education of a bear hunter

[heavy hauler]

you have all probably read this and talk about it all the time, but just in case: has anyone read "education of a bear hunter" by ralph flowers?       what do you think?

[billythekidrock]

I have all three of his books. Absolutely love them.

Definately a must for those whe drew the Copalis unit.

[heavy hauler]

i know of  the education and #2 bears and flowers. what else did ralph write?

[PWN Kurt]

Huh...I haven't heard of it.  I'll pick up a copy.

Fiction?  Guidebook?

Thanks for the tip.

Kurt

[heavy hauler]

ralph flowers trapped /hunted bears around  the aberdeen area as a full time job. then wrote a great book about it.

[billythekidrock]

i know of  the education and #2 bears and flowers. what else did ralph write?

The third one is "Stuff I Remember" written shortly before and during his hospitalization, just before he died. Mostly short stories about family and friends. Not hunting related.

[oneshotkill]

I have read the book several times and love it.  Reading that book is what got me interested in bear hunting.

[bobcat]

I have it and read it a few years ago just before my spring bear hunt in Capitol Forest. Very good read. I'll have to read it again soon. It was an inspiration to me.

[heavy hauler]

i just spotted it on my book shelf and now i reading it again.awesome

[scroder]

Thanks for the reminder I had borrowed it from a friend a long time ago, it is a great book. I just went to amazon and bought a copy for myself. I hope I get it before my copalis season starts.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I've got book 1 and 2 and absolutly love them!

[Blsum]

What a small world. My grandfather Robert "Bob" Matthews was Ralph's boss when he worked for the washington forest protection agency as a proffesional bear hunter. In fact my grandpa was the one that wrote the preface in Ralph's book "Education of a Bear hunter". Not only was Ralph a renouned bear hunter, but he was also a taxidermist, wood worker, artist, and good friend of the family. Unfortunatley I didn't have the pleasure of hunting with Ralph, but my father did. I did get to go to his house several times when I was a kid. I've heard many a hunting story of Ralph and my grandpa.

[heavy hauler]

when i worked at the coal mine in centalia , one of the guys said ralph was his great uncle.then a old timer at work said he hunted "the promise land" with ralph.  those books are full of great local stories.

[TheHunt]

I just ordered both books from Amazon.  Looking forward to reading them

[mrgoodwrench]

I grew up across the highway from Ralph and always heard stories about him....I highly recomend the books.  Sportsmans recenly had some of his wildlife drawings for sale, but last time i was there they were gone. If Ralph were still hunting for WFPA we wouldn't need a spring bear season on the tree farm!