Forest and Stream

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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 556

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Forest and Stream

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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 556

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Outing

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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Fifty Years' Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things

Fifty Years' Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things PDF Author: Cyrus Redding
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Languages : en
Pages : 448

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The Life and Times of Fred Kimble

The Life and Times of Fred Kimble PDF Author: John N. Davis
Publisher: Old Mountain Press
ISBN: 1931575533
Category : Duck shooting
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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From the golden age of shotguns and waterfowling comes the story of one of its most fascinating characters, Fred Kimble. A must read for any duck hunting or trap shooting enthusiast! Master duck shot, trap shooter and inventor in the mid and late 1800's; in the 1930's Fred Kimble had a rebirth, but the stories told were often beyond ones imagination. In the authors extensive search to find the real man, he discovered the true sportsman and crack shot. This book is the story of Fred Kimble and the grand times in which he lived as revealed by the contemporary accounts of his life.

Catalogue

Catalogue PDF Author: Walters, Frank, Firm, Booksellers, New York
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Languages : en
Pages : 908

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The American Angler

The American Angler PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 928

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The Sportsman's Directory and Year Book

The Sportsman's Directory and Year Book PDF Author: Charles Pierre Goldey
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Including chapters on current topics, sketches of sportsmen, shooting rules, summary of game laws, best sporting records game and fishing resorts, clubs devoted to outdoor sports, dog breeders, sportsmen's books and journals, manufacturers of and dealers in sporting goods, etc.

Casting a Spell

Casting a Spell PDF Author: George Black
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307494365
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Thirty-five million Americans–one in eight–like to go fishing. Fly fishers have always considered themselves the aristocracy of the sport, and a small number of those devotees, a few thousand at most, insist upon using one device in the pursuit of their obsession: a handcrafted split-bamboo fly rod. Meeting this demand for perfection are the inheritors of a splendid art, one that reveres tradition while flouting obvious economic sense and reaches back through time to touch the hands of such figures as Theodore Roosevelt and Henry David Thoreau. In Casting a Spell, George Black introduces readers to rapt artisans and the ultimate talismans of their uncompromising fascination: handmade bamboo fly rods. But this narrative is more than a story of obscure objects of desire. It opens a new vista onto a century and a half of modern American cultural history. With bold strokes and deft touches, Black explains how the ingenuity of craftsmen created a singular implement of leisure–and how geopolitics, economics, technology, and outrageous twists of fortune have all come to focus on the exquisitely crafted bamboo rod. We discover that the pastime of fly-fishing intersects with a mind-boggling variety of cultural trends, including conspicuous consumption, environmentalism, industrialization, and even cold war diplomacy. Black takes us around the world, from the hidden trout streams of western Maine to a remote valley in Guangdong Province, China, where grows the singular species of bamboo known as tea stick–the very stuff of a superior fly rod. He introduces us to the men who created the tools and techniques for crafting exceptional rods and those who continue to carry the torch in the pursuit of the sublime. Never far from the surface are such overarching themes as the tension between mass production and individual excellence, and the evolving ways American society has defined, experienced, and expressed its relationship to the land. Fly-fishing may seem a rarefied pursuit, and making fly rods might be a quixotic occupation, but this rich, fascinating narrative exposes the soul of an authentic part of America, and the great significance of little things. George Black’s latest expedition into a hidden corner of our culture is an utterly enchanting, illuminating, and enlightening experience.

Winous Point

Winous Point PDF Author: Tod Sedgwick
Publisher: Derrydale Press
ISBN: 1461661544
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 367

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Founded in 1856 on the shores of Lake Erie's Sandusky Bay, Winous Point Shooting Club is the oldest continuously operated duck hunting club in America. It has, in that respect, seen a lot of history. Among its early members were Jay Cooke, chief financier of the Union during the Civil War; John Hay, secretary to Abraham Lincoln and secretary of state under three U.S. presidents; Charles F. Brush, a pioneer in the commercial development of electricity; and many other notable historical figures. Each of these men forged separate legacies in industry, science, and government. But together, as sportsmen, they helped build a legacy of habitat and wildlife conservation that has been even longer lasting, and continues to have a greater positive impact on the life of the nation. Winous Point: 150 Years of Waterfowling and Conservation tells the story of the birth and growth not only of an Ohio duck hunting club, but of the modern wetland conservation movement. From its founding by amateur naturalists with a hunger for collecting, categorizing, and understanding the region's flora and fauna to its battles over market hunting, spring shooting, baiting, and more, Winous has made history in its own right. It was the first duck hunting club in the nation to ban spring shooting of waterfowl, the first to appoint a wildlife biologist to manage its 5,000-acre property, and the first to launch major wetland research and educational programs to advance the study of wetland and waterfowl management. More recently, it became the first hunting club to establish a nonprofit land conservancy, which it did on the cusp of its 150th anniversary, securing its precious wetlands-and its legacy-for generations to come. Deluxe clamshell edition also available.

Upshur

Upshur PDF Author: Otis Morphew
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664157085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431

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What is it that enables one gunfighter to feel the presence of another in a room full of armed cowboys and other people? Can feel the challenge, though none was verbally issued? Not even the gunman, him self can explain it, other than, it’s just a feeling, a quickening going on inside of them, unexplainable. At times, nothing more comes of it, call it a kinship, respect, whatever, but unless they communicate, or one has other business, they go their separate ways without conflict, the age-old dilemma being in effect. The rare ones, those that live by the law, enforce the law, wanting only justice for those in need, are the family men, those able to see no future in the other way of life. Some, however, have to learn about all of this the hard way, if they can live long enough. These are the ones that love their guns, and their ability to use one, the dangerous ones, giving no quarter, and asking none. But when two men with the same talent come together, men with two opposite philosophies, only one, or neither will walk away from it. Unless, Bill Upshur’s, “Adage, add-on” Comes into effect, making the Gunfighter’s dilemma a working instrument of fate, it’s self. Two men, well,...one man, one boy, totally opposite in every way, but one, their unbelievable ability in the use of firearms, men separated by only a month, and a thousand miles are destined to meet in a struggle of life and death, one that will take only a fraction of a blink of the eye to settle. One that in all certainty will result in both their deaths, but will happen, never the less. But what one lone gunman can actually learn during that month long, thousand mile journey to kill a man, very well could be priceless, one never knows. But a challenge can come in many different forms. Hope you like this one. Thanks, Otis Morphew