For Ben Williams, author of the acclaimed American Wingshooting, there is something very special about bird hunting. This book is not only about hunting game birds, bird dogs and bird guns, although they have been an important part of Williams' life. It's also about each bird's origin, distribution, life cycle, behavior, habitat, food and daily routine. It's about what Williams calls "Learning Wild Things." Six species of quail are covered, each discussed in terms of when Williams first hunted the bird, exploring the bird's life cycle, and explaining how Williams hunts the birds today. These essays are about hunting wild things and wild places with clouds moving over-head and rocks beneath one's boots. As David Gutterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars, explains, "Hunting the Quails of North America is quintessential Ben O. Williams-taut, direct, suffused with earned knowledge, and permeated by a gentle humor. It is a joyous book, brimming with its author's love! of life afield, and while easily the most useful guide extant on the subject of wingshooting North American quails, it is also far more than a how-to-manual. Its pages serve up wisdom, vision, and finally the ineffable and heartbreaking beauty of days spent out of doors."
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Ben O. Williams is a noted photographer, author, bird hunter and dog breeder. His photgraphy and writing have appeared in many prominent sporting magazines including Grays' Sporting Journal, Retriever Journal, Pointing Dog Journal (for which he is a columnist) and Shooting Sportsman. He lives along the Yellowstone River outside of Livingston, Montana, with his wife Bobbi, fourteen Brittany spaniels and one English pointer who believes he is a Brittany spaniel.
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Informative account of North American Quail,
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This book covers the entire gamet of quail hunting. Inclusive are species biological and ecological requirements, photographs and generalized locality maps. A must for the serious grand slam quail hunter.
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Great book,
This review is from: Hunting the Quails of North America (Hardcover)
I bought this book as a gift, and after I received it and thumbed through it, I ordered a copy for myself. It's very informative and interesting. If your a hunter or just a bird watcher, i would recomend this book.
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What a great book!,
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The author is a true hunter and naturally a conservationist to that end. His understanding of the subtleties of behavior of the differnet species of quail is impressive. I thoroughly enjoyed reading his accounts in the field and on the natural history of each species. Well done!!!
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