The woodcock, a reclusive game bird native to Europe and North America, has been hunted, celebrated and eaten since Roman times, though most American hunters are still ignorant of its existence. Valdene's writing is at once evocative and biting, gracefully balancing the obsessions of a naturalist, sportsman and gourmand.
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In 1983 Valdene, a journalist and enthusiastic bird hunter, traveled around the country studying the woodcock and joining the efforts of scientists and bird lovers to band the game bird and document its loss of habitat. Summing up what he learned about this curious bird and its habits, he deplores the rapid dwindling of the woodcock population in the U.S., due in part to hunters' killing two million of them each year. Valdene makes no excuses, however, for his own delight in hunting and eating the vulnerable bird. This contradiction remains at the heart of his book in which he oddly blends natural history with accounts of his huntng.
Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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"...an elegant tale of the American woodcock. It will be a permanent part of anyone's sporting library." -- Jim Harrison
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A thinking man's guide to upland hunting,
By Jay Gardner (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock (Hardcover)
If you are looking for a how to book on woodcock and grouse hunting look elsewhere. Valdene spends a great deal of time painting a picture with very fine brush strokes. As you read you will smell the smells, feel the ground under foot and see the enviroment as it really is. This is not a book about hunting as much as it is a book about appreciating something. I have read it several times (it is an easy read) and I am sure I will read it again and again. There are technical aspects to the book. When you are finished you will know pretty much all there is to know about woodcock. From the singing grounds in March through migration in the late fall. You will definatly have an appreciation for this simple little bird.
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Just ... EXECELLENT!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock (Hardcover)
If you have/now, or hope to live in 'their' flight path ... enjoy this lovely book.The reicpes, the family stories, the insights are profound! We're in Lakeville, Maine ... And the stories are like home spun ... Enjoy!
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Wonderful,
By wiflyangler "wiflyangler" (wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock (Hardcover)
I was going to write a review, but another reviewer, Mr. Gardner, already wrote it for me. Another fine book about the field from Valdene.
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