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cowdoc87
PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:52 pm  Reply with quote
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Swish, it sounds great , and when you get a chance to read it, we’d love to hear about it, but only once Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:29 pm  Reply with quote



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Oh boy, not sure what happened. Sorry bout that. I’ll try and delete a few of them,, Laughing
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WyoChukar
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:57 am  Reply with quote



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This thread came along at the right time...I just ordered four more books to read during those long cold nights while squirreled away in a warm camper with a tired dog curled up at my side.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:39 pm  Reply with quote



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Speaking of dogs Wyo. BP sells a book called Over the Limit written by Dave Fackler that describes life in a hunting camp from a dog's point of view. A very funny book that you will enjoy the humor of.

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8mmFan
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:28 pm  Reply with quote



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I find that more and more of my hunting in the last few years has unfortunately been of the vicarious type. That's finally changing: I'm going to be able to get away to hunt a little more from now on.

Clay birds, gear and gun accumulation, and books helped to fill the void. I accumulated quite a book collection. I like all the guys mentioned here (the ones I've read). Speaking strictly of bird hunting and fishing, I'll second Charley Waterman. I can read--and re-read--anything he wrote. I wish I could have met him. I also like Ray Holland. His book, "Good Shot!" Is a fantastic collection of hunting pictures. I have many other favored authors. Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa" can be read 20 times without getting old, for my money. I've read Evans, Woolner, Rutledge, and the others. But Charley's style, knowledge, experience, outlook, philosophy on dogs and guns, pretty much fill the bill for me, if I had to choose just one shotgun, bird, dog, and fishing guy. Fortunately we can have more than one, because the others are fun too. Oh, yes: Ted Trueblood wrote some really super stuff, and there's a terrific book out there floating around that's a collection of some of his stories.

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Another good book... It's a recently published book, that I bought at Costco of all places. I'm in a hotel so I don't have it with me. I forget the name of the author--he's either from PA or WV. It's called "50 Years a Grouse Hunter." It's a super book about hunting Ol' Ruff.

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shouseal
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A great collection of hunting short stories is The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, edited by Lamar Underwood. It includes 29 stories covering a wide range. I enjoy a number of outdoor writers, some not so well remembered, but I found this an excellent collection of quality writing. I've given it to several friends, all of whom liked it.

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A great collection of hunting short stories is The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, edited by Lamar Underwood. It includes 29 stories covering a wide range. I enjoy a number of outdoor writers, some not so well remembered, but I found this an excellent collection of quality writing. I've given it to several friends, all of whom liked it.

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shouseal
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A great collection of hunting short stories is The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, edited by Lamar Underwood. It includes 29 stories covering a wide range. I enjoy a number of outdoor writers, some not so well remembered, but I found this an excellent collection of quality writing. I've given it to several friends, all of whom liked it.

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shouseal
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A great collection of hunting short stories is The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, edited by Lamar Underwood. It includes 29 stories covering a wide range. I enjoy a number of outdoor writers, some not so well remembered, but I found this an excellent collection of quality writing. I've given it to several friends, all of whom liked it.

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mtbirder
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cowdoc87 wrote:
Swish, it sounds great , and when you get a chance to read it, we’d love to hear about it, but only once Smile


As observed again in shouseal's post(s), this multiple posting is probably due to the snafu's with the site as of late. I had the same problem awhile back - thinking my post didn't make it on so I "hit it again".
No big deal but, some peculiar issues on this site lately.....
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Sporting Days
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A Hunter's Road by Jim Fergus. The Sporting Road - also by Jim Fergus. Anything by Jim Fergus.
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T-Bone
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shouseal wrote:
A great collection of hunting short stories is The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, edited by Lamar Underwood. It includes 29 stories covering a wide range. I enjoy a number of outdoor writers, some not so well remembered, but I found this an excellent collection of quality writing. I've given it to several friends, all of whom liked it.


X2...Also, A Hunter's Road is excellent.

A personal favorite is Don Thomas (E. Donnall Thomas, Jr.):
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mtjim
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Guys, I don't claim to be in the league with the authors we all love. Babcock, Rutledge, Evans, Spiller, et al., but I did enjoy writing these. And since we're all 16 ga nuts here - I thought I might as well share them - http://quailtales.blogspot.com/
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