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The Upland Shooting Life

By: George Bird Evans
Narrated by: Justin Spencer
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George Bird Evans is a man to whom upland shooting has been a way of life for 50 years, and his book is both a creed for shooters and a fascinating sharing of the experiences of a true specialist. It is not a book for meat hunters (although possession of the game means as much to the author as to the next man), rather it is a book, half "how-to," half anecdotal and philosophical, that reveals in rich and intimate detail the unity that makes upland shooting that triad of bird-dog-gun in which no part is complete without the others.

George Evans has gunned bobwhites, shoots that gaudy foreigner, the ringneck pheasant, tries his skill with the turkey gobbler, but mostly he and his Old Hemlock setters (he breeds a now distinguished line) haunt the old hill-farm fields grown to briars, the hemlock and rhododendron thickets, and the alder swamps in his Allegheny country for grouse and woodcock.

The coverts described in this book are the real coverts gunned in; the comments as to the effects of weather, food conditions, and flight behavior are based on a gun diary kept in scrupulous detail since 1932. And while the book is mellow with the character of men who shoot, it is also incisive with original opinions and rich advice. The chapter on wing shooting and the section on gun fit, to take but two examples, are crammed with instructive suggestions for the shooter who is taking his first gun afield, as well as for the man who has shot long enough to have encountered all the problems. The dogs, whose work is described so engagingly in this book, are actual gun dogs that were bred, trained, worried over, and gloried in by the author. And the guns, old friends of the author's, almost become characters in the story.

The Upland Shooting Life will be enjoyed by a grateful audience of listeners and shooters for many years to come-and without question read more than once, now to share vicariously the author's experiences, now to glean from this rich lore tips on why one misses a straightaway grouse in the pines or stands sometimes goggle-eyed, with mouth agape, when the timberdoodle offers him an open shot. Advice on loads, shot size, gun types-indeed on every aspect of upland shooting informs every episode and enriches every chapter. George Evans is an upland shooter's shooter and a writer for every man who goes afield with the scatter gun.

©2023 Old Hemlock Foundation (P)2022 Project Upland Media Group, LLC
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Amazing book

I'm glad that I took the time to listen to this book. I need a hard copy for notes. I'll be using this book again and again

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Wonderful story telling

What a great book, I found myself smiling and nodding in agreement more times than I could count, a must read for any upland enthusiast.

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Dreamy

Excellence. Extraordinary. Moving. Moody. Magical. Majestic. Rich. Joyful. Sad. Sentimental. Characteristics. Tradition. Timeless. Historical.

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The historical perspective and scientific analysis of a “Shooting Man”.

The subject matter, writing, and narration are superb. My only complaint is the repeated mispronunciation by the Narrator of the word “Staunch”. This is a minor detail. And I recommend anyone whom hunts upland birds with a dog read and ponder this book.

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Its A thing of Beauty.

Three truly great books on sporting are available via audible IMHO are The Habits of Rivers, A Hunter's Fireside Book, and The Upland shooting life. The writing of the upland shooting life is crisp and clear and as a Virginian who lives near Winchester refreshing personal. It is rare to have so much ecology interwoven in such an enjoyable way. I have no doubt once I finish it, I will start the book over again.

Happy Hunting.

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very good

thanks to old hemlock and project upland. this is a great read for the grouse and woodcock hunter

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