| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227). |
| Summary |
"Like that earlier grouse hunter Aldo Leopold, Mark Parman takes to the woods when the aspens are smoky gold. Here, in an evocative almanac that chronicles the early season of the grouse hunt through its end in the snows of January, Parman follows his dog through the changing trees and foliage, thrills to the sudden flush of beating wings, and holds a bird in hand, thankful for the meal it will provide. Distilling twenty seasons of grouse hunting into these essays, he writes of old dogs and gun lust, cover and clear cutting, climate change, companions male and female, wildlife art, and stumps. A Grouse Hunter's Almanac delves into the mind of a hunter, exploring the Northwoods with an eye for more than just game."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Early Season -- Some August Day -- Grouse Opener -- The Bird -- Dogless -- In Praise of Old Dogs -- Scalopax minor -- Ox -- The Cycle -- How to Hunt Grouse -- Midseason -- Flushing Wild -- Small Presents -- Hunting with Diana, Grousing Around with Susan -- Like Trees, Walking -- Costumes -- Pauls -- On Wildlife Art -- Empty Hulls -- New Wood -- Sauntering Along -- The Mythical Bird -- Soul Food -- Shooting and Eating Locally -- Acres of Goods -- Cover(t) -- Gun Lust -- Shooting Flying -- The Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World -- Nine Mile Stump -- Knowing Our Limits -- Getting Lost, Staying Lost -- Late Season -- Confessions of a Grouse Hunter -- Grouse Weather -- A Fall of Woodcock -- Things Unseen -- Black Friday -- Narratives in the Snow -- The Beauty of Clear-Cuts -- Snow Walker -- The Last Day of the Season -- Gunnars Last Hunt -- Counting in Dogs -- Bibliography. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Grouse shooting -- Wisconsin -- Anecdotes.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Hunting.
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Grouse shooting. (OCoLC)fst00948559
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Wisconsin. (OCoLC)fst01204595
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parman, Mark. Grouse hunter's almanac. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2010 9780299249205 (DLC) 2010012963 (OCoLC)589017855 |
| ISBN |
9780299249236 (electronic bk.) |
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0299249239 (electronic bk.) |
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