The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories
“Geographically, some seven hundred miles separate Aldo Leopold’s Sand County from Joel Spring’s Niagara County. Spiritually, they lie much, much closer.” —Thomas McIntyre, field editor, Sports Afield

Join Joel Spring for one brief season in the life of an avid outdoorsman. Stories of dogs and deer, friendship and adventure, heartache and triumph are set against a backdrop of the vivid colors of autumn. From the first few wisps of cool north wind in September, through the frigid mountain cold of a late December morning, the author treats you like a welcomed friend.

Spring’s carefully crafted prose revisits the ghosts of hundreds of past hunts with good dogs and good friends will appeal not only to avid hunters and outdoorsmen but also anyone who appreciates fine writing about nature. Spend some time with Joel Spring and The Ghosts of Autumn.

“This is my cathedral. These are my meditations. I was raised Methodist, but this is my religion. “The fields and woods and old orchards here are sacred ground. I feel the presence of my old friends. I am humbled in the face of the beauty of the place and experience the quiet only found in nature. The peace for which we all search envelops me. On my worst days I’ve never failed to find it here.”

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories
“Geographically, some seven hundred miles separate Aldo Leopold’s Sand County from Joel Spring’s Niagara County. Spiritually, they lie much, much closer.” —Thomas McIntyre, field editor, Sports Afield

Join Joel Spring for one brief season in the life of an avid outdoorsman. Stories of dogs and deer, friendship and adventure, heartache and triumph are set against a backdrop of the vivid colors of autumn. From the first few wisps of cool north wind in September, through the frigid mountain cold of a late December morning, the author treats you like a welcomed friend.

Spring’s carefully crafted prose revisits the ghosts of hundreds of past hunts with good dogs and good friends will appeal not only to avid hunters and outdoorsmen but also anyone who appreciates fine writing about nature. Spend some time with Joel Spring and The Ghosts of Autumn.

“This is my cathedral. These are my meditations. I was raised Methodist, but this is my religion. “The fields and woods and old orchards here are sacred ground. I feel the presence of my old friends. I am humbled in the face of the beauty of the place and experience the quiet only found in nature. The peace for which we all search envelops me. On my worst days I’ve never failed to find it here.”

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories

The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories

by Joel Spring
The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories

The Ghosts of Autumn: A Season of Hunting Stories

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“Geographically, some seven hundred miles separate Aldo Leopold’s Sand County from Joel Spring’s Niagara County. Spiritually, they lie much, much closer.” —Thomas McIntyre, field editor, Sports Afield

Join Joel Spring for one brief season in the life of an avid outdoorsman. Stories of dogs and deer, friendship and adventure, heartache and triumph are set against a backdrop of the vivid colors of autumn. From the first few wisps of cool north wind in September, through the frigid mountain cold of a late December morning, the author treats you like a welcomed friend.

Spring’s carefully crafted prose revisits the ghosts of hundreds of past hunts with good dogs and good friends will appeal not only to avid hunters and outdoorsmen but also anyone who appreciates fine writing about nature. Spend some time with Joel Spring and The Ghosts of Autumn.

“This is my cathedral. These are my meditations. I was raised Methodist, but this is my religion. “The fields and woods and old orchards here are sacred ground. I feel the presence of my old friends. I am humbled in the face of the beauty of the place and experience the quiet only found in nature. The peace for which we all search envelops me. On my worst days I’ve never failed to find it here.”

Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510704824
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 04/12/2016
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Joel Spring, a native of western New York, is the author of Season of Obsession and Thursday’s Bird, as well as countless sporting magazine articles. He has contributed to and Deer Hunting, Sports Afield, Fur–Fish–Game, and North American Whitetail. He lives in Ransomville, New York, with his wife, Joy, and their three dogs. The number of dogs is subject to change.

Table of Contents

1 The Ghosts of Autumn 1

2 The Ghosts of Lascaux 4

3 The Ghosts That Walk with Me 9

4 The Ghosts in the Machine 22

5 The Firsts 28

6 The Lesser Ghosts of Autumn 34

7 The Collecting 38

8 The Ghosts of Maine 42

9 Early On 46

10 The Ghost of Hanging Bog 54

11 The Circle 58

12 The Woods Near Nobleboro Bridge 61

13 The Ghosts in the Darkness 74

14 The Bird Fields 77

15 The Ghosts of Pricker Pond: Part I 85

16 Strangers 91

17 October into November 97

18 Here's Your Sign 101

19 My Kind of Guy 103

20 The Capture 106

21 The Return 112

22 Deer Season Eve 118

23 Opening Day 124

24 The Ghosts of Pricker Pond: Part II 134

25 Possession and Rendering 140

26 Monday's Ghosts 145

27 Fallback Woods 150

28 The Ghosts That Walk Among Us 154

29 Return to the Lonely Ravine 157

30 Visitors 164

31 The New Place 168

32 Pricker Pond: Part III-Goodbye 174

33 The Future 178

34 The Survivors 183

35 Epilogue: The Ghosts of Winter 185

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