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In “My health is better in November” and Tales of quail n’such.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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I'm not sure this exactly fits the category being discussed..
A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold - was a powerful book for me and have read through it a few times over the years give it a try |
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David, it’s in my top ten best books ever. Powerful indeed.
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Spiller is one of my favorites
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That's a GREAT book David and I think it belongs. This list (which I thank the OP for starting a while ago), while not exhaustive but comprehensive, has some fantastic pieces and writers listed, and some I think are wholly awful but that's a personal preference. A Sand County Almanac usually gets into one of my tree stands each year, certainly better than the Walden drivel by Thoreau. To me, Leopold's is honest and from the heart, the former is not as has been well documented.
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Leupold and Rutledge are my go to authors when it comes to outdoor writers. I've read GBE and I'm not that impressed that I'll read his works again. Spiller was OK for me too but one reading was enough.
Aldo writes some excellent works regarding habitat work and they are my "bible" when I'm looking for reference work. My favorites from AL are Game Management and For the Health of the Land. Sand County Almanac and Round River are good reads too. I enjoy Archibald's books and there's a family connection to him through my father-in-law. |
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I guess it’s just a flaw in my character but I just seem to prefer New England writers, or at least Northeastern writers. I’m sure it’s because I can more easily relate to the kind of hunting they write about, having, at my 78 years, done most of the kind of hunting experiences they describe.
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Probably one of my favorite writers was De la Valdene
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