B Hook R Lee Signed 1988 Borrego Fall & Rise of Desert Bighorn Sheep in Arizona

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Borrego
The Fall and Rise of Desert Bighorn Sheep in Arizona

Edited by

Bill Hook & Raymond Lee

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, Phoenix, AZ, 1988. 196 pgs.  Illustrated with a color photograph, b&w photographs, maps and drawings. Signed by Bill Hook and Raymond Lee on the limitation page, inscribed and signed by both on the FFEP. Limited to only 1,000 signed numbered copies. 

Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present.  Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.

The Fall and Rise of Desert Bighorn Sheep in Arizona by Bill Hook and Raymond Lee (eds) not only reveals the natural history of Desert bighorns, but also episodes of hunting the elusive wild sheep including a story by Bob Housholder in which he describes his most memorable hunting season in which he guided 3 clients in southern Mohave County and all collected a ram including himself. He laments that the area where the hunts took place are now developed. David Brown relates his desert sheep hunt in the southwestern corner of the state that required a second attempt three years later because he failed to bag a ram during his first hunting trip. Fred Peters describes his successful hunt for a desert ram in the Kanab Canyon area of northern Arizona. Norman Mathews recalls his successful hunt in the Gila Mountains, and Jim McCasland describes his hunt for an exceptional trophy shot in the Kofa Mountains. There are three other accounts of ram hunts, including a successful bow hunt. Besides the hunting elements, there is a history of the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, and a record of management attempts in increase the size of the herds.