Hunting Books

  Hounds and teams for wild boar - Editorial Olympia - Hunting The recent breed recognition of the Maremma hound and the debate on the possibility of modernizing traditional techniques for wild boar hunting have prompted the authors of this book ...

     Thrush hunting - Editorial Olympia - Hunting Among the hunts possible today, thrush hunting more than others forces us to compare the technical fact with the knowledge of the environment, the management of the species with the direct experience in the field. A look...

Hunters you become - Editorial Olympia - Hunting fiction If you are born a hunter, passion is enough, if you become one you need experience and discipline. Instinct and attitude against technique and knowledge of laws, of nature as human, that is moral. A...

Il Pointer - Editoriale Olimpia - Cinofilia The pointer, a breed not originated in Great Britain but certainly selected by its inhabitants, is a bit like tea: it does not come from the Islands but has become one of its symbols. And the selection ...

The management of the wild boar dog - Editorial Olympia - Hunting If hunting is considered a ritual, even more so is wild boar hunting. A ritual that begins with the first directives of the huntsman on the rules of ...

Dog Nutrition - Editorial Olimpia - Cinofilia The general criteria of the dog's diet and nutritional behavior. Basic nutritional requirements: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, water. Digestion and assimilation of food. Balanced diets and foods ...

An exciting follow-up from antiquity to the present day with Italian and French bloodhounds The story of the bloodhounds is the story of the hunting dog, but it is also part of the history of humanity. If dog domestication began nearly 15.000 years ...

The Kurzhaar - Editoriale Olimpia - Cinofilia «Aristocratic dog, harmoniously proportioned, whose construction ensures power, resistance and speed». This is what his standard says. Kurzhaar is all this and much more. He is a strong, elegant dog, gifted with...

  Training and use of the hound on hares - Olimpia Editorial - Dog breeding Published for the first time in 1992, this classic of hunting dog breeding is now presented in a new, duly updated edition. The choice of the puppy, the systems...

Weapons and Gunsmiths - Olimpia Editorial - Weapons Collecting ancient weapons does not have particularly deep roots in Italy: it was, and remained until after the Second World War, an elite phenomenon. It was only in the XNUMXs...

Powders, cartridge cases, primers, bullets. How to transform them The pressures developed by the burnt gases and the speeds acquired by the projectile during the shooting phenomenon can be approximately calculated by applying the principles of physics, once the dimensional characteristics of the barrel are known...