Among the Aspen: Northwoods Grouse and Woodcock Hunting

by Mark Parman

Overview

Following his English setters into thickets in search of grouse and woodcock, Mark Parman feels the pull of older ways and lost wisdom. How rare it is, in our high-tech world, to find oneself completely off the track, bewildered in the wild, and then find the path home by sight and scent and memory.

Among the Aspen interweaves tales of companionable dogs, lucky hunts, and favorite coverts where quarry lurks with ruminations on the demise of hunting traditions, the sale of public lands and the privatization of places to hunt, the growing indifference to science, and the loss of wilderness on a planet increasingly transformed by the sprawl of humanity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299317508
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	04/17/2018
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	497,252
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mark Parman is the author of A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac and a contributor to A Passion for Grouse. He is a member of the Ruffed Grouse Society, American Woodcock Society, and Loyal Order of Dedicated Grouse Hunters. He taught English for many years at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County in Wausau and now lives near Seeley, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Among the Aspen                    
The Wilderness Covert                      
 
North
June Road: Ben and Jerry                  
The Triangle               
Yellow Gate: The Tragedy of Easy Access               
 
South
Badwater Creek: Against Grouse Hunting                
Elbow Creek: Windfall                      
Homestretch Patch                 
An Iowa Cornfield and the Wisconsin Woods                     
Legacy: On Hunting Public Land                  
Red Bud Road: Banding Woodcock            
Swamp Loop: Just a Thimble of Meat                       
Swanda’s                   
Transylvania               
 
East
Ackley: Losing Myself, Finding My Way                 
The Fire Tower                       
Lake Ament: Body Count Grouse                 
Left Lot Covert: Reflections of a Left-Handed Shooter                  
Old Man Covert                     
Redemption Covert               
Serendipity                 
The Singing Fields                 
Storybook Covert                  
 
West
The Bermuda Triangle           
Berry Covert              
Ghost Covert             
Jesus Covert               
New Wood: Among Wolves             
Paradise Lost             
Somewhere in Clark County              
 
Home Covert             
 
Acknowledgments

Editorial Reviews

"Most hunters are lovers of nature—its smells, sights, sounds, and the feelings that wilderness evokes. Parman, in these well-crafted stories and thoughtful essays, teaches us that there is much more to hunting than shooting." —Jerry Apps


"The best outdoors writers are always good storytellers, and Parman follows in that tradition. Reading his words, we're smelling the sweet ferns, hearing the faint clank of a dog's bell, seeing the sudden flush of birds." —Jerry Davis

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