Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns , published in 1915, stands alongside a number of Shoemaker's volumes, such as Wolf Days in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Lion or Panther, dedicated to telling the tales of vanishing or extinct Pennsylvania wildlife. Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns places these tales within the greater context of the Pennsylvania sportsmen's and hunting culture. While lamenting the extinction of the old-stock Pennsylvania deer species, Shoemaker celebrates the hunter and the sport and writes in a ...
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Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns , published in 1915, stands alongside a number of Shoemaker's volumes, such as Wolf Days in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Lion or Panther, dedicated to telling the tales of vanishing or extinct Pennsylvania wildlife. Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns places these tales within the greater context of the Pennsylvania sportsmen's and hunting culture. While lamenting the extinction of the old-stock Pennsylvania deer species, Shoemaker celebrates the hunter and the sport and writes in a hopeful spirit that the sport will continue without causing extinction. Shoemaker writes that the book is meant to "establish a standard of comparison of old and new deer and their horns . . . by presenting descriptions and measurements of the best known heads of moose, elk and deer killed in the commonwealth, an added zest will be given to efforts of collectors and hunters." In the chapters that follow, the author describes and compares fossil and extinct Pennsylvania deer, big deer, little deer, the gray moose or elk, and black moose. Descriptions of famous hunters, hunting methods, and traditions appear alongside hunting lore and tales of legendary stags and their famous pursuers. The volume concludes with three chapters on deer, elk, and moose horns, with descriptions and measurements of antlers, along with stories of unusual and "freak" heads and sets of antlers. The text is heavily illustrated with photographs of famous hunters and their game, alongside many photographs of the deer and horns themselves.
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Add this copy of Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns to cart. $7.47, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Wennawoods Publishing.
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Fine. Not ex-lib. Softcover in tan wraps with Jack Paluh artwork to front, 8vo. Reprints Shomeaker's 1915 classic with supplementary articles on deer and deer management. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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Add this copy of Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns: Intelligence to cart. $32.89, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Pennsylvania State University.
Add this copy of Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns to cart. $37.78, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Wennawoods Publishing.
Add this copy of Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns: Intelligence to cart. $62.58, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Pennsylvania State University.
Add this copy of Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns to cart. $135.00, good condition, Sold by Liberty Book Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avis, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Faust Printing Company.
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Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. Tan wrappers, printed on front with title, author and cameo of trophy buck. Chipping at edges, with a short closed tear at lower spine wrapper, light scuffing, minor soiling. Former shop stamp (Charles H. Eldon, taxidermy) inside front. Clean and solid text. Scarce in this original edition.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 120 pages.
Add this copy of Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns to cart. $400.00, fair condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by FAUST PRINTING CO.
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FAIR. 5.75 X 7.75. Contains b&w photos, unmarked text. Howqever, front cover is detached, rear cover is almost detached, stapled at spine (made that way), tanned cover, rubbed cover, frontispiece page detachedbut present, and sticker remnants from bookplate. _PAB_
