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Western Skies: Bird Hunting in the Rockies and on the Plains

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This is not a "how to" book, nor does it claim to be. One of the promoters for the book claims you must read it twice: once for fun and twice for information. His comment is spot on. Each chapter takes the form of a story but each is also laced with tips and tricks to hunting if you read closely. We would all love a book that acts as a divining rod pointing the way to plentiful birds for us alone to pursue, but no such book exists. This is a book for lovers of the west which belongs on the shelf next to the likes of Aldo Leopold, Gene Hill and Robert Raurk. Barsness' writing occasionally becomes convoluted (he approaches stream of consciousness with his occasional digressions), but adds a bit of depth to the overall landscape of his stories. I must admit that I live in Montana and this book has special appeal to me for that reason, so be aware of that grain of salt.

Just a pleasant read and not informative of where and how to put a hunt together. This appears to be the author's intent, however most of us are in the execution mode, not the live/read about other lives mode.