PUBLICATIONS

Produced in a limited hardback edition, copies of Walt’s first book, Tales From Buck Mountain, are now available exclusively through the author for $25.00 plus $4.00 shipping.

To order Tales From Buck Mountain, please contact the author as noted below:

• Direct from the Author
  (signed, personalized copies)
  Address: 229 Old Bridle Creek Drive, Independence, VA 24348
  E-mail: hamptwcwj@msn.com 
  Phone: 276-773-3545 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday
  We also accept MasterCard and Visa – contact by telephone for purchase.

About the Book

Raising children is no easy task; in today’s instant-gratification world competition from unsavory activities vie for a kid’s attention. After being raised in an alcoholic family Walt Hampton swore that his kids would never go through the pain of fighting for love. He and his wife of 26 years, Cecelia, brought their boys along with the outdoors as their classroom, using Virginia’s fourth-highest peak as their sanctuary from a world gone mad.

Tales From Buck Mountain is a collection of previously published award-winning articles from the pages of Sporting Classics, Deer and Deer Hunting, and several of Harris Publications Gun Annuals, in addition to some new material that together tells the story of one family’s triumph in keeping traditional family values alive.

Using family history to set the background Hampton’s book takes us to Grayson County, Virginia, home of Buck Mountain. At one time part of the Hampton family holdings, Buck is still preserved much the same as it was two hundred years ago. Through adventures with his brother-in-law Alan Todd, family members Mark and Jimmy Todd and friend Mark Alley, Hampton paints a picture of this awesomely beautiful mountain and the joy of growing up a hunter. When his own sons, Wade and Jesse, came along, Hampton raised them on Buck Mountain, reporting their progress in the pages of popular outdoor magazines.

For the outdoorsman/parent Tales From Buck Mountain presents a glimpse of what family life should be, watching young children growing into men that will one day make a difference in the world. At the same time, outstanding gun writing demonstrates the knowledge, intuition and common sense for which Hampton is famous. For every hunter and every parent Tales From Buck Mountain holds treasures of wisdom.

About the Author

Walt Hampton is a wildlife biologist with 25 years experience in state and federal service. He began gunsmithing in 1979 and published his first magazine article in 1991. Since that time he has seen over 300 articles published in a variety of outdoor periodicals and is currently Southeast Field Editor for Deer and Deer Hunting, a Krause Publication whose circulation has passed 450,000.

Walt has acted as a professional deer management consultant to many military bases across the country and is frequently called upon by the Quality Deer Management Association to make management presentations in their short courses in many states.

He is highly respected in the firearms industry for his honest, insightful and straightforward evaluations of new guns.