First published in 1901 at the height of Grinnell's career, the work of a man who both relished the thrill of the hunt yet cherished wildlife and natural lands.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book but way out of date,
This review is from: American Duck Shooting (Classics of American Sport Series) (Paperback)
American Duck Shooting by George Bird Grinnell was last updated in 1901.George Bird Grinnell's book on goose, duck and swan hunting in the United States is 616, well indexed, pages of valuable but dated information. About two-thirds of the book is useful information to the modern hunter. Some of the techniques described are now illegal. Any advancements or changes since 1901 are not in this book. The book is loosely broken into three sections; species accounts, hunting techniques and equipment. This book is without value as a source of any new information that has been learned during the last 100 years. It is priceless, however, as a source of things we have forgotten over the last 100 years. One of the redeeming features is that the entire book is written in very eloquent prose. I rated the book as 5 stars because of the writing style; otherwise it would be between a 2 and 3 because a good portion of the book is outdated.
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No group of birds is more important to man than that known as the duck family. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brant shooting, brant decoys, swan decoys, western goose, fresh water ducks, wildfowl shooting, dusky duck, bush blinds, goose shooting, tertiary feathers, nitro powders, live decoys, wild rice fields, head fender, spring shooting, battery shooting, velvet scoter, cackling goose, wooden decoys, goose decoys, duck shooter, shoulder feathers, marsh boat, duck shooting, goose pen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, Currituck Sound, New York, North Carolina, Long Island, Carroll's Island, Mud Hole, Old World, Rocky Mountains, Great South Bay, Mississippi Valley, North Bar, South Carolina, Bering Sea, Hudson's Bay, North Dakota, Central America, South Atlantic, Southern California, Arctic Sea, Cape Cod, Gurdon Trumbull New!
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No group of birds is more important to man than that known as the duck family. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brant shooting, brant decoys, swan decoys, western goose, fresh water ducks, wildfowl shooting, dusky duck, bush blinds, goose shooting, tertiary feathers, nitro powders, live decoys, wild rice fields, head fender, spring shooting, battery shooting, velvet scoter, cackling goose, wooden decoys, goose decoys, duck shooter, shoulder feathers, marsh boat, duck shooting, goose pen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, Currituck Sound, New York, North Carolina, Long Island, Carroll's Island, Mud Hole, Old World, Rocky Mountains, Great South Bay, Mississippi Valley, North Bar, South Carolina, Bering Sea, Hudson's Bay, North Dakota, Central America, South Atlantic, Southern California, Arctic Sea, Cape Cod, Gurdon Trumbull New!
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- Birds of America by John James Audubon in Front Matter
- Hunting in Many Lands by Theodore Roosevelt in Front Matter
- Hunting Trips of a Ranchman by Theodore Roosevelt in Front Matter
- Birds of the Northwest (Natural sciences in America) by Elliott Coues on page 127
- Hunting and Conservation (American environmental studies) by George Grinnell in Front Matter
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- Don't Shoot the Decoys: Original Stories of Waterfowling Obsession by Doug Larsen on page 138, and page 159
- Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819-1936 by C. John Sullivan on page 35, and Back Matter
- Prints of J N Darling-91-P by Amy N. Worthen on page 8, and Back Matter
- The Endangered Kingdom: The Struggle to Save America's Wildlife (Wiley Science Editions) by Roger P. DiSilvestro in Back Matter
- Wetland Riders by Robert Fritchey on page 375
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