JohnInTheWild.com is the place to be if you’d like to learn about outdoor sports including hunting, fishing, archery and more. Browse your favorite topic below, as John E. Phillips and his wife, Denise Phillips, have published more than 30 books that are colorful, chock full of pictures and how-to examples, and easy to read.
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Bass Fishing
Catch the Biggest and Most Bass in Any Lake
To learn how to fish for bass and change your bass-fishing trips from fishing trips to catching trips, this book is a must-have. Featuring advice from 18 leading Bassmaster Classic winners, Megabucks winners, Angler-of-the-Year, and FLW Tour winners, see their advice here.
How to Bass Fish Like a Pro
In this book, you’ll hear from pro fishermen on how they catch big bass consistently, and what they do to win millions of dollars as professional bass fishermen. How to Bass Fish Like a Pro features Kevin VanDam, Denny Brauer, Mark Davis, James Niggemeyer, and Mark Rose.
How to Win a Bass Tournament
The eight professional bass fishermen in this book have earned more than $21 million combined in tournaments. These anglers not only figure out the lure and the type of structure the bass are holding on, but also the time of day they’re most likely to bite.
Bass Pros’ Season by Season Tactics – Kindle|Print|Audiobook
I’ve chosen some of the best bass fishermen to give you advice on how to find and catch bass during each period of a bass fish’s life, including professionals like Kevin VanDam, Denny Brauer, David Fritts, Rick Clunn, Larry Nixon, George Cochran, Mark Davis, Woo Daves, Gary Klein, Davy Hite, Michael Iaconelli, Skeet Reese, Mark Rose, and Shaw Grigsby.
Hot-Weather Bass Tactics
Bass fishing in that heat really can be exhausting, but you can catch bass in water as shallow as 2 feet when the weather’s hot. “I won the 1998 Bassmaster Classic on High Rock Lake in North Carolina, fishing in the middle of the day in 2 feet of water,” Denny Brauer explains. In this book, Brauer will teach you his best techniques for catching bass in hot weather during daylight hours and at night.
How to Become a Tournament Bass Fisherman
Many pro bass fishermen can be great bass fishermen for one day or one tournament, but Larry Nixon has been one of the nation’s top pro-bass anglers for more than 35 years. If you dream of becoming a tournament bass pro, or if you’re a weekend angler who just wants to catch more bass, this book is a must.
Winning Strategies of the Bass Pros
You need to learn from the best – particularly when you want to be the best bass fisherman possible. That’s why I’ve written Winning Strategies of the Bass Pros about 11 top bassers. Top-name pros on both the B.A.S.S. circuit and the FLW circuit are in this book, including Kevin VanDam, Jay Yelas, George Cochran, Rick Clunn, Larry Nixon, Woo Daves, Randy Howell, Scott Canterbury, and Gary Klein.
Bowhunting & Bowfishing
Jim Crumley’s Secrets of Bowhunting Deer
Kindle|Print| Audiobook
In this hunting guide, Trebark camouflage founder Jim Crumley shares the wisdom that he’s learned throughout his life about how to be a hunter, how to find a deer lease, how to scout for deer, and more. I’m sure his deer hunting tips will help you take more bucks with your bow this deer season.
Special features include how to:
- Have a magic 60 acres to hunt
- Decide the best equipment to use
- Find deer year-round
- Locate land to hunt
- Know the best place to put your tree stand
- Get bucks within bow range
Bowhunting the Dangerous Bears of Alaska
We’ve got information from two of Alaska’s best brown bear and grizzly bear hunters, Frank Noska and Tony Mudd.
The Most Dangerous Game with a Bow: Secrets of the PSE Pros
If you’ve always dreamed of standing at full draw with a thousand-pound Cape buffalo looking you in the eyes about to charge; you’ve wondered how you will respond when close to a bull elephant that easily can turn you into a sausage patty; or you’re less than 30 yards from a brown bear that can take down and kill a moose; then I believe you’ll really enjoy this audiobook.
The Bowfishing Bible
Whether you’re a beginning bowfisherman or a veteran and want to learn more about how to be successful bowfishing and win bowfishing competitions, in The Bowfishing Bible you should find what you need.
Catfishing
Catfish Like a Pro – Kindle|Nook|Print
This book has the best tips from some of the most-productive catfishermen who’ve learned the secrets of Mr. Whiskers through many years of trying a wide variety of different baits under various types of fishing conditions.
You’ll learn about the fishing tackle you’ll need, the various methods you may employ and the strategies you can use to catch the most catfish.
Cookbooks & Recipe Books
Browse all of the extraordinary wild game and seafood recipe books by Denise Phillips here!
Deer & Fixings: How to Cook Delicious Venison
Learn how to field-dress a deer, how to prepare and cook deer meat, and what side dishes to serve with your wild game.
This guide contains more than 100 venison recipes prepared with ground venison, venison loins, venison roasts, venison steaks, and venison stew meat, along with over 150 delicious vegetable, soup, appetizer, salad, bread, and dessert recipes.
The Best Wild Game and Seafood Cookbook Ever
This cookbook contains more than 350 of the best wild game & seafood recipes we’ve used over the last 46 years for you to enjoy. It contains delicious recipes for venison, elk, wild pig, turkey, birds, rabbits, squirrels, crab, shrimp, and more than 20 species of freshwater and saltwater fish, as well as helpful information about how to prepare your game or fish for a fantastic meal.
The Recipes You Can’t Live Without
Due to the success of the “13 Recipes You Can’t Live Without” series, many of our readers have asked us to put all these books together in one bundle book at a reduced price.
Now – for the first time – we’re offering that book in print. By buying this one book, you can get all nine books for one low price.
13 Wild Turkey Recipes You Can’t Live Without – Kindle
Crappie Fishing
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Catch Cold Water Crappie Now – Kindle
Catch Crappie All Year: Fishing a Single Pole, Using No Boat and Farming Crappie – Kindle|Print|Nook|Audiobook
Crappie: How to Catch Them Fall & Winter – Kindle|Print
Crappie: How to Catch Them Spring and Summer – Kindle|Print|Nook|Audiobook
Deer Hunting
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Bowhunting Deer: Mossy Oak Pros Know Bucks and Bows – Kindle|Print|Nook
Bowhunting Deer: The Secrets of the PSE Pros – Kindle|Print
How to Hunt and Take Big Buck Deer on Small Properties – Kindle|Print
How to Hunt Deer Like a Pro – Kindle|Print|Audiobook
How to Hunt Deer Up Close: With Bows, Rifles, Muzzleloaders and Crossbows – Kindle|Print|Nook|Audiobook
Jim Crumley’s Secrets of Bowhunting Deer – Kindle|Print|Nook
Mule Deer Hunters’ Bible – Kindle|Print
PhD Whitetails: How to Hunt and Take the Smartest Deer on Any Property – Kindle|Print
Whitetail Deer and the Hunters Who Take Big Bucks – Kindle|Print|Nook
Elk Hunting
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How to Find Your Elk and Get Him in Close – Kindle|Print|Audiobook
PhD Elk: How to Hunt the Smartest Elk in Any State – Kindle|Print
Secrets for Hunting Elk – Kindle
Elk: Keys to 25 Hunters’ Success – Kindle|Print|Audible
Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
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Alabama’s Inshore Saltwater Fishing: A Year-Round Guide for Catching More Than 15 Species – Kindle|Print
Alabama’s Offshore Saltwater Fishing: A Year-Round Guide for Catching Over 15 Species of Fish – Kindle
Catching Speckled Trout and Redfish: Learn from Alabama’s Best Fishermen – Kindle
Fishing Mississippi’s Gulf Coast and Visitor’s Guide – Kindle|Print
How to Fish Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in June – Kindle
Secrets for Catching Red Snapper and Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico – Kindle
Fishing on Reelfoot Lake
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For Hot-Weather Fishing Success, Head to Reelfoot – Kindle
Reelfoot Lake: How to Fish for Crappie, Bass, Bluegills and Catfish and Hunt for Ducks – Kindle|Print
Inspirational
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The Briar Patch Philosopher – Kindle|Print
Courage: Stories of Hometown Heroes – Kindle
Moving Forward: Stories of Hometown Heroes – Kindle
Taxidermy
How to Make Money with Taxidermy: 70 Tips for Hunters and Small Businesses – Kindle|Print
Turkey Hunting
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How to Hunt Turkeys with World Champion Preston Pittman – Kindle|Print|Nook|iBooks|Audiobook
Mossy Oak Pros Talk Turkey Tactics – Kindle|Print|Nook
Outdoor Life’s Complete Turkey Hunting – Kindle|Print
PhD Gobblers: How to Hunt the Smartest Turkeys in the World – Kindle|Print
The Turkey Hunter’s Bible – Kindle|Print|Nook
The Turkey Hunting Guides’ Bible – Kindle|Print|Nook
Turkey Hunting Tactics – Kindle|Print|Nook|Audiobook
The 10 Sins of Turkey Hunting with Preston Pittman – Kindle
Women in the Outdoors
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Outdoor Women’s Hall of Fame: Premier Edition – Kindle|Print
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