On the hunt : the history of deer hunting in Wisconsin / Robert C. Willging.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willging, Robert C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deer hunting--Wisconsin--History.

Deer hunting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Madison, Wis.] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the Hunt is the story of deer-hunting in Wisconsin, from the spear-throwing Paleo-Indians to the sportsmen of today.Meticulously researched by one of the state's most prolific outdoor writers, On the Hunt covers subsistence and sport hunting, deer camps, changing deer management policies, and recent developments and controversies, from human.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""1. The Animal ""; ""2. The First Hunters ""; ""3. The Subsistence Hunters ""; ""4. The Market Hunters ""; ""5. The Rise of the Sportsman ""; ""6. The Deer Wars ""; ""7. The Herd Grows and Records Are Broken ""; ""8. The Decade of Opportunity ""; ""9. The Prion That Changed the Hunt ""; ""10. The Upshot ""; ""Appendix: Gun Season Data, 1900-2007 ""; ""Notes ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87020-544-7

OCLC:

923517875