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| Life at Full Draw: The Chuck Adams Story | 
 enlarge | Author: Gregg Gutschow
Publisher: kp books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 155615
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 0972132104
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
UPC: 083222050114
EAN: 9780972132107
ASIN: 0972132104
Publication Date: January 2003
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Product Description
Chuck Adams is the world's best known and most widely published bowhunter and the only bowhunter to complete three Grand Slams on American deer. Now enthusiasts can learn the secrets to his success as Gregg Gutschow reveals how Adams makes and breaks bowhunting records and has successfully bowhunted just about every game animal in the world. Readers will experience a true sense of adventure, as well as learn the secrets of this bow master.
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 Great Story June 20, 2008
I have been reading Chuck Adams articles since the late 80's. I have always enjoyed his writting style. It was nice to get more information about the person behind the articles. If you want to know more about Chuck Adams the person I would highly recommend this book. It is nice to see how much work is involved with doing his job, it is not all about the hunting.
If you want to learn more about hunting I would read another book or article by Chuck Adams.
Great book! September 7, 2005
This is a great easy reading book for anyone interested in Chuck, or Archery, or hard work and inspiration.
I had no idea of the hard work it took to finalize the incredible super-slam. I thought the book brought out some great insider stuff into the world of archery politics etc.
I applaud Chuck for his courage and determination.
I applaud Ted Nugent for his in your face attitude and for standing up for Chuck with his words. Ted Rules!
If you want an easy read with a lot of neat hunting stuff and archery stuff to inspire you to make your own hunts better I suggest you pick this one up.
This book is very exciting! September 7, 2005
I highly recommend "Life at Full Draw," because it tells a lot more about the life of Chuck from boyhood through his Super Slam! Reading these hunting adventures makes a bowhunter dream about some of these hunts. I felt that this book was much better than Super Slam, because I got to know who Chuck Adams is and how he thinks. I have tried contacting him through a magazine, but have not heard back from him. I'm not sure how to take that, did he not get my message, is he to busy to respond, or is he simply ignoring me? I highly recommend this book!
 Could anyone be this good? July 16, 2005
Chuck Adams. Any archer who doesn't know the name of the most prominent bowhunter today -- the one with the trademark smile and knit cap, the one often mentioned in the same breath as Howard Hill, Fred Bear and other archery luminaries -- isn't paying attention.
Adams has definitely earned his place in bowhunting history, and anyone who is intrigued by what it takes to have his amazing success wonders "Could anyone be this good?" This book, an authorized biography, seeks to answer that question.
One thing this book lacks is an index. Readers are always well-served by a good index so that people, places and events that the author found important enough to include can be easily referenced. A timeline would also be helpful in biographies. Those minor deficiencies aside, if you're wondering how this Superman with a stick and string has done it, this book will tell you.
 One Man's Mission June 1, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
As an avid bowhunter, I felt obligated to purchase and read this book. I first read of Mr. Adam's taking of all 29 North American big game animals years ago in the NRA's American Hunter magazine.
Since then, I've been slowly making my own run at the "super slam", but by recurve bow shot instinctivly. This is my weapon of choice.
Mr. Adams is occasionally embroiled in the traditional vs modern debate, and has no qualms about stating his opinion. He feels the sighted, compound bow is a superior weapon, and he feels that taking 60 yard shots is acceptable if the archer is skilled enough. I disagree, but I was able to set this aside as I read the book. I wanted to "get inside" the man, learn about his mortal strengths and weaknesses, hear more about his missed shots and bad shots (we all make them, whether we are longbow shooters, compound shooters, or SEAL snipers), learn more about his life outside bowhunting, etc.
Unfortunately, very little of this was revealed. I suspect Mr. Adams is a very private man, or perhaps aloof. After reading the book, I tried to contact him for some advice or little bits of wisdom on how I might continue my own super slam quest. While I never heard back from him, the three other bow hunters who have also achieved the super slam quickly contacted me and shared some pearls.
Life At Full Draw reads more like a catalogue of hunts. After a while, the stories are all pretty much the same. Those of us who have hunted for years and have had the opportunity to take, by bow and arrow, muskox, brown bears, bison, etc. need something deeper. Here is where the personal insights, the private thoughts, the ponderings and self doubts, etc. should be liberally sprinkled into the prose. It would have made for much better reading, and frankly would have greatly served bow hunting, which is now under rabid attack by anti-hunters.
I did come away with a genuine respect for Mr. Adam's focus, intensity, and drive. However, the book presents him as too one-dimensional. He must be more complex.
If one commissions, or is asked for, a biography, one is obligated to open up and share. We, the readers, can and should expect this.
Thomas M. Basch, MD
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