passaround book

dugaboy · passaround book

on another forum i was involved in starting a floating book library the IDEA is that people put up books for passaround how it works .
set up a section passaround someone lists a book first person to claim it gets it sent sender pays the cost couple quid ?? next person reads book then lists it ( signs it ) posts who claims it next sends book cost postage READ BOOK FOR almost free this keeps going as long as everyone is willing to cover the cost of posting on to the next person
seeing as your getting the chance to read a book worth MAYBE £20 for cost of £2-3 is it a big deal ?? DOES MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO TRUST PEOPLE??

IF there any interest I will put up the first book ragner bensons survival poaching depends on admin sorting out the details cheers

fish

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS , i think a time limit should apply or some chap will put it on his book shelf and not get round to reading it for a few months.

dugaboy

mate i agree how about they keep it for a week to tn days then it goes to the next person if they have to post on here who its going to next we should be able to keep track of it ( just nickname ) cheers

fish

yep sounds good , i will lookinto getting some re -usable postage bags the type where you just slip a bit of card into a window , one less thing to worry about ie getting a jiffy bag etc.

fishy1

For that book, I'm definately interested. I am away starting the begginning of october though, will it get to me before then? If not, I might just drop out of this and buy the book so I don't have it stuck at mine for ages.

dugaboy

mate if you want to start this off PM an address will post it asap then you have to agree to send it to whoever wants it next within ten days after you get it just sign it add any comments thats it cheers

fish

can i borrow it after fishy1?

i am offering to lend my hardbound copy of "A gamefishers days and ways" by Norman Hill.
it has a fine section on poachers and their ways! if there are no takers on this book within the 10 days of the borrower it should be returned to me.

dugaboy

that should be all right mate as soon as he sends address will start the ball rolling cheers

fishy1

I have sent you a pm with my address dugaboy, cheers.

fishy1

Hi
I got the book yesterday, it was a nice surprise having been up until about 6 am with some kind of viral infection.

I then read the book in about 4 hours. I am a pretty fast reader. I may reread it before I pass it onto Fish so I can just get a better understanding of all of it.

"lists it ( signs it )" - What do you mean, do I write my name on the book? I am a bit confused, and perhaps do not wish my name to be knowledgable to everyone on the list.

Anyways, onto the book. It is written in a very obvious, stereotypical american way.

Benson strikes me as an idiot. He seems malicious, for example when a farmer is trying to stop him poaching him on his land, benson gets someone to put a bunch of fresh hides on the guys property, and then informs the authorities. The farmer gets landed with a 2 grand fine, and ragner takes great delight in this.

Another incident demonstrating pure benson is when he sees a bunch of other poachers shooting deer at night, using a lamp. Benson replys to them by shooting out there light, and is seemingly oblivious to the fact they miss the lamp twice, and could quite easily have killed the lamp operator.

"Survival poaching", this is not. This is poaching with dynamite and rifles. And dynamite features a lot in this book. Benson also omits life threatening information, for example when making a blackpowder substitute with potassium chlorate and sugar, he fails to mention that the mixture will become phemoninally unstable near any sulphur (which you would find in a gun barrel).

The fishing section is short and disappointing. Gill nets get a page and a half, seines are not mentioned. Some of the information is quite interesting, for example hanging dead animals above the water and coming back in a week to catch the fish attracted by maggots falling off.

Gill netting birds is basically mist netting them, but it is the first I had heard of anyone doing it, so I will try this.

This is more a book for a wannabe trapper, as most of the information is about keeping the pelts in good condition.

And seriously, bear traps aren't a "survival" trap, more a moneyearner. He explains how to sell what you kill, and how to not get caught, which is quite good.

Anyways, fish, pm me your address and I will send it on to you soon. Thanks dugaboy for this excellent idea.

wabbiter

not much point in reading this now, thanx fishy

fishy1

Wabbiter, it does still have some interesting bits in it, just not what I was expecting. A lot on catching beavers, muskrats, and bears, so not all that relevant.

Tidal_wear

Had both his books,"Survival Poaching" and "Hard-core poaching" neither were applicable to the UK,didnt learn one thing from the books except I should have saved my cash for something useful

The methods werent authors fairy stories like in the old UK so-called poaching manuals,but neither were the methods outlined overly useful either,just my 0.2 cents worth anyway

dugaboy

well mate like me you bought them to see if there was something to learn from them would I buy them again NO but untill you look you never know ?? TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE NOEWHERE IS THERE AN INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL THAT CATERS FOR THIS MATTER poaching by nature is not something that is advertised on a detailed scale

you could try checking out buckshot

fish

well ime keen to see the yankee methods that i may be able to adapt to our native wild life (theretically!)

Tidal_wear

Theres a book being written and collated at the moment dugaboy,without doubt the most in-depth work on certain subjects ever written,not by a wannabee but a guy with incredible skills who really knows his art

Not like pat-careys DVD with fake trout-tickling but a guy everyone considers the real-deal,never heard one person criticise nor say one bad word about him because everyone knows he is the oracle on certain subjects,just wait a while,it will be on the shelves,money well spend

Gill-netting birds in Bensons book?We used to flight net duck,different concept,only ever caught cormorants in gill nets,but I dont think benson had much of an idea in that field to be honest

dugaboy

mate will look forward to that his book survival gunsmithing is a better read cheers

fishy1

Tidal_wear

Photoshopped?Surely you jest sir?

Wouldnt know how to photoshop fishy

As for modesty,well,I am not the one PM'ing me about netting fish one day,then setting myself up as an instant expert the next on places like bushcraft UK

You know I know my subject

Not my autobiography,sadly I cant write for toffee,but the book is indeed coming out

fishy1

So who is this expert guy writing this book then?

Tidal_wear

Need to know,wait a while like everyone else

fishy1

Well if it's recommened by you it should be good, just post it on here when you can if you want.

Tidal_wear

Fishy,your hilarious

dugaboy

mate gee me a pm when its out one way or other cheers

Tidal_wear

Its coming out

fish

sorry i miss read that TW!! i thaught it said you were comming out!! lol

fishy1

I posted it on second class today to fish.

Thanks Dugaboy for this idea.

dugaboy

no worries

might have a couple others

fish

i got the book today , i read the first chapter and ime impressed the author has a real grasp of the topic.

any takers on the book i offered? or also offered the poachers handbook and the way of a countryman both by Ian Niall.

Jack Russell

Fish i would like to borrow the poachers handbook if thats ok and would obviously pass on or return

I dont have the same address from when you sent me that loverly walnut handled knife (if you remember) but i can pm you my new one.

fish

yep pm me with the address.

how is the knife?

Jack Russell

well i am embarrest to say it is still as you sent it as i don't have a clue where to start with sharpening it

when i first got it i ran it over the steel for a while but it hardly made a scratch on the surface. So i left it alone i would like it done though so i can put it to work, but never got around to sorting it out

fish

so who is next on the survival poaching book after me? if no takers where do i send it next?

dugaboy

mate gee them three days if no one wants it will pm my address send it back to me cheers hugh

fish

ok mate!

crappercarper

ive got a few fishing books id happily let people borrow, ive also got a few crime books and gangster/underworld books. if people want me to list them ill have a look tonight and list them tomorrow.

maybe we should have a sticky with a list of books and who owns them and where they are etc?

fish

good idea.