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Hunting Grizzlys, Black Bear and Lions "Big-Time" on the Old Ranches
Hunting Grizzlys Black Bear and Lions BigTime on the Old Ranches Author:Will F. Evans One of the truly scarce books of outdoor sport and Western Americana, "Hunting Grizzlys, Black Bear and Lions" is herein available in an affordable reprint edition. Written by Will Evans and other members of the pioneer Evans family, these first-hand memoirs offer a rare look at ranch life and big-game hunts in the Davis Mountains of West Texas ... more »and the Gila region of southwest New Mexico, 1880s to 1920s. We read what is perhaps the only account on record of the grizzly bear in Texas; another grizzly hunt, in New Mexico, goes on for days and takes hunters, horses and hounds to the limit. Black bears, mountain lions, and outlaw cattle round out these authentic, unvarnished recollections. Sadly, the grizzly is gone from the Southwest, and the black bear virtually gone from West Texas. Here are the life, times and adventures when bears and panthers roamed "big-time" across the Southwest wilderness.« less