You grew up reading John Wootters when Petersen's Hunting brought some of the most experienced voices in the shooting world right into your home.

Those magazines changed, old issues disappeared onto shelves and into collections, and much of John's writing became harder and harder to find.

We missed that writing too. And Mrs. Wootters has long wanted to see John's legacy preserved in a book.

We've gathered a selection of John's writing from Petersen's Hunting into a Gun Tales book, where those stories can live together instead of remaining scattered across decades of publications.

Now you can sit down with John Wootters again—rediscover old favorites, find pieces you may never have read, and put his work into the hands of someone else discovering him for the first time.

The writing you loved doesn't disappear into the past. It stays where it belongs: in the hands of readers everywhere.