Told by the elk
A hunting story and coloring book for young hunters 7 and up. To us it is the wilderness. To the elk it is home, and they notice everything that does not belong.
Paperback, 8.5 x 11 inches, 54 pages.
Sprig is a young bull elk in his first September. Old Rack, the herd bull, has watched hunters for years. Nervous Nell knows every stump on the mountain. Sparky has never met a trail camera he did not love. Together they teach seven elk rules, and every one is a real lesson a young hunter can use this season.
This book is made to be shared by the people who raise young hunters. If you run a class, a chapter or a counter, we would like to get copies to you.
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Young hunters 7 and up. Younger kids enjoy the coloring and the jokes with a grown-up reading along. Older kids get more out of the field notes.
No. It teaches how elk think: wind, bedding, water, calling and pressure. Real hunting starts with a hunter education course and a grown-up who knows the way.
No. It is a story about seeing a place through an animal's eyes. Deer and turkey families, campers and kids who just like animals all get something from it.
Paperback, 8.5 x 11 inches, 54 pages, black ink on white paper so every picture can be colored. Crayons and colored pencils work best; markers may show through.
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Yes. Write to hello@bucknicholson.com with how many and when you need them.
The next book will be told by a different animal. Grown-ups can vote at bucknicholson.com/next and leave an email to hear which animal won. We never collect anything from kids.
The next book will be told by a different animal. A goldfish? A zoo animal? A farm animal? Grown-ups, cast a vote and we will tell you which animal won.
Buck Nicholson has spent more Septembers on the mountain than he would like to count, and has come home empty-handed enough times to learn how the elk think. He wrote this book so the next generation of hunters would start a few seasons ahead of where he did.
A note for grown-ups: this book teaches young hunters how elk think. It does not teach them to handle a bow or a rifle. Real hunting starts with a hunter education course and a grown-up who knows the way.