Family and The Great Outdoors

by Wayne C. Turner, Ph.D.

Overview

This book will capture the heart of everyone who ever climbed a tree or gone fishing with their dad. Beyond that, it takes the reader deep into the life of a man whose father showed him how to hunt as well as how to live and how to pass the heritage on to his sons and theirs. Enjoy personal moments in the life of a great outdoorsman who has keen insight into life, the earth and her creatures. You won't shake off these stories after closing the book—you'll be hooked.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498763042
Publisher:	Fairmont Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/29/2015
Pages:	195
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Wayne C. Turner Ph.D. ,

Table of Contents

Part I Raised in the Great Outdoors 1

Dad, Ducks, and Boy Raising 3

Wroblick's Huntin House 9

The Rusty Tackle Box and a Big Bass 15

Deer-dogs and Me-All Pot Lickers 19

The Yellow Jeep-One Sexy Beast 21

NO GOT-A Fond Memory 23

A Deer Huntin' Christmas 25

Memories of Early Hunts with Dad 29

Karhy-My Love and Fishing Partner 31

Big Black Jitterbugs on Dark Nights for Large Black Bass 33

Cold Weather Bass 35

Jon Boats & Jitterbugs 37

Part II Raising the Boys in the Great Outdoors 39

Dwain Bland, Me, and a Bunch of Turkeys 43

A Cow, an Aggressive Bird Dog, Mike, and a Bellowing Calf 47

Take Your Children Hunting; You'll Both Always Remember It 49

The Great Bird Dog Capers 55

The Dodge Power Wagon Travis and Drew's First Vehicle 63

The Motel Angler-Lessons Learned 67

Good-bye, Okie 69

The Important Things 71

Turkey School 73

Old Homesites and the Stories They Tell 79

Very Close Encountets with a Bull Elk 82

Yellowstone Fly Fishing Trip 87

Two Duck Decoys 91

Memories of Hunting and Fishing with the Boys 95

Part III The Old Man Grows Older in the Great Outdoors 97

Frog Gigging and Life 99

The Mystic Side of Nature 103

Stripers in the Lights 107

The Clam Rake and I-A Love Affair 111

Last Buffalo Turkey 115

Coon in a Can 119

Fly Fishing the Colorado in Gore Canyon 123

Family and Turkey Hunting 125

A Visit from Father Bear 133

A Horse Packing Trip Through

The Sierra Madres of Mexico 135

Letter to Ethan (grandson) 141

Antelope Blind 145

Best Friends 147

A Great Snow Goose Hunt 149

A Triple Header 153

Rivers-Metaphors for Life 163

An Evening Stroll in Shenandoah National Park 165

Brook Trout and Rutting Bucks 167

A Great Day Elk Hunting 9/16 Monday (1 Think) 169

Memories of a Life Spent Outdoors 173

Part IV Five African Animals-All Trophies 175

Day 1 Into Africa 177

Day 2 Ben Builds Two Natural Blinds with Local Vegetation 179

Day 3 A Zebra and Oryx Sacrifice Themselves for Me 181

Day 4 A Day of Fishing and Watching an Incredible Number of Wildlife 185

Day 5 An Impala Jumps the String 187

Day 6 Another Day with the Bow 189

Day 7 Blesbok and Wildebeest 191

Day 8 A Wildebeest Challenge 193