Written by the famous Kentucky Rifle and Hunting Pouch collector, Madison Grant presents an overview of the history, style and function of the hunting pouch, as an indispensable associate of the muzzle loading rifle.

Over two hundred examples of individualized pouches, and the accoutrements they carried, are pictured and described.

He shows each pouch in context, with an appropriate antique rifle, showing which styles of pouches were used with each gun, and regional differences.

Hardcover volume, 8-1/2 x 11" format, 207 pages, 134 large illustrations.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Frontispiece
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Preface
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• The Hunting Pouch and the Long Rifle
• Origin and Development
• Dating the Pouch
• Construction
• Shape of the Pouch
• Noble Ancestor of the Pouch
• Major Robert Rogers
• The Indian and the Firearm
• Henry Berry's Rifle
• The Great Conversion
• Overlay Designs and Cutouts
• Hunter of Penn's Woods
• William Walker, Tennessee Gunsmith
• White Face Joe
• Kentucky Bear Hunter
• The Gray Horde
• The Other Cheek
• The Vincents
• For Services Rendered
• Westward Winds
• Trail of a Texas Ranger
• Saga of the Shooting Stick
• Individuality in the Appalachians
• The Sewing Machine and the Hunting Pouch
• Game Bag
• Powder Horn
• Screw Tip Horn
• Priming Horn
• Belt Knife
• The Late Bowie Type Knife
• Patch Knife
• Clasp Knife
• Bullet Mold
• Pick and Brush
• Gunpowder
• Blue Streaks and Black Powder
• Canteen
• The Magic of Man Made Fire
• Shot Bag
• Turkey Call
• Powder Measure
• Compass
• Repair and Restoration of the Hunting Pouch
• Bibliography