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Sports & Outdoors

Wentz, Richard

Field Guides

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Wild Feasts presents a cornucopia of tantalizing fish and game preparations, from sharptail grouse pate appetizers and pheasant marsala to walleye au gratin, shiitake fish fillets, sour cream dove enchiladas and braised venison shanks. Recipes include zesty chowders, savory soups and sauces, mouth-watering marinades, and delicious complementary desserts and drinks. Cooking techniques cover a wide range of approaches too, from the more elaborate Cajun-style arrangements to simple kabobs and casseroles. (9 1/4 x 8 1/4, 264 pages, recipes)

Wild Feasts: A Game and Fish Cookbook

Ducks Unlimited Inc.

Computers & Technology

Waterfowlers may be passionate-even obsessive-about their sport, but at least they don't take themselves too seriously. That's because duck and goose hunting is so often a humbling experience. In that respect, these 20 stories by Doug Larson are like the classic wildfowl tales of, say, Gordon MacQuarrie-that is, they celebrate the sport of waterfowling while tickling the funny bone. But while Larson is in many ways a traditionalist when it comes to waterfowling-and storytelling-his voice is refreshingly new. Larson's subject, in fact, is the modern hunter's struggle to come to terms with the past while living fully in the present. For instance, while he expresses a love for the hardy duck chasers in canvas coats who humped dozens of cork decoys through mud and mire to secret blinds, he also admits "adapting" to the comforts and conveniences of four-wheel ATVs, portable blind heaters, hollow-body plastic decoys, and polyester "fleece" parkas. On the other hand, he takes pokes at the modern trend to overcomplicate the sport. "Whatever happened to throwing rocks?" he asks in a chapter on motion decoys. Though the book finds humor in the "small" moments associated with duck and goose hunting, it occasionally delivers a real zinger that will bring tears to the reader's eyes, as in the hilarious chapter titled "Concrete," in which Larsen discovers what can happen when a son takes his non-hunting dad waterfowling for the first time.

Don't Shoot the Decoys: Original Stories of Waterfowling Obsession

Science & Math

Larsen, Doug

Nature & Ecology

Snow Geese: Grandeur and Calamity on an Arctic Landscape chronicles the fascinating life of the lesser snow goose, from Gulf Coast marshes through the farmlands of the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains to Arctic breeding areas. Snow goose populations have grown dramatically since the mid 20th century; today the lesser snow goose is the most abundant Arctic-nesting goose in the world. Its abundance has wrought serious and long-term degradation on the Arctic habitats upon which the geese depend for sustenance. The degradation threatens the future of the snow goose and all the other species of resident and migratory wildlife that share these habitats. Snow Geese: Grandeur and Calamity on an Arctic Landscape is intended to help the reader understand the causes and consequences of these changes as well as the spectacular beauty of the snow goose and the places in which it lives. That task is made easier by 100 photographs that illustrate this book, photographs taken by some of North America's best wildlife photographers and by students and scientists that know these birds intimately. (10 3/4 x 8 1/4, 96 pages, color photos)

Snow Geese: Grandeur and Calamity on an Arctic Landscape

Batt, Bruce D. J.

A follow-up to the bestseller The Life of a Lab.

Labs Afield: Hunting With America's Favorite Retriever

Arts & Photography

Thomas, E. Donnall

Photography & Video

This condensed version of Just Retrievers is small in size and price, but large in its heartfelt portrayal of America's favorite fetch dogs. A perfect gift for retriever lovers of all ages.

Just Retrievers: Half Pint Edition

Petrie, Chuck

This is a comprehensive guide to hunting mallards, wood ducks, wigeon, teal, pintails, and other dabbling ducks. Never has another book offered more details on dabbler hunting tactics, including: *Methods for hunting dabblers over decoys in marshes, flooded timber, agricultural fields, rivers, and small and big lakes *Strategies for pass shooting, jump shooting, and float hunting *Tactics for early- and late-season hunting *Advice on how to hunt public areas *And much, much more In-depth chapters cover how to call dabblers; how to set up the most effective decoy spreads for a wide variety of situations; how, and where, to set up duck blinds; and how to scout and locate the best hunting spots. A chapter on shotgunning recommends which gauges, actions, chokes, and loads to use for various species and types of hunting, and includes tips for becoming a good duck shot. There's even a chapter on how to plan a duck-hunting trip, complete with information on the top ten dabbler hunting destinations in the United States and Canada. Like author Wade Bourne's first Duck Unlimited guidebook, Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them, this one is chockfull of enough new and detailed information to make it an invaluable resource for the novice and veteran duck hunter alike.

A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Dabblers

Bourne, Wade

Not all Labrador retriever puppies become duck hunters. But this exciting, fun-loving look at the first year in the lives of those that do is sure to delight Lab owners of every kind. After all, the Little Duck Hunter's journey from cute and cuddly fur ball to loyal retriever and family friend has elements that all Lab owners have experienced. There's housebreaking (quite literally), incessant chewing, basic obedience training (who's training whom?), and an unbelievable range of surprises, twists and turns, and trials and errors. Indeed, few things are as exciting as the journey a Lab pup takes in his first year. It's a time of incredible change-not only for the dog, but for his human family as well. Photographer Lee Thomas Kjos's brilliant color photographs capture these magic moments in the lives of little duck hunters-yellow, black, and chocolate-from the time they're brought home to the time they venture out on their first hunt. The images are so vivid and compelling that readers will run the full gamut of emotions they experienced during their own dog's puppyhood. The text, too, will elicit chuckles, laughter, sighs, coos, and even tears. Anyone who's ever brought a puppy home will find themselves falling under the same spell all over again.

The Little Duck Hunter

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Lee Kjos

Pets & Animal Care

A companion volume to DU's Duck &amp; Goose Cookery, this savory cookbook offers more than 90 recipes for upland game birds such as quail, pheasant, turkey, dove, ruffed grouse, chukars, woodcock, and many others. This is the most comprehensive and practical guide for preparing wild upland birds for the table. Everything's covered, from field care and aging to freezing and storing-even tips on how to prepare dry rubs and marinades to improve the flavor of stronger tasting birds. Cooking methods are quick and easy, using ingredients that are readily available to everyone. The book offers several 10-minute meals, and even a number of no-watch Crock-pot dishes that practically make themselves. Clarke, a contributing editor to Field &amp; Stream, has written six other cookbooks.

Upland Game Bird Cookery

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Clarke, Eileen

Cooking by Ingredient

Hunting diving ducks (and sea ducks) is considered by many to be the most challenging form of waterfowling. In most cases, duck hunters must brave big rough water and freezing temperatures in pursuit of hardy, fast-flying birds that can elude even the best wingshooters. Yet the sport continues to draw legions of avid waterfowlers anxious to test their mettle against the elements and the birds. This is the first how-to guide devoted exclusively to hunting diving ducks such as canvasbacks, redheads, and greater and lesser scaup, and sea ducks such as bufflehead, scoters, and eider. Like its companion volume, A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Dabblers, this new book will prove an invaluable resource for both novice and veteran waterfowlers. No other book has ever offered as much complete and in-depth information on how to hunt these big-water ducks, including: · Methods for hunting divers over decoys in rivers, big lakes, reservoirs, and ocean coastal areas. · Tactics for pass-shooting and hunting in layout boats and shore blinds. · Boats and other specialized equipment needed to pursue diving ducks. · Tactics for hunting early and late in the season. · How to scout and locate the best hunting spots. · And much, much more.

A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Diving Ducks & Sea Ducks

Kramer, Gary

Hunting & Fishing

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