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Dying to Hunt in Montana

Author: Tom D. Donovan

Referenced in 2 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

September 26, 2022

Context:

The speaker mentions that someone recently recommended this book to them. It's described as a book with a large section devoted to firearm fatalities in hunting, many of them self-inflicted accidents. The speaker states they 'got a couple of pages into that book and had to put it away and never opened it back up again' because it was too upsetting. This reference occurs during the introduction to Vince Merritt's hunting accident story.

December 13, 2021

Context:

Steve Rinella mentions he 'bought recently' this book but 'couldn't finish reading' it. He describes it as 'an exhaustive catalog broken down by cause of death of everyone they can find in the history who has died hunting' in Montana, including deaths from grizzly bears, exposure, and various hunting accidents. He uses it to illustrate the historical prevalence of hunting accidents, particularly in the 1930s-1950s.