The Compleat Waterfo(u)wler: A Discourse on Duck Hunting with a Little Goose on the Side

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Summary: fresh! Informative but entertainingly irreverant too.
Review: Amidst a sea of similar books I had to scan as part of some research, this one stood out like plant in bloom. I ended up buying it (along with just two others from the shelf) because I laughed out loud at the first page I saw. The idea of developing a pig as one's waterfowling hunting partner was a lovely (if irreverent) touch. It wouldn't know where to put it on a bookstore shelf. It's a legitimate guidebook to the sport. It's also funny enough to be in the humor section. I guess the author's "tongue-in-cheek" humor caused problems for amazon's listers too. He called it a "Compleat Guide to Waterfowling" but added a correction that lets one read "waterfowling" as "waterfouling" as well. There's a guy who's obviously been in more blinds than I ever will ...and who's not afraid to call his dog a pig! (Actually, the more I think about a pig for a gundog, the more I wonder if he's actually done that.) I have the impression that, because of my limited personal experience with waterbird hunting, I actually missed noticing some of the jokes that he has sprinkled throughout his text and illustrations. The indication here at amazon is "out-of-print"; but I found my copies on a bookstore shelf. (One was a "keeper"; the other two were gifts.) I ended up here looking for a similar piece he's apparently done on deer-hunting; but I'm having trouble finding it. (If Mr Peterson or his publisher read this, perhaps one of them will tell me how to get a copy.) Maybe there should be one like it for book-hunting as well!

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Summary: A Guide's Guide Book
Review: Being a duck/goose hunting guide, I don't very often read guidebooks but a client gave me a this book for Christmas. I think ol' Buck has spent maybe a little too much time in the blind at times but his book is very funny, especially when he describes why its better to use a pig than a dog as a retriever.

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Summary: A terrific spoof on duck hunting guides
Review: Buck has knocked the stuffing out of the serious stuff about waterfowling. He prefers to hunt with a pig, wonders about the same goofy things all duck hunters do when the birds aren't flying and shows that good humor is key to any enjoyment of a field sport. Buy this book - there are spoofs in this book that will make a serious hunter laugh out loud. My dad did.

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Summary: A great book about the humor of duck hunting, great art too
Review: I have bought this for all my hunting partners and we laugh about it every time we are out. It is a very funny look at a sport that if you step back and look at you might question your sanity. Here is guy that some how gets to the humor of the sport and reminds us not to take it to serious. Now my Yellow Lab is still miffed about the idea of a pig and would like to say a few words if he could type! Lets face it we have all hunted with dogs that were not to smart! I learned a few things form it as itJoe well research and has enough humor to make it a good read. The art work is great too! This is goofy look at a sort of goofy sport. This is the type of guy you would like to spend time in a blind with on slow day! What a laugh.

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Summary: Very WEAK!
Review: This was boring and chaulk full of dumb jokes. Save yourself the grief of having to return it by avoiding it. If you must spend you money on this paperback then be prepared to read a humor book with little information about the sport of duck hunting.