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Post by King Kodiak on May 12, 2020 8:56:31 GMT -5
Up to now, i have read these books:
1) The bear, history of a fallen king. 2) California grizzly. 3) Notorious grizzly bears. 4) Grizzly years. 5) Great bear almanac. 6) Across the Ussuri krai. 7) The grizzly in the southwest.
Am currently reading: Cruelty and civilization, the Roman games.
Next book is: Gorillas in the mist.
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Post by brobear on Jun 1, 2020 8:40:55 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 1, 2020 8:44:21 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 2, 2020 2:01:09 GMT -5
Reply 81, that’s a really good book. This forum will soon have new information.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 2, 2020 9:31:15 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Oct 3, 2020 7:54:42 GMT -5
I have read several of this series: "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter".
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Oct 3, 2020 8:08:05 GMT -5
I have read several of this series: "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter". Good inspiration for a new story in the future.
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Post by King Kodiak on Oct 3, 2020 8:32:05 GMT -5
Reply #101: i never did get this book by the way because its like 80 dollars, way to expensive for a book.
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Post by brobear on Oct 3, 2020 8:45:09 GMT -5
Reply #101: i never did get this book by the way because its like 80 dollars, way to expensive for a book. Must be some book. Even on Amazon, the cheapest I found is $45.00
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Post by brobear on Oct 14, 2020 13:13:23 GMT -5
I can find books about the predator/prey relationship between lion and buffalo and I can find books about the hostility between the lion and the hyena. But nothing has ever been written about tiger predation on bears. Amazing.
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Post by brobear on Nov 12, 2020 17:05:44 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 1, 2020 22:41:21 GMT -5
GRIZZLY YEARS BY NATURALIST DOUG PEACOCK, MOST LIKELY THE BEST EXPERT ON NORTH AMERICAN GRIZZLY BEARS. BACK OF THE BOOK:
" DOUG PEACOCK HAS WRITTEN ABOUT HIS GRIZZLY BEARS WITH A PASSIONATE AND UNGUARDED HEART. GRIZZLY YEARS IS ULTIMATELY A LOVE STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO RETURNS FROM WAR SHORN OF HIS SOUL, AND RECOVERS HIS SOUL THROUGH HIS EFFORTS TO STUDY AND PROTECT THE GRANDEST PREDATOR ON EARTH, URSUS HORRIBILIS. -JIM HARRISON.Everytime i read quotes from this book i get emotional, a tiger is nothing, absolutely nothing compared to the great.....URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Dec 1, 2020 23:48:28 GMT -5
Reply 105. The hyena is actually more closely related to a cat than a dog.
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 2, 2020 11:06:25 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Dec 2, 2020 11:38:50 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 2, 2020 11:57:05 GMT -5
Yes, this book should be very reliable. William Henry Wrigth was a hunter and naturalist. I will post the most important things i read. Book arrives in 1 week. Here is the description of the book:
From the Foreword—The Grizzly Bear by William H. Wright, first published in 1909, is one of the best all-around books ever written on the subject. It is both highly informative and entertaining. . . . Wright began as a bear-hunter, and an extraordinarily successful one. He pitted his own strength, endurance, ingenuity, skill, knowledge, and craftiness against that of the grizzlies. . . . His most remarkable achievement as a hunter was killing five grizzlies with five shots, which he called "the greatest bag of grizzlies that I have ever made single-handed." . . . His book shows a hunter becoming a naturalist: Wright first studied the grizzly in order to hunt him, then he came to hunt him in order to study him.
The Grizzly Bear treats the early history of the grizzly as recorded by the white man and the life and escapades of James Capen ["Grizzly"] Adams, and most important it recounts the true-life experiences of Wright himself. Although I have spent some eighteen years studying the grizzly, eight of them intensively, there are few points on which I would take issue with the accuracy of Wright's observations o his interpretations of what he saw—Frank C. Craighead, Jr.
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 2, 2020 12:00:46 GMT -5
It looks like Frank Craighead Jr, who made the foreword (short introduction) of the book, does not agree with some of the author's, William Wright's observations though. Well, he was a hunter after all so Wright might have exaggerated some details.
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 12, 2020 23:20:08 GMT -5
My book just arrived, reply #108.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH THE RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND AFFECTION OF THE AUTHOR, TO THE NOBLEST WILD ANIMAL OF NORTH AMERICA, THE GRIZZLY BEAR.
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Post by brobear on Dec 13, 2020 4:23:58 GMT -5
I recognize the cover and remember the author's name. My grandparents ( mother's side ) were Wrights. I know that I enjoyed reading this book and that I read it cover-to-cover. But, having read so many its not easy remembering what was read in which book. I know that W.H. Wright was one of many hunter-turn-environmentalist.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Dec 13, 2020 6:37:54 GMT -5
It looks like Frank Craighead Jr, who made the foreword (short introduction) of the book, does not agree with some of the author's, William Wright's observations though. Well, he was a hunter after all so Wright might have exaggerated some details. While not saying that the details posted by hunters are entirely wrong, King Kodiak pointed out that some details might be exaggerated which I agree. An example, saying that the 2210 pound polar is huge is not wrong but it’s weight is probably exaggerated and more likely similar to the scientifically verified Stan, 1760 pounds.
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