I think you can tell just by reading the respective gentlemen. Mr. Bell was very matter-of-fact, and spare in his writing, letting the description of his hunts, and his actions, speak for themselves.

Mr. Capstick is a masterful raconteur, a very entertaining writer, but a huge percentage of his writing is of others experiences. Naturally, the accuracy would suffer. To what extent, I've no idea.

Not to take away anything from Capstick AS a writer. He's very good, and immensely enjoyable.

Also, and this is just personal thoughts as a fellow who has done a fair bit of writing: In order to hone your craft as a writer, you have to write a LOT. In order to be a great writer, you have to almost be compulsive about it. I think its very rare, that one finds a "Man of his hands" that IS a great writer, one that has great popular appeal.

A great hunter, is spending all his time HUNTING, not writing. A great writer is spending all his time writing, and not hunting.