Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Now in Review: A Grouse Hunter's Almanac

A Grouse Hunter's Almanac
The Other Kind of Hunting
by Mark Parman
University of Wisconsin Press, 2009

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.

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