Rating Now: 10/10 Max Rating: 10/10* Summary Native American wisdom and traditions are rarely found in books. Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions is one of the few, which is a memoir and cultural anthology wrapped…
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
Rating Now: 10/10 Max Rating: 10/10* Summary In the mid-1990s in the midst of Perestroika, an Amur tiger kills multiple humans in the Russian Far East. The incident alarms locals, but investigative tiger protection units…
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King by Rich Cohen
Rating Now: 10/10 Max Rating: 10/10* Summary To rise from a lowly immigrant Jew to the puppet master of central American governments is an amazing rise and the subject of The Fish That Ate the…
Hunter vs Vegan
I am as guilty as anyone of pitting hunters (or meat eaters generally) against vegans. When I’m pushed too far, I feel heat on my body, a sense of indignation, and righteousness. I maintain my…
Coyote America by Dan Flores
Rating Now: 10/10 Max Rating: 10/10 Summary The Native American people who lived on the continent before European discovery had a close relationship with coyote considering them to be more intelligent than humans. One indigenous…
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Rating Now: 9/10 Max Rating: 9/10 Summary There are few presidents that stand out like Theodore Roosevelt. If Mount Rushmore is to be believed, he is among the top four the United States has ever…
Hunting in Austin, Texas
I started hunting in December 2017 and organizing the logistics to go on my first hunt was extremely difficult. Two years into hunting and I’ve finally started to find good opportunities for hunting in Austin,…
Molokai Hunting – After Action Report
Hunt dates: May 2019 Summary: Hunting in Molokai, Hawaii was by far one of the most fun hunting experiences I’ve ever had in my life. The hunt was dominated by a new form of hunting…
Kauai Hunting – After Action Report
Hunt dates: May 2019 Summary: Hunting on Kauai, Hawaii was a rewarding, serendipitous experience on public land that I was not expecting to have. I traveled to Kauai with my girlfriend to visit the sites,…
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Rating Now: 8/10 Max Rating: 10/10* Summary Cal Newport’s book Deep Work was magnificent. When I saw he came out with another book I judged he probably didn’t have much else to say on the…