In my humble opinion, they do just that.
This is far from a ''rack 'em and stack 'em'' publication.
Nor is it a how-to.
It is a beautifully produced book filled with respect for the animals the men hunt and the environment in which those animals live.
Caigou, especially, writes with feeling.
He has a thoughtful, contemplative style - the blurb describes it as combining storytelling and meditation - and offers insights into why he hunts, rather than just how and where.
Winter's words are well crafted, but it is his photographs that shine.
His work with the camera, for me, is what lifts The Heart of Hunting well above the ordinary.
Barely a snap of a hunter with ''defeated'' quarry to be seen - rather cracking photos of New Zealand's magnificent birds and animals in their own domain, such as the picture above of a mature chamois doe striking up a shingle spur in an alpine basin in Marlborough.
Highly recommended.
• Review: ODT editor Murray Kirkness; Photo: Matt Winter.
