Pat Gatz · Eagle Village First Nation – Kipawa
Thirty years in the bush of Northern Ontario and Quebec, written down plainly for the person who never had a father, an uncle or a friend to teach them. No jargon. No assumed experience. Just how it is actually done.
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Who is writing this
Pat Gatz is Algonquin, from Eagle Village First Nation – Kipawa, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. He took his first small game at six years old and has hunted the bush for more than thirty years. For him hunting was never a sport — it is how a family gets fed and how a person stays tied to the land.
Hunting is a way to connect to wonderful, peaceful and beautiful mother nature, and a key to true happiness. Pat Gatz — "Little Eagle"
He writes for people who never had anyone to take them out. Every book carries the ethics along with the mechanics: clean shots, using the whole animal, and respect for the land that feeds you.
The Native Ways
Skills, food and stories carried down through an Algonquin family — written down so they are not lost.
Licensing and tags. Your first kit. Rifles, shotguns and ammunition in plain language. Tracks, scat, rubs and beds. Scouting, wind and stand placement. Small game first. Shelter, fire, water.
Field dressing small game, step by step — the part almost nobody teaches. Knives and sharpening. Skinning and gutting. Field hygiene, cooling, and the mistakes that ruin a carcass. Field to freezer.
Over 200 recipes for deer, elk, moose, bear, wild boar, turkey and small game — each one paired with the habits, habitat and diet of the animal it came from.
A bedtime story for ages three to seven, about the small brave things that make sleep easier — and the same respect for the natural world, started early.
What readers say
Pat Gatz makes hunting easy to understand for beginners like me. The tips on tracking and scouting were super helpful, and I felt ready to head into the outdoors with confidence. Verified reader — The Simple Hunting Guide
Not only perfect for the beginner, it has a lot of great tips for the seasoned sportsman as well. Well written and easy to understand. Verified reader — The Simple Hunting Guide
Getting legal, and the gear that actually matters — the two things that stop most people before they start.
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Hunt to live. Live to hunt.
Pat Gatz — "Little Eagle" · Eagle Village First Nation – Kipawa (Kebaowek), Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec