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Winter reading anyone? Since there’s no published bibliography on big game hunting with hounds books(at least not to my knowledge), I thought I’d list on this board those titles in my collection that I feel worthy to be in any houndsman’s library. Some books are solid hound hunting, some may contain only a few chapters and some I feel are just valuable reference. Of course, some books are better than others and, as in all things, opinions vary. But,,, hopefully this list will be beneficial to those of you interested in hound hunting books. Half the battle is knowing what’s been published(since so many are now out-of-print) and the other half(the hardest) is then acquiring those titles!

I’ve been a book collector(mainly big game hunting) and a houndsman for many years. Alvin Partridge of Piermont, New Hampshire(does anyone remember old Alvin?) got me into the sport of bear and cat hunting with hounds back in the mid-60's. I’ve owned hounds ever since. As for books, I started collecting those even before that!

Dutch Salmon of High-Lonesome(http://www.high-lonesomebooks.com) deserves a lot of credit from the houndsmen community for reprinting and making available some of these hard-to-find books and at a fair price. As for finding other titles, two excellent internet search engines are http://www.bookfinder.com and http://www.used.addall.com. Both search multiple online book sites and allow you to do comparative pricing. Also, as has been mentioned in other posts, Ebay is another good source for finding out-of-print books. Speaking of ebay, I’ve recently noticed several issues of Outdoor Life for June 1959 and February 1962 selling for only a few dollars. For those of you that have an interest in Steve Matthes, Steve wrote articles found in both issues. He later incorporated both those articles into his book “Brave and other stories”.

Well, enough of my ramblings. Here’s my book list. This is by no means a definitive listing as I’m sure that there are many more books that I’m not aware of — also I may have overlooked a few titles that are hiding on me here on my bookshelves. For the most part, though, I’ve omitted the straight coon hunting titles. I hope this is useful info to a few of you.
Good reading and good hunting!
Bill


Hound hunting, related, and reference books:

THE PUMA by Tinsley
THE MOUNTAIN LION by Bond
THE WHITE PAGES by Earl
THE LIONHOUNDS by Cory
BEARTRACKER! by Cory
THE LOCATING TREEDOG by Cory
THE TRAILHOUNDS by Cory
DOGTALK by Cory
SILENT CROSSINGS by Jerry Lewis
THE LONGWALKERS by Jerry Lewis
TRACKING THE BIG CATS by Hert
NEVER A TIME TO TRUST by Garner
THEY CALL ME HUNTER by Wells
COUGAR KILLER by Bruce
TEXAS LION HUNTER by Vosburgh (trapping lions)
THE LADY AND THE LIONS by Kennedy (trapping lions, but a good read)
SOUL AMONG LIONS by Shaw
THIRTY YEARS OF HOUNDING IT by Gene Lewis
WHEN THE DOGS BARK TREED by Barker
MEET MR. GRIZZLY by Stevens
CALL OF THE HOUNDS by Cameron
BRAVE and other stories by Matthes
LIFE OF THE GREATEST GUIDE by McCurdy
THE EDUCATION OF A BEAR HUNTER by Flowers
SLASH RANCH HOUNDS by Evans
COUGARS AND COWBOYS by Newell
GENERAL RED by Washburn
THE WILD BOAR AND BEAR OF APPALACHIA by Campbell
BEAR, LION AND DEER by Dines
CANINES AND COYOTES by Almirall
THE WHITE PAGES by Earl
LYON HUNTS AND HUMOR by Lyon
BIG 'N BLUE by Harshman
TREEING WALKER HISTORY AND MEMORIES by Nance
HUNTING AMERICAN BEARS by Hibben
HUNTING AMERICAN LIONS by Hibben
INDIAN HUNTS by Hibben
TRACKS ACROSS NEW MEXICO by Pickens
HISTORY OF AMERICAN LION HUNTING by Carroll
OZARK MEMORIES by Beckham
BROWN KEELING, THE WASATCH HUNTER by Keeling
TALES OF THE BEARPAW BEAR HUNTERS by Hess
THE AMERICAN TRAIL HOUND by Streever

STORIES OF OLD TRAVELER by Jones (bobcats)
BOBCATS BEFORE BREAKFAST by Kulish
BLACK RIVER BOLLY by Bounds (bear)
FOXY'S LION TALES by Schueren
THE GHOST OF NORTH AMERICA by Wright
THE ONZA by Marshall
MEXICAN GAME TRAILS by Carmony and Brown (chapter on Lee Brothers)
ONZA! by Carmony
BORDERLAND JAGUARS by Brown and Gonzalez
BEATTY'S CABIN by Barker (some lion hunting)
WESTERN LIFE and ADVENTURES by Barker (some lion hunting)
JAGUAR HUNTING IN THE MATO GROSSO by Almeida
TIGRERO! by Siemel (jaguar) Siemel had some Lee Brothers hounds.
SASHINO by Siemel
TIGER MAN by Duguid
EYES OF FIRE by Glenn (jaguar)
HUNTING BOBCATS IN VERMONT by Don Greene
THE PUMA, MYSTERIOUS AMERICAN CAT by Young (reference)
THE BOBCAT OF NORTH AMERICA by Young (reference)
HOUNDS IN THE HILLS by Briggs
THE BEN LILLY LEGEND by DOBIE
BATTLE CRY by Del Hanna
HUNTING GRIZZLYS, BLACK BEAR And LIONS BIG TIME ON THE OLD RANCHES by Will Evans
BEARS, CATS and HOUNDS by Kate and Leo Dollins
HOUND DOGS BEARS and BOBCATS by Carl Johnson
10 EXCITING HUNTS WITH DOGS by Carl Johnson
BEAR STORIES by Joe M. Evans
A CORRAL FULL of STORIES by Joe M. Evans
THE WORLD OF THE JAGUAR by Richard Perry (reference)
BEN LILLY’S TALES of BEARS, LIONS and HOUNDS edited by Neil B. Carmony
WALK WITH WICK, The Tree Dog Encyclopedia by John Wick
BORDERLAND JAGUARS by David E. Brown and Carlos A. Lopez Gonzalez
MY BIRD DOGS and HOUNDS by William Gordon Means
LION HOUND by Jim Kjelgaard (fiction, but my first hound book from my childhood)
HUNTING THE CALIFORNIA BLACK BEAR by Donald L. Stehsel
FIFTY YEARS WITH TREE HOUNDS by Elmer Goble
LUCKY SHOT by Brandt

Howdy, WOW, It looks like you pretty well got eum all.I have about 80% of what you listed. And started 25 years ago.Do you know if Obe Cory ever printed a Dog Talk vol. 2.

Catmando,
Maybe I'm wrong... but I don't believe there was ever a Volume 2. I'm looking at an ad right now from the September 1990 issue of Full Cry where Bill Cory(Obe's son, I believe) was selling Obe's books from Center Point, Texas. Only five books were listed...Trailhounds for $20, Locating Tree Dog, Lion Hounds and Beartracker! for $15 each and then Dog Talk,
Volume One for $8. You would think that Bill Cory would also be selling a Dog Talk, Volume 2, if there was ever one printed. When did Obe pass on? Wasn't it before this ad(1990)? Bill

HUNTING BOBCATS IN VERMONT by Don Greene

Do you have any idea how i could get a copy of this book?

Have you ever read random memories by wallace griggs I have a copy of it pretty interesting.

Two you don't have but may enjoy...both British Coumbia authors.

"Blackwater River" William Hillen (McCelland and Stewart Limited)

"Panther" Roderick Haig-Brown (Collins)

Horshur,
Thanks for the heads-up on those British Columbia titles. Always looking for new reads.
I'll try to pick them up at a reasonable price. Speaking of B.C. authors, I have quite a
few. All big hame hunting, no hounds, but enjoyed Jack Boudreau's books(Grizzly Bear Mountain, Wilderness Dreams, Crazy Man's Creek, Wild Free, and Mountain's, Campfires & Memories) and Pat Ferguson's Gone Huntin'. Have you read these? Thanks again. Bill

Jason,
Like most hound hunting books, HUNTING BOBCATS IN VERMONT, 58 Years of the Hunt, by Don Greene was privately published and probably not that many copies were printed.
I don't recall where I acquired my copy.... maybe Full Cry, maybe a bookstore in Vermont or perhaps the internet. Mine is signed and dated 2001. It's a small softcover with only 39
pages, but has some nice photos... including several cats over 40#. Copyright date 1997, printed by A & M Printers of Cambridge, NY. Greene's best year was 52 cats. He took 117
cats in 3 years, including seven triples and five in one day! Wow! That's like trapping muskrats... Don't know what to tell you about finding a copy. Keep checking those internet sites. Eventually one will show up. If I find one, I'll latch onto it for you. As for
the Grigg book, I'm not aware of it. What's it about? Sounds like your pup will soon be on the mend. Hope he pulls through. Bill

City-Camp wrote:Horshur,
Thanks for the heads-up on those British Columbia titles. Always looking for new reads.
I'll try to pick them up at a reasonable price. Speaking of B.C. authors, I have quite a
few. All big hame hunting, no hounds, but enjoyed Jack Boudreau's books(Grizzly Bear Mountain, Wilderness Dreams, Crazy Man's Creek, Wild Free, and Mountain's, Campfires & Memories) and Pat Ferguson's Gone Huntin'. Have you read these? Thanks again. Bill

Pat is kinda a nieghbour I have met him his dad used to be cowboss at the Douglas lake ranch.....

My wife has given book reviews for local paper on Jacks book (grizzly mountain) I have read it as well........so many good books!!

Alng that vain have you read any RM Patterson??? Dangerous River, Far Pastures, The Buffalo Head.

Yes bill please keep your eyes open for another copy i will buy it if you find one. Bill do you run cats in NY? what part (town) are you from? Im about 45 minutes or so from champlain NY

Bill check this thread out we had going on here about wallace griggs book

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2773&hilit=wallace+griggs

horshur wrote:

City-Camp wrote:Horshur,
Thanks for the heads-up on those British Columbia titles. Always looking for new reads.
I'll try to pick them up at a reasonable price. Speaking of B.C. authors, I have quite a
few.
All big hame hunting, no hounds, but enjoyed Jack Boudreau's
books(Grizzly Bear Mountain, Wilderness Dreams, Crazy Man's Creek, Wild
Free, and Mountain's, Campfires & Memories) and Pat Ferguson's Gone
Huntin'. Have you read these? Thanks again. Bill

Pat is kinda a nieghbour I have met him his dad used to be cowboss at the Douglas lake ranch.....


My wife has given book reviews for local paper on Jacks book (grizzly
mountain) I have read it as well........so many good books!!

Alng that vain have you read any RM Patterson??? Dangerous River, Far Pastures, The Buffalo Head.

Yes. So many good books is right! Dangerous River by RM Patterson is one of my favorites. If you know Fergie, ask him if he's published his other two books yet. He wrote me a nice "Howdy!" letter 6 years ago this month. At that time, he was working on two new books... another hunting book and the other a cowboy book. I guess Fergie has put in his share of tough miles running cougars up your way. You must live in Clearwater then?

City-Camp wrote:

horshur wrote:

City-Camp wrote:Horshur,
Thanks for the heads-up on those British Columbia titles. Always looking for new reads.
I'll try to pick them up at a reasonable price. Speaking of B.C. authors, I have quite a
few.
All big hame hunting, no hounds, but enjoyed Jack Boudreau's
books(Grizzly Bear Mountain, Wilderness Dreams, Crazy Man's Creek, Wild
Free, and Mountain's, Campfires & Memories) and Pat Ferguson's Gone
Huntin'. Have you read these? Thanks again. Bill

Pat is kinda a nieghbour I have met him his dad used to be cowboss at the Douglas lake ranch.....


My wife has given book reviews for local paper on Jacks book (grizzly
mountain) I have read it as well........so many good books!!

Alng that vain have you read any RM Patterson??? Dangerous River, Far Pastures, The Buffalo Head.

Yes. So many good books is right! Dangerous River by RM Patterson is one of my favorites. If you know Fergie, ask him if he's published his other two books yet. He wrote me a nice "Howdy!" letter 6 years ago this month. At that time, he was working on two new books... another hunting book and the other a cowboy book. I guess Fergie has put in his share of tough miles running cougars up your way. You must live in Clearwater then?

He has a cowboy book out. And yes I live south of Clearwater. I don't know about his other hunting book.

This is an old post and there have been many more since this one but here is an update to the list of books from above. I had about 15 additional titles from the ones listed originally in this post and like City-Camp said it's all about knowing what is available to us.

The Longwalkers by Jerry Lewis
Call of the Hounds by Del Cameron
Lion Tales by John Kibler
Ben Lilly Legend by Frank Dobie
Walk with Wick Volume I by John Wick
Hunting Grizzlys, Black Bears, and Lions Big Time by Will F. Evans
Dynamics of Hound Training by Vickie Lamb
Soul Among Lions by Harley Shaw
Bobcats before Breakfast by John Kulish
Bobcat Master of Survival by Kevin Hansen
Meet Mr. Grizzly by Montague Stevens
Slash Ranch Hounds by Dub Evans
Roping lions in the Grand Canyon by Zane Grey
Walk with Wick Volume II by John Wick
Hunting American Lions by Frack C. Hibben
Hunting American Bears by Frack C. Hibben
The American Trail Hound by Fred Streever
Cougar Killer by Jay Bruce
Lyon Hunts and Humor; True Life Hunting and Adventure by Tolbert James Lyon
Treeing Walker History and Memories by Lester Nance
Strike & stay the story of the plott hound by Bob Plott
The Lion hounds by Obe Cory
Bear Tracker by Obe Cory
The Locating Treedog by Obe Cory
The Trail hounds by Obe Corey
Dogtalk Vol. 1 by Obe Cory
Brave by Steve Matthes
Life of the greatest guide by Robert McCurdy
When the dogs bark treed by Elliot Barker
Battle Cry by Del Hanna
Tracking the Big Cats by Carl Hert
The White pages by Walt Earl
Stories of Old Traveler by B.S. Jones
Never Outfoxed by Benjamin Hardaway III
American Foxhounds by Thurston J. Rostad
All in a Day's Work by Jack Lay
The Sound of Hills by Frank T. Methven
The Mountain Lion by Bond
Silent Crossings by Jerry Lewis
Never a Time To Trust by Garner
They Call me Hunter by Wells
Texas Lion Hunter by Vosburgh (trapping lions)
The Lady and the Lions by Kennedy (trapping lions)
Thirty Years of Hounding It by Gene Lewis
Cougars and Cowboys by Newell
General Red by Washburn
The Wild Boar and Bear of Appalachia by Campbell
Bear, Lion and Deer by Dines
Canines and Coyotes by Almirall
Big’n’Blue by Harshman
Indian Hunts by Hibben
Tracks Across New Mexico by Pickens
Ozark Memories by Beckham
Brown Keeling, The Wasatch Hunter by Keeling
Tales of the Bearpaw Bear Hunter by Hess
Black River Bolly by Bounds (bear)
Foxy’s Lion Tales by Schueren
The Ghost of North America by Wright
The Onza by Marshall
Mexican Game Trails by Carmony and Brown (chapter on Lee Brothers)
Onza! by Carmony
Beatty’s Cabin by Barker
Western Life and Adventures by Barker
Jaguar Hunting in the Mato Grosso by Almeida
Sashino by Siemel
Tiger Man by Duguid
Eyes of Fire by Glenn (jaguar)
Hunting Bobcats in Vermont by Don Greene
Bears, Cats and Hounds by Kate and Leo Dollins
Hound dogs Bears and Bobcats by Carl Johnson
10 Exciting Hunts with Dogs by Carl Johnson
Bear Stories by Joe M. Evans
A Corral Full of Stories by Joe M. Evans
The World of the Jaguar by Richard Perry (reference)
Ben Lilly’s Tales of Bears, Lions and Hounds edited by Neil B. Carmony
Borderland Jaguars by David E. Brown and Carlos A. Lopez Gonzalez
My Bird Dogs and Hounds by William Gordon Means
Hunting the California Black Bear by Donald L. Stehsel
Fifty Years with Tree Hounds by Elmer Goble
Lucky Shot by Brandt
Lion Hound by Jim Kjelgaard (fiction)
The Puma by Tinsley
The Puma, Mysterious American Cat by Young
The Bobcat of North America by Young
Hounds in the Hills by Briggs
The Education of a Bear Hunter by Flowers
The History of American Lion Hunting by Wiley Carroll
Tigrero by Sasha Seimel



Hope this helps

I just wanted to tell you... I remember Alvin - he was my grandfather. I was surprised to see this online while poking around trying to get information about him for my son.

One of my favorites is a fox hunting novel by Hariette Arnow, Hunter's Horn. This isn't fancy mounted fox hunting--its a gritty realistic novel set in Depression-era Kentucky, with varmint hunting hounds, about a poor farmer's obsession with a particular fox, and the pedigreed pups he gets to chase it. You can get a copy pretty cheap on ABEbooks.