Reviews for The Quest for Dall Sheep: A Historic Guide's Memories of Alaskan Hunting

The average rating for The Quest for Dall Sheep: A Historic Guide's Memories of Alaskan Hunting based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-03 00:00:00 Pat Pippin Outstanding. The author thoroughly covers the controversy over the dangers of lead-based ammunition (and ammunition with toxic primers) for hunting, recreational target shooting, law enforcement and military use, and home defense, presenting the evidence for problems and the reasons some question whether there is a serious problem. Sapp states up front that he's a liberal, a hunter and avid shooter, and a parent who wants a healthy world for his children; he admits to skepticism as to the strength of the evidence, but unlike many he presents all sides of the debate respectfully, regardless of where his heart lies. As well as explaining the arguments for switching to non-lead and non-toxic-primer ammunition, he talks about the various alternatives - steel, tungsten, copper, brass, other alloys, and combinations of the above - goes on to describe changes to hunting techniques that they make necessary (many have shorter effective ranges because they are less dense and slow down faster due to resistance from the air after firing) and profiles the many types of shotgun shells and rifle and handgun cartridges available at the time of writing (2010) and the companies that make them. Additionally, Sapp addresses the needs of the many shooters who use muzzle-loading black-powder firearms and those who reload their own ammunition (as a reloader myself, I particularly appreciate that content.) If I was going to research and write a book on this subject, I can only hope I would do as good a job as Rick Sapp did here. But I don't have to, because he's done it for the shooting community.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-05-21 00:00:00 William Cromer The author discusses the roles hunters and shooters have on the environment and their conservation efforts. The main focus of the book is the use of non-toxic bullets and shot to replace lead which has a negative effect on humans and the environment.