Idaho Ruffed Grouse Hunting: The Heartbeat of the Woods

by Andrew Marshall Wayment

Overview

Ruffed grouse hunting is to bird hunting what fly fishing is to fishing—the pinnacle of the sport. Grouse hunters are a diehard lot consumed by chasing evasive birds through impenetrable thickets. Back east, grouse hunting has a rich, long-standing literary history, with great authors such as Burton Spiller, William Harnden Foster, Grampa Grouse and many others. Tapping into and carrying on this literary tradition, hunter and author Andrew Wayment offers stories from years of grouse hunting throughout the Gem State. Grouse hunters everywhere will relate to and enjoy this intimate look into ruffin' it in Idaho.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467138444
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/13/2018
Series:	Sports
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Andrew M. Wayment is an attorney by profession and an outdoorsman by passion. Andy is a partner with the law firm Tolson & Wayment, PLLC in Ammon, Idaho. Andy has published numerous articles on upland bird hunting and fly fishing in various magazines and the local newspaper. His first book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith, was published in 2011 and received numerous positive reviews. Andy also writes for two blogs, Upland Ways and Tenkara Wanderings.

Table of Contents

Foreword Matt Sobcrg 7

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 The Progression of a Bird Hunter 15

2 A Better Way 18

3 Grouse-Hunting Lawyers 21

4 Grouse and Apples 27

5 Still Hunting 30

6 Western Grouse Dogs 34

7 Cover or Covert? 40

8 Grouse Springs 43

9 Think Twice about Hunting on Your Wife's Birthday 48

10 Mixed Bag 51

11 The End of the Road 57

12 Ruffin' It with Misty 60

13 Desperate Days of Grouse Hunting 68

14 The Cowboy and the Hippie Go Hunting 77

15 The Outhouse Covert 82

16 Conversation with George 86

17 Twenty Things Every Brush Worn Should Know about Ol' Ruff 94

18 Glory Days 98

19 Who Is the Best Writer on Grouse Hunting? 102

20 The Blazing Saddle 106

21 The Garage Band 111

22 Of Hearth and Home 114

23 The Song of Harvest Home 119

24 A Matter of Life and Death 124

25 No Sense to Come In Out of the Rain 129

26 We Only Get So Many October Days 133

27 Eye Opener in the Beaver Meadows 138

28 Easy Pickins' and Butt Kickins' 142

29 Last-Hour Grouse 146

30 The Heartbeat of the Woods 150

31 A Grouse Hunter's Dream 152

32 The Perfect Feeling 157

33 Grouse Therapeutic Session 162

34 Bona Fide Grouse Dogs: William Harnden foster Was Wrong about Brittanys 166

35 Rip Van Winkle Was a Grouse Hunter: A New Take on a Classic Tale 171

36 Discovering Tinkhamtown 178

Glossary 185

Bibliography 189

About the Author 192

Editorial Reviews

Andrew Wayment is incredibly well versed on this topic. No one but a very few would have any idea what a person was talking about when Tinkhamtown was mentioned, but Wayment not only does, but added some history to how the story came to be. Very well researched and a very well versed author. The Adams County Record

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