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• Unique book and audio CD package
• Features sounds of 50 North American waterfowl species
• A full-color photograph complements each bird's description
Learn the songs and calls of 50 waterfowl species found across North America. An audio soundtrack combined with detailed text and beautiful color photographs make this a useful guide for any birder. From the distinctive quack of the American black duck and whistled "peep" of the cinnamon teal...
3) The ultimate guide to home butchering: how to prepare any animal or bird for the table or freezer
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With more than forty years of experience butchering domestic animals, game, and birds, award-winning outdoor writer and photographer Monte Burch presents this complete guide for butchering many types of livestock or wild animals. Learn how to butcher cows, chickens, goats, hogs, deer, turkeys, rabbits, and more, with simple and easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographs and illustrations. Burch also provides recommendations on which tools (knives, paring...
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Peter Fiduccia starts with the history of hunting deer for meat, the nutritional content of venison, and deer anatomy for better shot placement. He describes all phases of field dressing and butchering, from eviscerating the animal and skinning hides to how to cut each piece of meat. The guide ends with a section on ways to prepare and cook venison in camp or at home.
5) The pocket guide to field dressing, butchering, and cooking deer: a hunter's quick reference book
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A handy reference book on caring for your deer once it's down.
Hunting, butchering, and preparing deer has been a way of life for Monte and Joan Burch. Drawing on their years of experience living off the land and practical skills gained while butchering livestock, Monte and Joan offer The Pocket Guide to Field Dressing, Butchering, and Cooking Deer as a must-have resource for the hunter on the go. Included is essential advice on:
Field dressing
Transporting
Hanging
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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the art of hawking, with information on training, game-hawking, equipment, care and management, nutrition, handling, history, and much more. Based on the author's thirty years hawking experience, this timeless manual contains everything a beginner might need to know on the subject and will also include information of value to those with more experience. Contents include: "History and Literature",...
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Lars-Henrik Olsen is a zoologist, writer, and lecturer. He has worked at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen and the World Wildlife Fund, and is the producer of a number of Danish radio and television programs. His books include Small Freshwater Creatures.
An indispensable color-illustrated field guide to the tracks and signs of Europe's animals and birds
This beautifully illustrated field guide enables you to easily identify the tracks and signs...
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The stories in this anthology demonstrate why the pheasant has become America's favorite game bird. Some of the finest writers in the field take their best shots at the Ringneck, covering guns, dogs, lore, history, conservation, and even some tried and true methods for preparing your pheasant for consumption.
9) A Guide to British Wildfowl - Descriptions of the Ducks, Geese, Swans, Plovers and Waders with Ch
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This antique text contains a detailed treatise on the wildfowl of Great Britain. A great text containing all the information a hunter might need to know about wildfowl, this book is of great value to both the amateur and seasoned hunter alike and constitutes the worthy addition to any collection of hunting literature. The chapters of this book include: 'British Wildfowl — The Geese'; 'British Wildfowl — The Ducks'; 'British Wildfowl - The Swans',...
10) Pheasant Shooting - With Chapters on Planning Large and Small Covert Shoots, Notes on Successful
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This book contains a comprehensive guide to the hunting of pheasants in Britain. Containing all the information needed for successful pheasant hunting, this text is of great value to anyone with an interest in this sport and constitutes a must-have addition to discerning collections of British hunting literature. Concise yet detailed, this antique text contains timeless information sure to be of interest to both the amateur and seasoned hunter alike.
The...
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First published in 1928, this vintage book contains a detailed guide to game birds, with a special focus on those native to England. Including lots of useful and interesting information, this profusely-illustrated handbook will appeal to those with an interest in hunting, and it would make for a fine addition to ornithological collections. Contents include: "Game Birds in General", "Characteristics and Classification of Game Birds", "Coloration of...
12) A Guide for the Duck Hunter - With Chapters on Blinds, Decoys, Making a Hide, Shelter in Open Fie
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This book contains a concise yet detailed guide on duck hunting, including remarks on blinds, decoys, making a hide, shelters, bird flights, trapping, and much more. This book is both informative and accessible, making it perfect for the amateur. A book sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in this avocation, 'A Guide for the Duck Hunter' is well deserving of a place in any collection of hunting literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Wildfowl...
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This vintage book contains a comprehensive and practical handbook on falconry, with information on training, care and management, common ailments, equipment and equipping, feeding, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of simple instructions and invaluable hints, this timeless volume is highly recommended for the modern falconer, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Choice of...
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Originally published in London, 1926. Wildfowling is one of the manliest of all sports with the gun. Wildfowlers are the cream of all shooters because the bag means nothing, but the quality of the sport is everything. No man can hope to ensure constant success in wildfowling unless he is also a naturalist. In this well illustrated book, the author gives the reader the benefit of his 25-years, experience of sport and nature. Contents Include, Wild...
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In 1898, Neltje Blanchan was utterly frustrated and dismayed at the decrease in the bird population, much like you are now, which was primarily caused by reckless hunting by humans for sport and profit. Again, much like today. So he wrote a book from the view of a bird lover who needed people to understand the damage they were causing - not just to the birds but also to society.
In this book, you will find the life history of one hundred and seventy...
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For the past decade, Don Thomas's "Closing Time" columns in Ducks Unlimited magazine have received wide critical praise. Divided into five sections-Waterfowl, In the Field: Ducks, In the Field: Geese, Retrievers, and The Waterfowling Culture-this collection of those columns also includes eight chapters and five introductory essays that have not been published previously as well as photography by the author and his wife, Lori.
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Thus begins the tale by Stephen Bodio, a lover of birds and nature, of the incredible connection between man and birds of prey. Falconry can be traced back over four thousand years and, as Bodio says, "it is amazing that the practice did not die out soon afterward when its first adherents starved."
With a new introduction by Helen MacDonald, A Rage For Falcons not only shares the history of falconry, but shows the personal side in a way only Bodio...
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment...
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"Waterfowling is one of the more challenging forms of hunting. Requiring an intimate knowledge of the quarry in specialized gear-from shotguns and ammo to decoys, calls, blinds, and boats-and taking place in a variety of terrains-from the fields of Manitoba to the flooded timber of Arkansas, it's the type of sport that gets in your blood and stays there. In The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting, all aspects of this sport are covered by three authors...
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