Buck Peterson's Complete Guide to Deer Hunting

by B.R. Peterson, J. Angus

Back by popular demand, the funniest author with a gun on his shoulder is making sure he still has the last word on deer and deer hunter behavior. The new and improved BUCK PETERSON'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO DEER HUNTING offers invaluable insights into hunting equipment, techniques, and habits, making it requisite reading for hunters with a sense of humor and for those in need of one.A sleeker, rowdier, and funnier update of the classic humor book for deer hunters.Revision includes new sections on mad deer disease, suburban camouflage and desperate housewives, and what to do with awful offal.The first edition sold more than 190,000 copies.First in a trilogy; fishing and bird-hunting guides to be published in fall 2006.

158 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1989

Reviews

[Duane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This thing isn't just funny, it is Freaking Hilarious. What's interesting is that there is *a lot* of Inside Dope on deer hunting in there, but a lot of times it's almost impossible to tell when "Buck" is just kidding and when he's serious (whatever that is...). Sometimes it's pretty obvious, such as when he suggests pulling your rifle up into your tree stand by a rope tied around the trigger... . While "Buck" is obviously an expert on the subject, I would nevertheless be VERY hesitant to go camping with him, though - he's obviously one of those practical jokers around whom you have to sleep with one eye open if you don't want to find an unwanted Something crawling around in your sleeping bag... .

But, whatever you do, don't ever give this book to an idiot - there are some "Suggestions" in there which, should he/she/it survive the attempt to follow "Buck"'s advice, will at the very least get him/her/it arrested, divorced, or thrashed within an inch of their lives. *Do*, however, leave it where your leftie-liberal in-laws will find it accidentally when they come to visit. It will send them wailing down the road in dismay to their therapist, Birkenstocks flapping in the breeze, never to be seen again - and not merely for its invariable pro-hunting stance. For instance, Buck advises you to certainly take your wife hunting. But he warns that she will then stop shaving her body hair, and that if you don't make her at least shave her armpits when she gets home she will end up hanging around in dope-filled coffeeshops babbling existential nonsense. (No, I Am Not Kidding... Read The Book.)

(The illustrations are just *howlingly* funny, too... .)