num_pages: 384
description: A comprehensive small game hunting guide for hunters ranging from first-time novices to seasoned experts with photography by renowned outdoor photographer John Hafner Steven Rinella was raised in a hunting family and has been pursuing wild game his entire life. In this first-ever complete guide to huntingfrom hunting wild game to butchering and cooking itthe host of the popular hunting show MeatEater shares his own expertise with us and imparts strategies and tactics from many of the most experienced hunters in the United States as well. This invaluable book includes  recommendations on what equipment you will needand what you can do withoutfrom footwear to cutlery to camping gear to weapons  basic and advanced hunting strategies for all North American small game including drive techniques solo and group hunting ambush hunting the use of hunting dogs and techniques for decoying and calling  how to find hunting locations on both public and private land; how to locate areas that other hunters arent using; and how to make competition work in your favor  detailed sections on furred small game upland birds and waterfowl covering the biology and best hunting methods for a total of thirty small game species  comprehensive information about hunting wild turkeys in both the spring and fall seasons  how to master the arts of wingshooting and rifle marksmanship and detailed information about shot placement ammunition selection and field maintenance of firearms and archery equipment  instructions on how to field dress and butcher your own small game animals for a variety of preparations  techniques and recipes for both indoor and outdoor wild game cookingFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
language: None
title: The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 2: Small Game and Fowl
publisher: Spiegel & Grau