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Texas Market Hunting

Author : R. K. Sawyer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623490154
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Texas Market Hunting written by R. K. Sawyer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its earliest days of human habitation, the Texas coast was home to seemingly endless clouds of ducks, geese, swans, and shorebirds. By the 1880s Texas huntsmen, or market hunters, as they came to be called, began providing meat and plumage for the restaurant tables and millinery salons of a rapidly growing nation. A network of suppliers, packers, distribution centers, and shipping hubs efficiently handled their immense harvest. At the peak of Texas market hunting in the late 1890s, Rockport merchants shipped an average of 600 ducks a day in a five-month shooting season, and in the last year of legal market hunting, an estimated 60,000 ducks and geese were shipped from Corpus Christi alone. Market men employed efficient methods to harvest nature’s bounty. They commonly hunted at night, often using bait to concentrate large numbers of waterfowl. The effectiveness of the hunt was improved when side-by-side double barrel shotguns and large-gauge swivel guns gave way to repeating firearms, with some capable of discharging as many as eleven shells in a single volley. Their methods were so efficient that, by the late 1800s, Texas sportsmen and others blamed the alarming decline of coastal waterfowl populations on the market hunter’s occupation. In 1903, after a long fight and many failures, the first migratory bird game law passed the Texas legislature. Though the fight would continue, it was the beginning of the end of the year-round slaughter. Most market hunters quit, and those who didn’t became outlaws. In this book, R. K. Sawyer chronicles the days of market hunting along the Texas coast and the showdown between the early game wardens and those who persisted in commercial waterfowl hunting. Containing an abundance of rare historical photographs and oral history, Texas Market Hunting: Stories of Waterfowl, Game Laws, and Outlaws provides a comprehensive and colorful account of this bygone period.

Texas Market Hunting

Author : Robert Knowlton Sawyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461937937
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Texas Market Hunting written by Robert Knowlton Sawyer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its earliest days of human habitation, the Texas coast was home to seemingly endless clouds of ducks, geese, swans, and shorebirds. By the 1880s Texas huntsmen, or market hunters, as they came to be called, began providing meat and plumage for the restaurant tables and millinery salons of a rapidly growing nation. A network of suppliers, packers, distribution centers, and shipping hubs efficiently handled their immense harvest. At the peak of Texas market hunting in the late 1890s, Rockport merchants shipped an average of 600 ducks a day in a five-month shooting season.

A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting

Author : R. K. Sawyer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603447733
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting written by R. K. Sawyer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above the Texas coast. Gone too are the days when, in a single morning, hunters often harvested ducks, shorebirds, and other waterfowl by the hundreds. The hundred-year period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries brought momentous changes in attitudes and game laws: changes initially prompted by sportsmen who witnessed the disappearance of both the birds and their spectacular habitat. These changes forever affected the state’s storied hunting culture. Yet, as R. K. Sawyer discovered, the rich lore and reminiscences of the era’s hunters and guides who plied the marshy haunts from Beaumont to Brownsville, though fading, remain a colorful and essential part of the Texas outdoor heritage. Gleaned from interviews with sportsmen and guides of decades past as well as meticulous research in news archives, Sawyer’s vivid documentation of Texas’ deep-rooted waterfowl hunting tradition is accompanied by a superb collection of historical and modern photographs. He showcases the hunting clubs, the decoys, the duck and goose calls, the equipment, and the unique hunting practices of the period. By preserving this account of a way of life and a coastal environment that have both mostly vanished, A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting also pays tribute to the efforts of all those who fought to ensure that Texas’ waterfowl legacy would endure. This book will aid their efforts, along with those of coastal residents, birders, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and all who are interested in the state’s natural history and in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations.

The Market Hunting of Texas Birds

Author : Stanley D. Casto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book The Market Hunting of Texas Birds written by Stanley D. Casto and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ghosthunting Texas

Author : April Slaughter
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458729893
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Ghosthunting Texas written by April Slaughter and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On this leg of the journey youll explore the scariest spots in the Lone Star State. Author April Slaughter visits more than 30 legendary haunted places, all of which are open to the public-so you can test your own ghost hunting skills, if you dare. Join April as she visits each site, snooping around eerie rooms and dark corners, talking to people who swear to their paranormal experiences, and giving you a first-hand account. Enjoy Ghost hunting Texas from the safety of your armchair or hit the road, using the maps, ''Haunted Places ''travel guide with 50 more spooky sites, and ''Ghostly Resources. ''Buckle up and get ready for the spookiest ride of your life.

Afield

Author : Jesse Griffiths
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1599621142
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Afield written by Jesse Griffiths and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2012 IPPY Bronze Award in the Cookbook category (Independent Publisher Book Awards) ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Award Finalist (TBA) 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Awards, Nominee Finalist Born from the principles of the local food movement, a growing number of people are returning to hunting and preparing fish and game for their home tables. Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish is at once a manifesto for this movement and a manual packed with everything the new hunter needs to know. Wild foods, when managed responsibly, are sustainable, ethical, and delicious, and author Jesse Griffiths combines traditional methods of hunting, butchering, and preparing fish and game with 85 mouthwatering recipes. Afield throws open the doors of field dressing for novice and experienced hunters alike, supplying the know-how for the next logical step in the local, sustainable food movement. Stemming from a commitment to locally grown vegetables and nose-to-tail cooking, Griffiths is an expert guide on this tour of tradition and taste, offering a combination of hunting lessons, butchery methods, recipes, including how to scale, clean, stuff, fillet, skin, braise, fry and more. Fellow hunting enthusiast and food photographer Jody Horton takes you into the field, follows Griffiths step-by-step along the way and then provides you with exquisite plate photograph of the finished feasts. Filled with descriptive stories and photographs, Afield takes the reader along for the hunt, from duck and dove to deer and wild hog. Game and fish include: Doves, Deer, Hogs, Squirrel, Rabbits, Ducks, Geese, Turkey, Flounder, White Bass, Crabs, Catfish, and more.

Parks and Wildlife Code

Author : Texas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Parks and Wildlife Code written by Texas and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Texas Waterfowl

Author : William P. Johnson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603448071
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Texas Waterfowl written by William P. Johnson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautifully illustrated guide, two practicing wildlife biologists describe the life histories of forty-five species of ducks, geese, and swans that occur in Texas. For common species and those that breed in the state, each account begins with an interesting fact (such as, “Red-breasted Mergansers have been clocked at over 80 mph, the fastest recorded flight speed for a duck . . .”) and provides information on Texas distribution and harvest, population status, diet, range and habitats, reproduction, and appearance. Exquisite photographs, informative distribution maps, and a helpful source list accompany the species descriptions, and the book offers a glossary and full bibliography for those who want to explore the literature further. With the degradation and disappearance of the inland and coastal habitats that these birds depend upon, the natural history of these waterfowl species provides a vital reminder of the interconnectedness and crucial importance of all wetlands. Birders, biologists, landowners, hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and all those interested in the health and preservation of our coastal and inland wetland resources will enjoy and learn from this book.

Hunting Marfa Lights

Author : James Bunnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970924940
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book Hunting Marfa Lights written by James Bunnell and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hunting Marfa Lights" reports the results of an eight-year investigation into mysterious lights seen near Marfa, a small west Texas town. Bunnell finds that while most of the lights can be explained, about three percent are truly mysterious and of unknown origin.

Texas Wild

Author : Brenda Jackson
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373731981
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book Texas Wild written by Brenda Jackson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Megan Westmoreland needs answers about her family's past. And Rico Claiborne is the man to find them. But when the truth comes out, Rico offers her a shoulder to lean on…and much, much more. Megan has heard that passions burn hotter in Texas. Now she's ready to find out….

Forest and Stream

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Forest and Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ultimate Hunting Dog Reference Book

Author : Vickie Lamb
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1634504623
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Hunting Dog Reference Book written by Vickie Lamb and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find and train the perfect hunting dog with this expansive reference book. For centuries, man has hunted with dogs. Today there are dozens of purposefully bred sports dogs to choose from. The Ultimate Hunting Dog Reference Book delves into the various breeds that exist, offering information on their temperaments, skills, and looks. Included in The Ultimate Hunting Dog Reference Book is advice on: Choosing the perfect hunting dog Caring for your dog’s health Training you dog Fun games to play with your dog The best hunting strategies With more than sixty breeds of hunting dogs to choose from, there is bound to be the perfect match for you and your hunting style. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Texanist

Author : David Courtney
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477312978
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book The Texanist written by David Courtney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.

California Demon

Author : Julie Kenner
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0515143200
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book California Demon written by Julie Kenner and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After fourteen years as the perfect suburban housewife, soccer mom, and political wife, Kate Connor secretly returns to her old profession as a demon hunter, fending off demon attacks, trying to keep an eye on a mysterious new high school teacher who looks strangely familiar, and dealing with her teenage daughter's infatuation with a surfer dude. Reprint.

The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting

Author : Tom Airhart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510716750
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting written by Tom Airhart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 who have intimate knowledge of how to hunt ducks and geese successfully. Chapters within this book cover dozens of topics, with special attention devoted to: Identifying the many and various species of waterfowl Methods for decoying and calling in a variety of situations Advice on how to choose the best gear for the situation at hand Theories and practices of retriever training and handling Tips on hunting in different types of weather, from rain and snow to bluebird skies How to choose the correct guns and loading Plus tips on blind placement in water or on land With more than a hundred photographs expertly illuminating the realities of waterfowl hunting, The Ultimate Guide to Waterfowl Hunting is sure to help hunters of all skill levels bag their biggest catches yet.

Tamu Nature Guides

Author : Elizabeth Cary Mungall
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603444939
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Tamu Nature Guides written by Elizabeth Cary Mungall and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exotic animals range in appearance from truly striking to seemingly ordinary, and they live in wildlife preserves, on farms, in parks, and even in the wilderness across the United States. In this book, Elizabeth Cary Mungall provides ample information for anyone, from park visitor and zoo goer to rancher and wildlife biologist, who wants to identify and learn more about exotic wildlife in the United States. Richard D. Estes, author of The Safari Companion, says that "for everyone interested in exotic hoofed stock, Exotic Animal Field Guide is a well-written and beautifully illustrated book that fills a vacant niche." Indeed, the main portion of the book contains fully illustrated species accounts of eighty different kinds of hoofed animals, with native range maps and information about food habits, habitat, temperament, breeding and birth seasons, and fencing needs. A list of exotics-related organizations and a reference section round out the text. Photographs of each species make the book both attractive and useful as a field tool. In a chapter on photographing exotics, Christian Mungall shows readers how to take their own great pictures of these animals. Clearly, as James G. Teer, of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University states, this is "much more than a field guide. Elizabeth Cary Mungall's book is a long awaited repository and data source on the ecology, technology, and management of more than 80 species of non-native hoofed animals. . . . Anyone with exotics on his or her property will require Exotic Animal Field Guide."

Hunting the American West

Author : Richard C. Rattenbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780940864603
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book Hunting the American West written by Richard C. Rattenbury and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the grandeur, excitement, and peril of the quest for big game in the West from 1800-1900 in this vivid interpretation with engaging narrative, direct quotations, and historic imagery. Hunting the American West is a thoroughly illustrated, narrative history of big-game hunting in the nineteenth-century American West. The engaging narrative draws extensively on the writing of original participants and observers of the subject and - along with an abundance of pictorial materials - affords unusual insight into the diverse methods and motives for hunting big game in the Old West. No other work on the subject conveys the feeling and character of the hunt in its various eras and styles, or its profound consequences, as convincingly.