Reccomendations for birdhunting/vintage shotgunning books
 

Just looking for some reccomendations for some good reads.

Already have parker story, old reliable, Best Guns, Shotguns and Shooting, Americas Best Shotgun, 2 colonel askins books, and looking at getting New England Grouse Shooting.

Any other good reccomendations out there?

King,for the birdhunter in you I would heartily recommend Jenny Willow,and any of Ted Lundrigans work ...absolutely fantastic.

Anything by George Bird Evans, Burton Spiller, H.P. Sheldon - I highly endorse "Fun With Gamebirds" by Fred Everett, "That's Ruff" by George King.... the list goes on and on.

Archibald Rutledge. Jim Casada put together several volumes of Rutledge's work which focuses on hunting which are good. Havilah Babcock. Bill Tapply is good too. Like Dean says, the list goes on and on

The Road to Tinkhamtown by Corey Ford is a must read for anyone interested in bird hunting stories. You can find find it and read it online.

The twelve minute video I posted a couple of weeks ago is the full-length "Road to Tinkhamtown" but it's nice to have a hard copy close by for instant access.

Nash Buckingham is one of my all time favorites.

At one time, I atempted to maintain an inventory of the titles in the library.

It became too much to keep up

Some of George Bird Evans' titles are hard to find (many were only printed as a thousand copies or less) start with his "Upland Shooting Life". One of the best opening lines ever - "Tonight life is as I would have it"

Can't disagree with any of the suggestions above. If John Alden Knight has not been mentioned find a copy of his two titles on Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock.

Frank Woolner's "Grouse and Grouse Hunting" and his "Timberdoodle!" are both classics.

"The Upland Gunner's Book, An Anthology" edited by George Bird Evans is an excellent compilation of upland hunting stories by several noted authors.

"Of Grouse and Things, The Best of The Drummer, 1975 - 1984" edited by Mark C. Dilts is another very good compilation of upland hunting stories, again by several exceptional authors. I have Tap Tapply's copy inscribed by Mark Dilts to Tap saying, "H.G. Tapply - In appreciation for all the pleasure your writing has given me through the years. I hope you enjoy reading this book, especially the stories Bill has written for us... As with you, we think he's kinda special ~ Best Wishes, mark C. Dilts"

Thanks for all the replies. I have tracked down these so far to start:

Hunting and Home in the Southern Heartland: The Best of Archibald Rutledge

Upland Autumn: Birds, Dogs, and Shotgun Shells
Tapply, William G.

Tales of Quails 'n Such
Babcock, Havilah

The Best of Nash Buckingham
Nash Buckingham