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Decoys: And Proven Methods for Using Them
Published by Ducks Unlimited
Copyright 2000
Price: $24.50

Chuck Petrie of Ducks Unlimited Magazine said Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them “contains more how-to information on waterfowl hunting than any book on the subject published in the last 30 years.” Truly, this is the definitive book about using decoys to hunt ducks and geese. Author Wade Bourne combines knowledge and tips from guides and expert hunters throughout North America about overall decoy strategies and specific uses. Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them includes strategies and spread designs for hunting on small ponds and marshes, large open lakes, coastal bays, rivers, flooded timber, agricultural fields and other settings. This book is illustrated with more than 30 detailed diagrams and descriptions of proven decoy layouts, plus information on everything from the history of decoys to modern decoy styles, sizes, rigging, movement, and care/repair. This book is a hardcover with 218 pages. It is the perfect gift for waterfowlers who wish to be more successful at their sport.

Ultimate Turkey Hunting is a combination effort of game call experts Harold Knight and David Hale of Knight & Hale Game Calls, as told to Wade Bourne. This softback book combines all these experts’ turkey hunting knowledge and advice – a total of nearly 100 combined years of experience. Ultimate Turkey Hunting has been described as the “practical bible” for hunting these birds, providing commonsense hunting advice that will benefit both beginner and advanced hunter. Chapter topics include the wild turkey’s nature and senses, turkey calls and how to use them, turkey hunting guns and loads, clothing and accessories, and scouting for gobblers. Subsequent chapters go into great detail about actual hunting tactics, including many “tricks” that Knight, Hale and Bourne have learned over the years: locating gobblers, woodsmanship, working gobblers up close, how to shoot a turkey. Other subjects covered in this book include turkey hunting safety, ethics and tales of difficult, memorable turkey hunts. Ultimate Turkey Hunting is written in an easy-to-read interview style. It is a must for any turkey hunter who wants to learn from some of the best in the woods.

Fishing Fundamentals by Wade Bourne is America’s best-selling handbook for beginning anglers. In its ninth printing, this 240-page softback covers all the basics. It takes the reader from the starting point in fishing up to an intermediate stage, where more advanced articles and fishing concepts can be utilized. Fishing Fundamentals contains chapters on the overall approach to fishing success, popular fish species, how to find fishing spots, selecting tackle and accessories, assembling basic fishing rigs, natural bait/artificial lures, basic fishing techniques, and more. Legendary angler Al Lindner says, “Fishing Fundamentals provides the basics to help us pass along this great sport. Excellent book!”

Fishing Made Easy
Published by Stoeger Publishing, Inc.
Copyright, 2004
Price: $24.95

Fishing Made Easy by Wade Bourne is guaranteed to teach anglers how to catch fish! This 160-page hardback is becoming known as "the textbook of fishing." It is geared toward beginning to medium-skilled anglers, but it's also a good refresher course for fishing veterans. It provides everything anglers need to know to get started in this fun, exciting sport. With over 200 color photos and diagrams, author Bourne covers all the fundamentals of this popular nationwide pastime. Fishing Made Easy, published by Stoeger Publishing of Accokeek, Maryland, is an updated, more thorough version of Bourne's earlier book, Fishing Fundamentals. Through Fishing Made Easy, Bourne provides readers with the information they need to successfully locate and catch a wide range of freshwater fish. This book includes chapters on popular fish species, finding good fishing spots, choosing tackle and accessories, basic fishing rigs, selecting baits and lures, and easy fishing techniques. Additional chapters include what to do when fish won't bite; simple methods for handling, cleaning and cooking fish; boats, motors and accessories; how to increase your fishing skills, and safety in fishing.

A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Dabblers by Wade Bourne is a definitive how-to guide to hunting mallards, wood ducks, widgeon, teal, pintails and other dabbler duck species. In this book, Bourne combines his own know-how, based on over 40 years experience as a duck hunter, with that of dozens of other guides and veteran hunters around the country. Thus, A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Dabblers is filled with useful information that will prove invaluable to both novice and veteran duck hunters alike. Subjects covered include hunting in marshes, flooded timber, agricultural fields, rivers, small and big lakes; strategies for pass-shooting, jump-shooting and float-hunting; tactics for early and late season success; advice on how to hunt public areas; and much more. Also, there are chapters on how to call dabbling ducks; decoy spreads; building, locating and camouflaging duck blinds; scouting for ducks; shotguns/shooting; and how to plan a duck-hunting trip (complete with information and contacts on the top ten dabbler hunting destinations in the U. S.). This 216-page hardcover book has 100 photos and illustrations.

Pocket Fishing Guide by Wade Bourne is what it’s name says: a pocket version of the author’s previous work, Fishing Made Easy. This softback book, published by Stoeger Publishing, includes all the info any angler needs to catch North America’s more popular fish species: bass, bluegill, crappie, walleye, catfish and others. Beginning anglers can use this handbook as a guide to selecting tackle, tying rigs, selecting and using rigs, and employing simple techniques on small streams, large rivers, natural lakes and reservoirs. It’s hot off the press (March, 2007) and a sure winner for anglers of all ages. Pocket Fishing Guide is written in an easy-to-read style that anybody can understand and follow.