOG guy but not the usual Navy Seal Rah Rah we are elite ghosts kind of shite. It's about stealing jeeps from MP's, shooting the jungle to pieces, getting very drunk... It's a fun read.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 10:56 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Well we will be sitting daylight until dark for 4 days so I will have plenty of time. That being said, I hope it doesn't take 4 full days lol.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:22 am to jgthunt
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Such a great book, much better than the movies.
I'd agree. I read it after watching the series on TV. McMurtry is a fantastic writer so you get to enjoy his ability to tell the story.
Charles Portis' (Arkansas native) "True Grit" was also a good read and not as long as Lonesome Dove.
One book I want to get is Chad Robichaux's (Louisiana native) "Saving Aziz". I read "Operation Pineapple Express" a while back.
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 11:31 am
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:40 am to jgthunt
"With the Old Breed: at Peleliu and Okinawa" by E.B. Sledge is my favorite WWII memoir; really hard to put down. It forms the basis for much of HBO's The Pacific series. He's from Mobile to boot.
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 11:41 am
Posted on 8/12/25 at 11:43 am to LSUballs
Lonesome Dove is a great rec, but as the books go I prefer Comanche Moon
Posted on 8/12/25 at 12:01 pm to jgthunt
Timely thread! I'm looking for my next book also. I really enjoyed Rinella's American Buffalo and Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine. I just finished The Alice Network. It's about female spies in WW1 and goes into the aftermath of WW2. It's a definite recommend if you like war/espionage.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:22 pm to jgthunt
This post was edited on 8/12/25 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:27 pm to jgthunt
Get this one if you loved your grandpa
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:40 pm to jgthunt
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:10 pm to LSUduckhunter
Empire of the Summer Moon is a reeling good read....
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:17 pm to jiffyjohnson
AMEN...One of the best books ever written
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:45 pm to jgthunt
A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:04 pm to jiffyjohnson
quote:
Get this one if you loved your grandpa
Makes me sentimental just seeing the cover. Can’t wait to see both of my grandfathers again.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 4:43 pm to jgthunt
fishing related but good book.
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