Many of you know Richard Powell as "Scruffy" here on AR. What you may not know is that Mr. Powell is the author of about a dozen hunting books.

I hesitate to call them hunting books as they are really more "tales of adventure" that involve hunting, fishing and a couple of hard hunting schnauzers.

I bought the first book This Old Man is Going to Kill Us in preparation for a solo hunt in Cameroon. Richard devoted a large part of this book to his trip to Cameroon and these chapters went a long way towards preparing me for my hunt. I read the rest of the book and was taken in by the style of Richard's writing.

Before long I ordered a second book from Richard, Rode Hard and Put Away Wet and upon reading it I was equally impressed.

Aside from his amazing ability as a writer(I've never seen any writer who was able to "write between the lines" as clearly as Mr. Powell) Richard is an amazing person. It goes without saying that he is a hunting fool but he could also be described as a high school teacher, a bison magnate, a terrible fisherman, a self-guided hunter of Africa's dangerous game, a keen upland bird hunter, a waterfowl enthusiast, an aspiring ladies man, a Canuck with red-blooded American Liberty running through his veins, and doting husband.

These books are easy to read and will leave you with a smile. If you have a long plane ride these books might just be your best friend.

Where i can find it ...

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Originally posted by juanpozzi:
Where i can find it ...

I'd PM Scruffy. I got my copies straight from the horse's, ... uh mouth. Yeah that's it.

All jokes aside, he's a good guy and would get a kick out of you getting in touch with him.

Dean

Certainly no copies of the first book available on line , or even an on-line referance to it .