“The Funniest book ever written on deer hunting…will bring you close to wetting your pants. It’s outrageous. It pokes fun at deer hunters, anti-hunters, the deer themselves, and anyone or anything associated with deer hunting.”

– The Sportsman Guide

“A must for hunters who think they know it all.”

– Sports Afield

“If it bothers you to try reading with tears in your eyes, don’t even think about buying a copy of Buck Peterson’s Complete Guide to Deer Hunting.”

– Traverse City Record

“No subject is too trivial for Buck. If you are going to hunt deer in the Upper Midwest, there is even a chapter on how to eat lutefisk. If you have not had occasion to eat lutefisk, this advice alone is worth the price of the book. In only 153 easy-to-read pages, Buck Peterson has managed to offend just about everyone that hunts, and if you don’t find something to bridle at, you haven’t read closely enough. For this reason, no hunting camp should be without a copy of Buck’s tome. No, two copies…in case someone burns the first.”

– Field & Stream

“Might be the funniest outdoor book ever written……an ideal stocking stuffer for any outdoors person. It even will make anti-hunters laugh”.

– Tennessean

Written to amuse and thank a 78-year-old uncle who welcomed him to the family deer camp in Northern Minnesota. One of the most popular deer hunting books ever sold. No matter if you are a novice or experienced deer hunter, you are bound to find something useless in this guidebook.

“I got a lot of chuckles out of it—but after reading it, I'm pretty sure that "your paint don't dry." "

– Lefty" Kreh


“Humorous spoof guide to the fundamentals of the sport.”

– Palm Beach Post

“A fun stocking stuffer.”

– New York Daily News

“A non-serious work on the non-serious side of fishing…poking fun at virtually every segment of sport fishing.”

– Ohio News-Herald

“Pokes fun at fish, anglers, and everything about the sport.”

– Milwaukee Journal

“A fascinating combination of non-stop jokes interspersed with pearls of salt and freshwater wisdom. Of critics, our favorite is this book is worth its weight in grubworms but doesn’t taste as good.”

– Palm Beach County Sports

“Buck Peterson…can possibly be compared to the late Milford “Stanley” Poltroon whose books on fishing were to that sport what Marx Brother movies were to cinema. I am happy to report that nowhere in its 241 pages is there anything remotely redeeming. It is, however, pretty funny whether you’re a fisherman or not, and in these times, if that isn’t worth $8.95, feel free to look around until you find something else.”

– Field & Stream

Sincere apologies to the fly fishermen in this book. You know you’re an easy target.

“Handy book as a gift to fellow meeting-ites.”

– Santa Cruz Sentinel

“A hilarious look at business travel!”

– Radio/TV Interview Report

“A satiric and highly “unconventional” survival guide for anyone attending a hotel meeting, convention or trade show. An amusing gift item for planners and hoteliers who need a good humor break.”

– Meetings California

“If you have ever been to one of the events mentioned in the subtitle, you gotta have this book. It’s hilarious!”

– Lincoln Journal Star

An early guide for good sports forced to live a busy business lifestyle.

“Marred by some actual good advice on waterfowl hunting but this should not spoil it for too many readers. And Buck’s proposal for replacing water dogs with water pigs is no less than visionary.”

– Field & Stream

Originally available in hard and soft cover. The gun hog section was excerpted in Field & Stream, November 1996.

“Turkey hunting comes with great gobbler gags.”

– Wireless Flash

Inspired flock shoot at pheasant, turkey, and other upland birds and those who think they can hit them. A bird-brained romp through field and stream, hill and dale, even advice on how to stalk hard-shelled flamingos stuck in a neighbor’s lawn. Not reviewed by in the outdoor press, the Audubon Society, groups vested in the fate of the red-cockaded woodpecker and dodos on political flyways.