Sam The Trap Man, Cracking yarns and tall tales from the bush | Sam Gibson | 2024 | Softcover | New Condition
"With hilarious anecdotes and antics to rival Kiwi author Barry Crump, Sam Gibson is a modern outdoorsman with an incredible life story to tell. Sam Gibson, aka Sam the Trap Man, is a bushman through and through: hunting, fishing, trapping and adventuring — he does it all. As an unruly teenager starting to get into mischief, Sam's parents and teachers struck an unusual deal: to let him take time out of school and go outdoors instead. This decision kept him out of trouble and went on to define his life.
In a series of funny, thrilling, astonishing and touching yarns about his life and times in
the bush Sam tells the story of his life so far. From shooting his first deer, to labouring through freezing cold South Island winters as a young trapper, to the time he woke up somehow covered in blood, each chapter weaves together the story of an incredible life full of adventure, hard work and a deep love for the bush and the native creatures who live in it. Protecting these animals and ecosystems is a life's calling for Sam, who lives by the motto that when the bush thrives, we thrive as people."