{"product_id":"beyond-the-bugle-daniel-bryant-9798195765057","title":"Beyond the Bugle: God Must Be an Elk Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou spent your life chasing bugles. What if there was a voice beyond the bugle?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than forty years, Daniel Bryant has chased elk through the Colorado high country. He has climbed ridges before daylight, slept beneath mountains alive with bugling bulls, hunted season after season without success, stood within feet of a charging bull, and watched more than one hundred elk pour into a meadow at sunrise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe thought he was pursuing elk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking back, he discovered something far greater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGod had been pursuing his heart the entire time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond the Bugle: God Must Be an Elk Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e is a true-story Christian elk hunting adventure about the long pursuit, brotherhood, failure, sacrifice, provision, legacy, and the God who reveals Himself when everything else becomes quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages, a dominant bull charges through dark timber and stops one foot from Daniel's brother. More than one hundred elk flood a mountain meadow at dawn. Two brothers fire two muzzleloaders at the same elk and later discover both bullets entered through one hole. A devastating job loss eventually opens a door that leads Daniel to become a steward and part owner of a 3,000-acre Colorado ranch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an elk hunting manual, and it is not simply a collection of trophy stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about what happens during the years when the tag goes unfilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe close calls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe friends who walk beside you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people who leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brother who keeps coming back every fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe animals that provide for your family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe places that become sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the realization that some of the most important seasons of your life may be the ones that looked unsuccessful while you were living them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel and his brother Dave spent years bowhunting elk without harvesting one. Yet those empty-handed seasons built patience, perseverance, humility, and a brotherhood that would last for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe pursuit was doing something to them even when the harvest never came.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also explores something every ethical hunter understands: life has a cost. Meat does not begin in a package. Something lived. Something died. Something was received.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Daniel, kneeling beside harvested animals eventually pointed toward a much greater sacrifice-the blood of Jesus Christ and the gift of salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife comes through sacrifice. And the greatest gift ever given came through blood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the years pass, the book turns toward a truth every older hunter eventually faces. There will be a last hunt, a last climb, and a last bugle. You probably will not know which one is the last when it happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo go now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake the trip. Call your brother. Bring your son or grandson. Sit a little longer. Listen a little closer. Say what matters. Pass it on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause when the elk seasons end, the trophies will not be what matters most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe people will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memories will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe legacy will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the God who was with you through every season will remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you have followed Jesus for decades, drifted from faith, or simply know that something happens inside you when a bull bugles through dark timber, this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou thought you were pursuing elk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the Hunter has been pursuing your heart?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe greatest elk hunt of your life may not be the one you are planning for next fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt may be the one God has been running since the beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Bryant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798195765057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Daniel Bryant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852864172287,"sku":"9798195765057","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-bugle-daniel-bryant-9798195765057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}