The Wilderness Hunter

In hunting the finding and killing of the game is after all but a part of the whole. Thefree self-reliant adventurous life with its rugged and stalwart democracy; the wild surroundings the grand beauty of the scenery the chance to study the ways and habits of thewoodland creatures all these unite to give to the career of the wilderness hunter its peculiarcharm. --Theodore Roosevelt The Wilderness HunterThe Wilderness Hunter (1893) by Theodore Roosevelt describes hunting of many kinds of game from blacktail deer to antelope bighorn sheep moose and elk. Roosevelt shows his love for the outdoors in a colorful and vivid manner.