Quail Books
 

Mills stated on the Grouse Books thread So, lets start one.

A fun read and great for Parker people is 75 Years with a Shotgun by C.T. "Buck" Buckman. While it does cover other species and trap shooting, Quail and the 28-gauge Parker Bros. A1-Special are the heart of it.

And another is the classic "Mark Right" by Nash Buckingham. I've never read a more beautifully heart-felt preface nor a more sincere letter from one bird hunter to another than that written by "Ho'ace" Miller to his dear friend Nash.

The book, as with all of Buckingham's, is just filled with wonderfully written stories of 'how it was'.




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good timing Dean- that was one I had not read

but, a copy arrived a two days ago- well into it now

good classic Buckingham

Great choices but I have you both beat. Here's a sublime, upland classic that remained on the NYT best-seller list for three years running. Enjoy. :corn:

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Whats a "quail" :rotf::rotf::rotf:

When I was growing up I think I never heard them referred to as anything but birds until I was maybe 16 or so !

Back when wild birds were still fairly easy to come by in central Virginia you rarely heard of anyone shooting Grouse and much less Woodcock !

There's an older dog trainer skeet shooter by the name of Robin Agee that lives down in Farmville VA . Thirty years ago I still remember him talking about wild birds below Richmond to the Carolina line . I wish I could figure out a way to write birds to mimic the way he and George Parkins pronounced the word it was priceless .

I'll second that !

My aunt's husband was a student at USC when Babcock was still teaching !

He may have been living as a Sandlapper but he was still a Virginian in his heart .

I grew up bird hunting with my father in Virginia. The first bird I ever shot was in Matthews Co. with Dad and Capt. Coles Hudgins. Those two had limited out; the dog pointed beside a tidal creek and they told me go ahead and shoot. I walked in, the bird took to flight, swung to the left, and I got him with my grandfather's Model 21. I have a fairly large collection of bird hunting books, but the one that captures the essence of the sport best, for me, is Robert Ruark's The Old Man and the Boy.

Thanks Dave. Well, Havilah Babcock is classic quail. Some of the management books like Herb Stoddard's The Bobwhite Quail and Walter Rosene's book are good and also talk a lot about some of the great quail plantations. Will think of more soon

Call of the Quail, an anthology by Countrysport Press, is a good book as it covers a wide array of aspects of quail hunting. The chapter on quail guns is good too.

Havilah Babcock's "I Don't Want to Shoot an Elephant" is another good one.

Guthrey's "On Bobwhites" is a study of the little treasures, from habitat to disease and decline.

Just picked up The Bobwhite Quail, edited by Lamar Underwood, which is an anthology and looks great. Articles by many of quail hunting's best. Thanks to C.O.B. for the recommendation

The Prince of Game Birds by Charles Elliott

Dean, I have the Best of Nash based off your prev I us reccomendation. I just ordered Mark Right. I would imagine you would endorse getting Bloodlines Ole miss and the rest of his writtings?

I personally like all of Nash Buckingham's books. I have several but I don't have all of them. I enjoy his style very much.

I agree with Dean (big surprise) i have read most of Nash Buckingham's books

Tattered Coat may be my favorite

I greatly enjoyed the Best of book I read, just looking at the books I was wondering if they are all about hunting.

Not all are specifically about hunting but are generally of local lore and color, humorous antics and of course conservation and management of the resource.

Just finished Taps Upland Autumn and just started Mark Right. Thanks for the suggestion.

For quail hunting, this hasn't been mentioned yet "For a Handful of Feathers" by Guy de la Valdene.

Jack Kuzepski

Actually I am in error. I haven't read any Nash previous to this. The best of book I was referring to was Archibald Rutledge. But still greatly enjoying Mark Right.

I do have a Best of Nash Buckingham book, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

I am about halfway through mark right and I am almost convinced I just read about what it would be like to go duck hunting with Destry on a semi frozen lake.