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The Compleat Waterfo(u)wler [Paperback]

B. R. "Buck" Peterson (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)


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June 1, 1996
From the moral base camp of the Valhalla Lounge deep inside Buck's Duck Lodge and Advanced Plucking Center on Big Babe Lake, B. R. "Buck" Peterson, master-guide-to-all-that-is-wild-in-the-outdoors, and his hunting pig Dorothy provide the latest skinny on calling waterfowl, identifying individual game species such as the rare Jemima Puddle Duck, identifying flight patterns of the Flying Blue-winged Devils, a duck's interpretation of the near-death experience, and measuring trophy ducks using the well-ignored Boom and Crockpot standards system. Also, at great personal and professional risk, Buck pulls the tarpaulin off the canine conspiracy to dominate the retriever world, and guides the serious waterfowler to the advantages of owning a hunting pig.

The Compleat Waterfow(u)ler is Buck's last word on duck hunting, with a little goose on the side. We hope.


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--overheard from the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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From the moral base camp of the Valhalla Lounge deep inside Buck's Duck Lodge and Advanced Plucking Center on Big Babe Lake, B. R. 'Buck' Peterson, master-guide-to-all-that-is-wild-in-the-outdoors, and his hunting pig Dorothy provide the latest skinny on calling waterfowl, identifying individual game species such as the rare Jemima Puddle Duck, identifying flight patterns of the Flying Blue-winged Devils, a duck's interpretation of the near-death experience, and measuring trophy ducks using the well-ignored Boom and Crockpot standards system. Also, at great personal and professional risk, Buck pulls the tarpaulin off the canine conspiracy to dominate the retriever world, and guides the serious waterfowler to the advantages of owning a hunting pig. The Compleat Waterfow(u)ler is Buck's last word on duck hunting, with a little goose on the side. We hope. (6 X 9, 208 pages, illustrations)

Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (June 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1558213910
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558213913
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,546,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific spoof on duck hunting guides, October 8, 1998
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This review is from: The Compleat Waterfo(u)wler (Paperback)
Buck has knocked the stuffing out of the serious stuff about waterfowling. He prefers to hunt with a pig, wonders about the same goofy things all duck hunters do when the birds aren't flying and shows that good humor is key to any enjoyment of a field sport. Buy this book - there are spoofs in this book that will make a serious hunter laugh out loud. My dad did.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fresh! Informative but entertainingly irreverant too., September 24, 1998
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Amidst a sea of similar books I had to scan as part of some research, this one stood out like plant in bloom. I ended up buying it (along with just two others from the shelf) because I laughed out loud at the first page I saw. The idea of developing a pig as one's waterfowling hunting partner was a lovely (if irreverent) touch. It wouldn't know where to put it on a bookstore shelf. It's a legitimate guidebook to the sport. It's also funny enough to be in the humor section. I guess the author's "tongue-in-cheek" humor caused problems for amazon's listers too. He called it a "Compleat Guide to Waterfowling" but added a correction that lets one read "waterfowling" as "waterfouling" as well. There's a guy who's obviously been in more blinds than I ever will ...and who's not afraid to call his dog a pig! (Actually, the more I think about a pig for a gundog, the more I wonder if he's actually done that.) I have the impression that, because of my limited personal experience with waterbird hunting, I actually missed noticing some of the jokes that he has sprinkled throughout his text and illustrations. The indication here at amazon is "out-of-print"; but I found my copies on a bookstore shelf. (One was a "keeper"; the other two were gifts.) I ended up here looking for a similar piece he's apparently done on deer-hunting; but I'm having trouble finding it. (If Mr Peterson or his publisher read this, perhaps one of them will tell me how to get a copy.) Maybe there should be one like it for book-hunting as well!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very WEAK!, September 2, 1998
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This was boring and chaulk full of dumb jokes. Save yourself the grief of having to return it by avoiding it. If you must spend you money on this paperback then be prepared to read a humor book with little information about the sport of duck hunting.
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