Deer Elk Hunting

Author who wrote a fictional book about a hunting guide left for dead while sheep or ram hunting?

Question by tmod2b: Author who wrote a fictional book about a hunting guide left for dead while sheep or ram hunting?
Author or title of book where a hunting guide is left for dead by his client b/c he accidently shot a person. I thought it was by Jack Higgins pen name Harry Patterson but I can't find it. It was written in tht late 70's or early 80's