Craig Raleigh grew up hunting and fishing in New York State and Ontario, Canada. A conservationist at heart, he lives for the chance to get outside and discover possibilities, and his lifelong interest in everything outdoors garnered in him a deep respect and love for all living things. He can sit in a tree from dawn to dusk, walk upstream for big Steelhead, hike the Niagara Gorge, or bike the St. Lawrence Seaway Trail and describe to you every detail. He is a senior writer at Wide Open Spaces, one of the Internet’s most popular outdoors and hunting websites.
In The Hunter's Way, Craig Raleigh puts hunting into modern perspective, combining higher sensibilities and his firsthand insight into the hunting world to gently illuminate a part of human nature that was, and still is, among the purest of human endeavors. -- <strong>Jim Shockey, </strong>award-winning writer and host of Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures</em> and Uncharted</em> on the Outdoor Channel We're fortunate to be at Craig Raleigh's side as he eloquently relates his passion for the hunt and contemplates the hunter's place in nature. Compelling reading for anyone who cares about issues impacting wildlife and wilderness. -- <strong>Philip Dray</strong>, 2003 Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of <em>The Fair Chase</em>: <em>The Epic Story of Hunting in America</em><br/> The Hunter's Way is a joyful book, animated by Craig Raleigh's infectious love of the whole natural world. He has written a compelling plea to simply get outside and get lost in the wild, one that resonates even with those of us who have rarely taken aim. -- <strong>John Lingan</strong>, author of <em>Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk</em> Raleigh always keeps one foot on the ground by seamlessly melding introspective thoughts with humorous anecdotes, giving this work a wider-appeal than just the avid hunters for whom it will intrigue and inspire. -- <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong> Quotable truths about the hunting lifestyle jump off of nearly every page. [Raleigh] is every bit a philosopher and eloquent proponent of the valueof hunting in the human experience. Buy this book, read it, and give it to a friend. -- <strong><em>Wisconsin Outdoor News</em></strong>