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Hunting
Celebrate your inner hunter’s love of meat with these delicious, practical recipes. From domesticated meats, such as beef and pork, to seafood to more exotic game, including caribou and alligator, enjoy the natural bounty that can be found in the wild. Relish such savory and exciting offerings as Crab-Crusted Grouper or Deep-Fried Turkey. Take a walk on the wild side with Baked Armadillo, Dixieland Fried Frog, and Iguana Stew. From favorite old-style offerings to new and unusual tastes, learn the recipes and techniques needed to bring out the flavor of these meats.
Between slaying nutria for a Mardi Gras celebration, lying in wait for mallards in Venice, or fighting off a wild hog, these Cajun boys know their way around Louisiana’s bayous.
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Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper begins with Woodcock as a young boy, learning to hunt and trap small game in the wild woods of Pennsylvania. Later he examines the merits of traps versus guns and tells of near escapes and exciting hunting trips to other parts of America. Detailing the hardships that accompany such a life, Woodcock is decidedly forward about his profession. But his voice never wavers in his obvious undying fondness for the outdoors and the adventure that it offers. Paperback.
Hunting with Hounds in North America is a unique study of what can be considered the world’s oldest team sport. History suggests that man has hunted with hounds for at least twenty thousand years. Using evidence from ancient Egyptian drawings to paintings by the great masters, Dr. von Recum traces the evolution of the hound, or free-hunting canid, and its place beside human hunters. Hardcover.
Pascagoula Decoys gives an overview of the history of the duck-decoy manufacturing industry. Joe Bosco relates the stories of important decoy makers like the Hudson Manufacturing Company, which established more buoyant decoys with hollows underneath, and the Animal Trap Company of Mississippi, one of the last manufacturers to offer wooden decoys. He also introduces important personalities, such as Charles W. Grubbs, founder of the Grubbs Manufacturing Company, who made the first commercial duck call, and C. M. Woolworth, who bought Poitevin Brothers, Inc., makers of Singing River Decoys, in 1940 as a result of the increased interest in the duck-decoy industry. Hardcover.
This collection of short stories—all personal experiences of the author—details the differences of hunting in Louisiana as opposed to other states. One can gain insight into the state, its wildlife, its different ways of duck hunting, and its landscape. There are humorous accounts of hunting dogs, character studies of hunters and woodsmen, and examples of good duck hunting. Hardcover.
The Louisiana Gulf Coast is one of the most important ecosystems in the world, producing one-third of our nation’s seafood and a significant percentage of its oil and natural gas. Unfortunately, erosion threatens the very existence of this Edenic marshland. Among the most fervent champions of the shrinking Louisiana wetlands are the members of the twenty-six private and commercial duck-hunting clubs profiled here. John Kemp and Julia Sims visited these exclusive enclaves to capture—in words, pictures, and recipes—their vanishing traditions.
During the last two decades, the duck decoy has emerged as a distinctive and widely acclaimed art form. Wetland Heritage documents the evolution of the decoy from a simple craft skillfully executed in the Louisiana marshland to the magnificent objet d’art created by modern-day carvers. Hardcover.