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Foggy up here on the Mountain today, end of Hunting Season Blahs starting to set in...I re-read a couple of my favorite Nash Buckingham stories from "The Best of Nash Buckingham", hard to find book these days, but if you want a glimpse into the Halcyon days of wingshooting, look no further! So, how about it guys; who's your favorite? I've got some reading time until September...
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Bob Brister, 'cause he's a nerd like me. Nash Buckingham is great, only wish his stories were easier to find. There's some good guys in Shooting Sportsman magazine, and I love looking at fine shotguns.
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GunGeek, Agreed on Brister and Shooting Sportsman; as far as that magazine is concerned, Michael McIntosh comes to mind. Lookout.
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'Often mistaken, never in doubt'
'Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge' Darwin
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pak, Gene Hill is also at the top of my list; I suppose as much for his views on his Lab Retrievers as his observations on wingshooting. I was fortunate to meet Gene in 1987 at the National Championship for Pointing Dogs at the Ames Plantation in Grand Junction,TN.; we were in the mounted gallery following, as I remember, a Setter name of Tekoa Mountain Sunrise and his bracemate; I spotted Gene and reined my horse over alongside him and said "Mr, Hill, I just wanted to let you know how many nights your stories have put me to sleep." (meaning this in the best possible way) Gene replied: "I think I put most of my readers to sleep." We rode along for a few minutes together and I found him the Gentleman and Sport I always him to be through his stories. He will be missed! Lookout.
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Last count I have 6 of his books. He was modest and reflective even though he was a very good shotgunner. I reread his books often.pak
'Often mistaken, never in doubt'
'Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge' Darwin
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Steve Smith, Ben O. Williams and Michael McIntosh are my current favorites. George Bird Evans is a personal all time favorite, as is Gene Hill.
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Steve Smith and Gene Hill are to me the left and right barrels of a good quaility side by side.
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Charles Waterman and Gene Hill are pretty good
If it doesn't have fin, fur, feathers or go bang, I just ain't interested.
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Gene Hill. too many "how to" guys out there, Gene got to the heart of it.
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In no particular order;
Waterman, Hill, Brister, Trueblood, McIntosh and Vance.
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