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**[https://archive.org/details/illustrationsofi00willrich ''Illustrations of Indian Field Sports selected and reproduced from the coloured engravings first published in 1807 after designs by Captain Thomas Williamson of the Bengal Army''] 1892 Archive.org (Contains 10 plates)
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.36238/page/n5/mode/2up ''Sketches of Field Sports as followed by the Natives of India with Observations on the Animals...''] by Daniel Johnson, formerly Surgeon in the East India Company’s Service and resident many years at Chittrah in Ramghur 1822 Archive.org. 1827 edition with title [http://books.google.com/books?id=KmFDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Sketches of Indian Field Sports: with Observations on the Animals''] by Daniel Johnson. Google Books. Relates mainly to the 1790s. The author left India in 1809.
*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28%22The+Oriental+Sporting+Magazine%22%29&sort=date ''The Oriental Sporting Magazine'' at Archive.org]. Reprint editions for the years June 1828 to June 1833, and a broken range of editions 1868-1877.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MwoFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 ''The Old Forest Ranger, or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and On the Plains''] by Walter Campbell 1853 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433066594338?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Tiger-shooting in India; being an account of hunting experiences on foot in Rajpootana, during the hot seasons, from 1850 to 1854''] by William Rice, Lieutenant 25th Regiment Bombay N I 1857 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.53307/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org version].
:Some chapters may appear in more than one book.
*[https://archive.org/details/biggameshooting02philiala ''Big Game Shooting, Volume II''] by Clive Phillipps-Wolley 1894 Archive.org. Part of ''The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes''. Includes India. (Volume I, Africa).
*[https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsofshi00brad ''Thirty Years of Shikar''], with a [https://archive.org/stream/thirtyyearsofshi00brad#page/n392/mode/1up Map: Oudh Forest Tracts and Nepal Terai] by Sir Edward Braddon 1895 Archive.org.The [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/braddon-sir-edward-nicholas-coventry-5330 author] was in India from 1847, including the Civil Service. Australian Dictionary of Biography. He left India in 1878, and later became a politician in Australia.*[https://archive.org/details/sport-india-somali-land/page/n1/mode/2up ''Sport in India and Somali Land, with Hints to Young Shikaries''] by J S Edye, Surgeon-Captain Army Medical Staff 1895. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024053773 ''Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India''] by Mrs Alan Gardner (Nora Gardner) 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sportonpamirstur00cumbrich ''Sport on the Pamirs and Turkistan steppes''] by Major C S Cumberland 1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/elephantseladan00hubbgoog ''Elephant & Seladang Hunting in the Federated Malay States''] by Theodore R Hubback 1905 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. Gordon was the author of at least two other books, see [[Kashmir]] and [[Iran]].
*[https://jramc.bmjarchive.comorg/contentdetails/jramc-1907-vol8/page/8307/3mode/308.full.pdf 2up "Two Months in Kashmir"] by Captain T H Stevenson, Royal Army Medical Corps, page 308 , Volume 8 ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps March 1907''. jramc.bmjArchive.comorg*[https://jramc.bmjarchive.comorg/contentdetails/jramc-1907-vol8/page/8317/3mode/318.full.pdf 2up "Snipe Shooting at Mandalay"] by Lieutenant-Colonel W Watson Pike, page 318 , Volume 8 ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps March 1907''. jramc.bmjArchive.comorg
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DyWvI8qIKxkC&pg=RA2-PA97 "A Shooting Camp in Cooch Behar"] page 97 July 1907 ''Highland Light Infantry Chronicle''. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/huntingshootingi00storrich ''Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon''] by Harry Storey 1907. Archive.org. Includes elephant shooting
:[https://archive.org/details/junglegirl00cass_0/page/n5 ''The Jungle Girl''] by Gordon Casserly 1922 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924012420240 ''Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya''] by Major R L Kennion 1910 Archive.org. The author joined the Indian Foreign and Political Department in 1893, serving in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh until 1907. He also wrote a book on sport in [[Iran|East Persia]].
*[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag1910-v25/page/77/mode/2up "The Tea-Planter and the Tigress"] by A W Strachan page 78 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume 25 1910 May-October'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023611407/page/n11/mode/2up ''Big Game Shooting in Upper Burma''] by Major G P Evans, Indian Army 1911. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F Fletcher 1911 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/tigerslayerbyord00davirich/page/n9/mode/2up ''Tiger Slayer by Order (Digby Davies, late Bombay Police)''] by C E Gouldsbury late Indian Police 1915. Archive.org. Digby Davies joined Bombay Police 7 January 1882, and was still employed at the time of 1905 India Office List.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MPA2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA169 "Charon’s Sheep: The Mugger of the Ganges"] page 169 ''Many Camps : Sketches of Indian Life'' by Arthur Waltham Howlett 1912 (articles republished from the ''Manchester Guardian'') Google Books. Howlett was at that time an Indian Army doctor with the Indian Medical Service.
:[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmagazi00unkngoogwideworldmag-1919-v42/page/n523 473/mode/2up "The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges"] by Captain J G Bennett RAMC, page 474 ''The Wild World Magazine'' Volume 42, April 1919. Hunting a gavial (fish-eating crocodile) near Delhi.:[https://archive.org/details/journalroyalartillery1926oct/page/429/mode/2up "Mugger Shooting in India"] by “Ubique” page 430 ''The Journal of the Royal Artillery'' Volume 53, No.3 1926 October. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/shikarihuntersgu00graniala/page/n6/mode/2up ''The Shikari : a Hunter's Guide''] by Claude H B Grant 1914. [https://archive.org/details/shikarihuntersgu00granrich/page/n7/mode/2up File 2]. Both Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/junglesportincey00millrich ''Jungle Sport in Ceylon from Elephant to Snipe''] by Marcus W Millett, an Old Ceylon Shikari. 1914 Achive.org
* ''Work And Sport In The Old I. C. S.'' by W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. He was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461199 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes reference to the Madras Hunt.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.14439 ''Indian Jungle Lore and the Rifle : being notes on Shikar and Wild Animal Life''] by “Silver Hackle” 1929. Archive.org, Ministry Of Culture/Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.239345/page/n3/mode/2up ''Big Game Shooting in the Indian Empire''] by Lieut.-Colonel C H Stockley 1928 Archive.org.*[https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00053455/00001/1j ''The Preservation of Shikar Trophies''] by Van Ingen and Van Ingen [of Mysore] 1929. University of Florida Digital Collections. [https://archive.org/details/the-preservation-of-shikar-trophies-images Archive.org mirror version].
*''Beyond Leh: A Shooting Trip in Ladakh, 1926'' by K. W. Dickson, wife of R, a Medical Officer. ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps''
:[httphttps://jramcarchive.bmj.comorg/contentdetails/60jramc-vol59-vol60-1932/5page/377.full.pdf Part /mode/2up Chapter 1] 1933;60:5 377-392. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol59-vol60-1932/contentpage/60455/6mode/456.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 2] 1933;60:6 456-461. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/61n77/1mode/61.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 3] 1933;61:1 61-70. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/61n153/2mode/133.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 4] 1933;61:2 133-144. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/61n329/4mode/304.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 5] 1933;61:4 304-309. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/61n415/5mode/379.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 6] 1933;61:5 379-393. Part [https://archive.org/details/jramc-vol61-vol62-1933/page/461/mode/2up Chapter 7 ] 1933;61:6 ?462-466: not online. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/62141/2mode/142.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 8] 1934;62:2 142-150. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/62223/3mode/224.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 9] 1934;62:3 224-233. [httphttps://jramcarchive.bmj.comorg/contentdetails/62jramc-vol61-vol62-1933/5page/365.full.pdf Part /mode/2up Chapter 10] 1934;62:5 365-376. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol61-vol62-1933/contentpage/62429/6mode/430.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 11] 1934;62:6 430-440. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol63-vol64-1934/contentpage/63n159/2mode/127.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 12] 1934;63:2 127-134. [httphttps://archive.org/details/jramc.bmj.com-vol63-vol64-1934/contentpage/63n229/3mode/193.full.pdf Part 2up Chapter 13] 1934;63:3 193-206. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/1945-mountain-magic/mode/2up ''Mountain Magic''] by Eve Orme [1945]. Travel to Ladakh in 1926 with her Army officer husband who was on a shooting-trip. Mainly about the travel, but some hunting descriptions.
*[https://www.nzsappersarchive.org.nz/wpdetails/cavalry-journal-1930-contentvol20/uploadspage/2021n7/05mode/CavalryJournal.pdf 2up ''The Cavalry Journal, Vol.XX no.78, January to October 1930''] nzsappersArchive.org.nz .**[https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1930-vol20/page/555/mode/2up "Hunting – And “F.S.R.”" ] by Major A J Clifton. By kind permission of the Editor, ''Royal Tank Corps Journal''. Pages 555-565 (“F.S.R.” probably Field Service Regulations)**[https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1930-vol20/page/n751/mode/2up ''Hints on Pigsticking for the Beginner'' ] by the late P H Phillips Brocklehurst, Royal Scots Greys. Pages 630-633.*[httphttps://jramcarchive.bmj.comorg/contentdetails/62jramc-vol61-vol62-1933/1page/65.full.pdf /mode/2up "Suggestions as to the Cheapest Methods of Shooting Tiger in the Central Provinces, India"] by Exile ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1934;62:1 pages 65-71.Archive.org
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1934-when-the-red-gods-call-being-the-biography-of-a-shikari-in-the-making-by-malet-s-pdf/ ''When the Red Gods Call: Being The Biography Of A Shikari In The Making''] by Rawdon Malet 1934. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, go to Books/Indian Subcontinent/scroll to 1934. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2588 Archive.org mirror version]. An account of the hunting career of James Carmody Collinson. He came to India after demobilisation following WW1. His travels took him to Baltistan, Tibet and Ladakh, where he hunted ibex and other game; journeying to India's Central Provinces, he successfully pursued tiger, sambur and bear<ref>[https://www.shakariconnection.com/books-about-early-african-hunters.html "Books About Early African Hunters"] shakariconnection.com </ref>.
* ''Shikar Memories'' by Lieut.-Col. H S Wood [Henry Stotesbury], IMS (Late M O 2/8th Gurkhas and Civil Surgeon, Assam) 1934. Full title: ''Shikar Memories. A record of sport and observation in India and Burma''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211390 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*Some extracts from the Bareilly Tent Club Log 1910-1912: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528126/page/n219/mode/2up Page 217] ''Lancer at Large'' by F Yeats-Brown 1936 Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/modernpigstickin00wardrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Modern pig-sticking''] by A. E. Wardrop, Royal Horse Artillery, with chapters by J. Vaughan, F. W. Caton Jones, M. M. Crawford, and H. E. Medlicott 1914 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.691/page/n5/mode/2up 2nd file] with images correctly rotated Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wVHRpOaH8C4C&pg=PT45 The Kadir <nowiki>[</nowiki>Cup<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Sketches from ''My Sketch Book in the Shiny'' by Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) 1930 Google Books. Image of [https://web.archive.org/web/20230419071621/https://doyle.com/sites/default/files/styles/auction_slider/public/images/lots/2008-02-12/546850.jpg Kadir Bandobust] by Snaffles.:[https://www.piersallison.uk/biogs/c_r_d_gray/granite.htm "Granite - The Story of a Great Australian Horse"] by Lt. Col. Charles Robert Douglas Gray. Winner of the 1934 Kadir Cup. This article first appeared in ''The Lady'' in the 1930s. With some further images by Snaffles.
*The magazine ''The Indian Forester'' from c 1884 included the additional title ''A Monthly Magazine Of Forestry, Agriculture, Shikar And Travel''. See [[Forestry#Historical books online|Forestry - Historical books online]]
*[https://archive.org/details/northpunjabfish00clubgoog ''North Punjab Fishing Club Anglers' Handbook''] by G H Lacy, Bengal Staff Corps 1888 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.09230/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd edition 1890]. Archive.org.
:The third edition, 1895, was revised and enlarged by Dr. Eugene Cretin following the death of the author in 1894, aged just 38. There was a revised 4th edition 1905 by Dr Cretin when the title was changed to ''The Angler's Handbook for India''. There was also a 1985 reprint of the 1905 4th edition with - some editions appear to have had a slightly different title ''The Anglers' Handbook for India''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221210000542/https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/anglers-handbook-india-being-north/author/lacy-cretin/ AbeBooks description], archived 10 December 2022.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/anglinginkumaun00walkgoog/page/n9/mode/2up ''Angling in the Kumaun Lakes''] by W Walker MD [Depy.Surgeon-General] 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mighty-mahseer-1903/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Mighty Mahseer and Other Fish; Or Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing''] by Skene-Dhu (Cecil Lang) 1903 Archive.org.
:Note, the files from The University of British Colombia may be slow to open and you may need to change browsers, (e.g. to Chrome) as problems were at times noted with Safari.
*[https://archive.org/details/hints-tank-ang-india/page/n9/mode/2up ''Hints to Amateurs on Tank Angling in India''] by P N Bhattacharyya 1915 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/trout-fishing-kashmir/page/n9/mode/2up ''Trout Fishing in Kashmir''] by Lt.-Col. Alban Wilson, late 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/1937-jusii-v67/page/63/mode/2up "Trout Fishing in Kashmir"] by "R H" page 64 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India'' Volume 67, 1937. Archive.org
*"Mahseer Fishing" by Captain J R Morris, 9th Gurkha Rifles. [https://archive.org/details/1937-jusii-v67/page/n451/mode/2up "Mahseer Fishing - I Theory"] page 337 [https://archive.org/details/1937-jusii-v67/page/475/mode/2up "Mahseer Fishing - II Tackle"] page 476 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India'' Volume 67, 1937. Archive.org
