NEW 2nd Edition, with more color photographs

By Kim Derek Pritts - Ginseng has a colorful history. American ginseng, closely related to the Chinese variety, was harvested to near extinction in Canada in the 1700s in a boom-and-bust frenzy. Still in high demand today, the export of ginseng to Asia has made a comeback. Wild ginseng is still a rare commodity, but its cultivation is becoming a burgeoning industry. This Pitts' guide covers several techniques, with harvest cycles ranging from 4 to as long as 15 years. The would-be ginseng farmer can find detailed information about the growth requirements of this reclusive, shade-loving plant. There is also historical and botanical background, coverage on hunting the wild root and conservation, and a chapter on medicinal use of the herb. Also includes full color photographs of plants and roots. 160 pages

By Austin Passamonte - Great fox book covering fox biology, equipment and sets. Deals with tough weather situations, maintaining a fox line, and gives you an attitude that will lead to success. Helpful photos. 100 pages.

By Stanley and Adam Marianski - The most comprehensive reference on the home manufacture of sausages and meats ever written.

707 pages

More Than 1,000 Practical Outdoor Tips from the Readers of FUR-FISH-GAME Magazine, By A.R. Harding Publishing Co., edited by Mitch Cox - A collection of nearly 20 years worth of ingenious, creative tips to make your life in the outdoors better, safer, cheaper.

From fire starters and shooting tweaks, to time saving fur handling advice, you'll wonder how you've survived without this book.

200 pages, paperback

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Osborne Russell

223 pages

Authentic firsthand account of true life wilderness adventures written by a Mountain Man and free trapper in the golden era of Rocky Mountain exploration. Introduction by Lem A. York, who originally published the book in 1921, gives the author’s backstory while also putting the book in its proper historical context.

Osborne Russell was born in Maine in 1814. After working for a local trading and fur trapping company, he joined Nathanial Wyeth on a trek across the West to the Pacific Ocean mouth of the Columbia River. He joined Jim Bridger’s Rocky Mountain Fur Company and carried on as a free trapper after the trade declined. Keen intelligence helped him survive, and natural writing ability has made this book an enduring classic.

“ … so accurate that recent readers have claimed to retrace his steps using only the details from these pages.”

By Tom Miranda

Dive into the history and reflections of the most influential trappers of all time, as Tom Miranda shares the stories of the master trappers.

388 pages

by Laura Zerra

Let the world’s most renown bladesmiths guide you step by step as you make your own knife.

159 oversized pages, tons of color photographs

By Leroy Renno - 64 pages - packed with photos!

With the introduction of the revolutionary dog proof trap, raccoon trapping has been forever changed. New Age DP Coon Trapping Methods and More addresses the changes head on, covering everything from coon behavior, trap location, anchoring, bedding and covering, to fleshing, skinning, and pelting. Leroy Renno brings his lifetime of experience to focus on a book that will make you a better raccoon trapper.

by Hal Sullivan - Otter 2000 presents methods and techniques for trapping otter in open water. These methods entail the exclusive use of blind sets for otter. This is a simple but very effective technique for trapping otter. Otter 2000 covers otter trapping from getting your traps to work more effectively and efficiently, to taking the pelt off the stretcher. You can learn how to predict where otter will travel and learn to identify the best locations for otter sets. But you can also learn to identify other locations and other situations in which extra traps will produce extra otter.As otter become increasingly more common across North America, more trappers are gaining the opportunity to pursue them. Otter 2000 can help you be successful in that pursuit. 100 Pages, 171 Photos and Illustrations.

225 pages

Trapline Twins Miki & Julie Collins continue the story of their life in the shadow of Alaska’s Denali Mountain, trapping, running sled dogs and now also raising Icelandic horses.

Twin sisters Miki and Julie Collins grew up in the vast wilderness north of Denali, living the traditional sustenance lifestyle of trapping, hunting, fishing, and raising their own food. Their only close companions were teams of loyal sled dogs until they discovered the sturdy Icelandic horses that thrive in the Arctic on a diet of fish and wild grasses. This book takes up were their first book, Trapline Twins, left off with more unique adventures as the sisters cross the tundra on horseback, embark on a 1,900-mile sled dog excursion around the state, defend their team against a charging grizzly and calm a panicked horse in the cockpit of an airborne plane.

Dozens of photos and an illustrated map.
Revised 2nd edition Afterword includes recent activities & new outdoor adventures.