Among the Aspen: Northwoods Grouse and Woodcock Hunting
Autor Mark Parmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 apr 2018
Following his English setters into thickets in search of grouse and woodcock, Mark Parman feels the pull of older ways and lost wisdom. How rare it is, in our high-tech world, to find oneself completely off the track, bewildered in the wild, and then find the path home by sight and scent and memory.
Among the Aspen interweaves tales of companionable dogs, lucky hunts, and favorite coverts where quarry lurks with ruminations on the demise of hunting traditions, the sale of public lands and the privatization of places to hunt, the growing indifference to science, and the loss of wilderness on a planet increasingly transformed by the sprawl of humanity.
Among the Aspen interweaves tales of companionable dogs, lucky hunts, and favorite coverts where quarry lurks with ruminations on the demise of hunting traditions, the sale of public lands and the privatization of places to hunt, the growing indifference to science, and the loss of wilderness on a planet increasingly transformed by the sprawl of humanity.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299317508
ISBN-10: 0299317501
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 17 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10: 0299317501
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 17 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Recenzii
"Most hunters are lovers of nature—its smells, sights, sounds, and the feelings that wilderness evokes. Parman, in these well-crafted stories and thoughtful essays, teaches us that there is much more to hunting than shooting." —Jerry Apps
"The best outdoors writers are always good storytellers, and Parman follows in that tradition. Reading his words, we're smelling the sweet ferns, hearing the faint clank of a dog's bell, seeing the sudden flush of birds." —Jerry Davis
Notă biografică
Mark Parman is the author of A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac and a contributor to A Passion for Grouse. He is a member of the Ruffed Grouse Society, American Woodcock Society, and Loyal Order of Dedicated Grouse Hunters. He taught English for many years at the University of Wisconsin–Marathon County in Wausau and now lives near Seeley, Wisconsin.
Cuprins
Introduction: Among the Aspen
The Wilderness Covert
North
June Road: Ben and Jerry
The Triangle
Yellow Gate: The Tragedy of Easy Access
South
Badwater Creek: Against Grouse Hunting
Elbow Creek: Windfall
Homestretch Patch
An Iowa Cornfield and the Wisconsin Woods
Legacy: On Hunting Public Land
Red Bud Road: Banding Woodcock
Swamp Loop: Just a Thimble of Meat
Swanda’s
Transylvania
East
Ackley: Losing Myself, Finding My Way
The Fire Tower
Lake Ament: Body Count Grouse
Left Lot Covert: Reflections of a Left-Handed Shooter
Old Man Covert
Redemption Covert
Serendipity
The Singing Fields
Storybook Covert
West
The Bermuda Triangle
Berry Covert
Ghost Covert
Jesus Covert
New Wood: Among Wolves
Paradise Lost
Somewhere in Clark County
Home Covert
Acknowledgments
The Wilderness Covert
North
June Road: Ben and Jerry
The Triangle
Yellow Gate: The Tragedy of Easy Access
South
Badwater Creek: Against Grouse Hunting
Elbow Creek: Windfall
Homestretch Patch
An Iowa Cornfield and the Wisconsin Woods
Legacy: On Hunting Public Land
Red Bud Road: Banding Woodcock
Swamp Loop: Just a Thimble of Meat
Swanda’s
Transylvania
East
Ackley: Losing Myself, Finding My Way
The Fire Tower
Lake Ament: Body Count Grouse
Left Lot Covert: Reflections of a Left-Handed Shooter
Old Man Covert
Redemption Covert
Serendipity
The Singing Fields
Storybook Covert
West
The Bermuda Triangle
Berry Covert
Ghost Covert
Jesus Covert
New Wood: Among Wolves
Paradise Lost
Somewhere in Clark County
Home Covert
Acknowledgments
Descriere
Good hunting stories of companionable dogs, lucky days, and favorite coverts where fat birds lurk are interwoven with ruminations on the demise of hunting traditions, the privatization of places to hunt, the growing indifference to science, and the loss of wilderness.