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The Best Of Robert Service
The podcast host bought and read this book multiple times during a hunting trip, and initially mischaracterized the author as having died a destitute drunk, rather than a wealthy, decorated war veteran.
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I bought a book of collected works from the air little airport shack in King Sam in Alaska they sell Robert Service books yeah yeah because they want they're like oh I think they wanted everybody who...
— Episode: Ep. 160: Lust and Greed
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Episode: Ep. 160: Lust and Greed
The podcast host bought and read this book multiple times during a hunting trip, and initially mischaracterized the author as having died a destitute drunk, rather than a wealthy, decorated war veteran.
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I bought a book of collected works from the air little airport shack in King Sam in Alaska they sell Robert Service books yeah yeah because they want they're like oh I think they wanted everybody who likes to like lay claim are they just like he's Alaskan now you're saying that you're down on you're saying you don't like his poetry because it all rhymes no no no oh okay this was I just bought his book while I was waiting on our plane out to the peninsula to go hunt uh brown bears and it was just like winter would not leave and spent a ton of the trip you know shoulder to shoulder with three other dudes in a tent that sounds like a Bob Service poem oh yeah and so I was super into Robert Service and just but I had like reading that book front to back 12 different times on that trip I'd kind of come to the conclusion that there's no way this guy got stationed in the Yukon because he was a crackerjack banker you know I figured like he was put out there because he kind of had like some drug or alcohol problems and then you know all of his poems talking about like the working class it just kind of got ingrained in my brain that this guy probably did what a lot of poets and writers do is die a bad death somewhere destitute yeah drunk under some bridge exactly but that's not the case at all he turned out to be quite quite the straight arrow really yeah and I didn't learn that until just recently so it made some money off his writing he was the most wealthy writer in Paris at one time well what yeah that's saying something I would have rather especially in his death he died drunk under a bridge he's way less interesting he's way less interesting this way right if he would yeah because a lot of poets nowadays are too lazy to rhyme all their poems and that guy had that work ethic that needs to go into like rhyming that stuff out to the bitter end this guy not like he had a pretty sizable fortune going and then he couldn't when world war one broke out he couldn't join up because of his physical condition so he joined the red cross and kind of like Hemingway yeah Litter Bearer and won a bunch of medals he sounds like too good a dude to be a poet like a poet should be under a bridge drunk drunk like Hemingway screaming at people yeah just were you did you just use the word Litter Bearer yeah
Empire of the Summer Moon
Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
This book was referenced in a discussion about the Battle of Adobe Walls, specifically the differing perspectives of the buffalo hunters and the Native Americans involved.
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the battle of Adobe Walls; big bore pistols; what exactly does "loaded" mean; our penultimate word on Herrera v. Wyoming; and more.Connect with SteveandMeatEaterSteve on Instagramand TwitterMeatEater...
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This book was referenced in a discussion about the Battle of Adobe Walls, specifically the differing perspectives of the buffalo hunters and the Native Americans involved.
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the battle of Adobe Walls; big bore pistols; what exactly does "loaded" mean; our penultimate word on Herrera v. Wyoming; and more.Connect with SteveandMeatEaterSteve on Instagramand TwitterMeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YoutubeShop MeatEater Merch Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Eye of the Hunter
It was discussed as a book that evokes the essence of hunting through its descriptions of landscapes and environments, inspiring a desire to be present in those locations. The author's writing style was highlighted as a key element of its appeal.
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It wasn't so much the species, it was just how he wrote about the landscape. It just inspired me to be there.
— Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
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Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
It was discussed as a book that evokes the essence of hunting through its descriptions of landscapes and environments, inspiring a desire to be present in those locations. The author's writing style was highlighted as a key element of its appeal.
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It wasn't so much the species, it was just how he wrote about the landscape. It just inspired me to be there.
Great Rams and Great Ram Hunters II
Praised for its inspiring nature, photography, and the author's wit in the captions. It was described as a coffee table book that makes the reader want to experience the mountains and hunt sheep.
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I would look at Bob Anderson's great Rams series as one of them.
— Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
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Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
Praised for its inspiring nature, photography, and the author's wit in the captions. It was described as a coffee table book that makes the reader want to experience the mountains and hunt sheep.
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I would look at Bob Anderson's great Rams series as one of them.
That's a good book, man. They're inspiring. Great photography and Bob's wit in his way to caption photographs is second to none.
It's a really inspiring book. It's like a coffee table book. It is. But it makes you want to get out in the mountains so bad.
Tenth Legion ("White Edition")
The book's description of turkey hunting, particularly the intricate details of a hunter's experience calling in a turkey, was considered exceptional and impactful on the way the speaker viewed the sport. It was highlighted as a unique and significant work within hunting literature.
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Colonel Tom Kelly's 10th legion, they call that man the poet laureate of turkey hunting and for good reason.
— Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
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Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
The book's description of turkey hunting, particularly the intricate details of a hunter's experience calling in a turkey, was considered exceptional and impactful on the way the speaker viewed the sport. It was highlighted as a unique and significant work within hunting literature.
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Colonel Tom Kelly's 10th legion, they call that man the poet laureate of turkey hunting and for good reason.
That book is the way he describes a turkey, this is a raptor just walking in, he's calling it in. It's a very common hunting happenstance.
But the way he describes that, all the intricate things that are happening through the lens of this man's eyes has changed the way I look at turkey hunting. It's a great one.
Big Woods
The Hunting Stories of William Faulkner
This book portrays a multi-generational hunting camp, offering insight into different hunter personalities and archetypes encountered throughout a hunting life. While not a direct how-to, it was seen as providing valuable education on the culture of hunting.
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And then I really like Faulkner's The Big Woods because it's a little bit it was hard for me to get into but I probably read the thing like 15 times at this point.
— Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
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Episode: Ep. 157: Bottle to Throttle
This book portrays a multi-generational hunting camp, offering insight into different hunter personalities and archetypes encountered throughout a hunting life. While not a direct how-to, it was seen as providing valuable education on the culture of hunting.
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And then I really like Faulkner's The Big Woods because it's a little bit it was hard for me to get into but I probably read the thing like 15 times at this point.
And it kind of goes through this multigenerational hunting camp and it kind of hits the different characters that you will come in contact with through a life of hunting.
Robert Kaufman Kaufman Happy Little Unicorns Rainbows Blue Fabric By The Yard
This book, described as having great photos and being a beautiful hardback book, was mentioned as having inspired one of the speakers to want to go bonefishing.
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He had a book, yeah, Kaufman's Streamborn. It's big, it's hardback, great photos. It's a beautiful book.
— Episode: Ep. 151: Body of Water
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Episode: Ep. 151: Body of Water
This book, described as having great photos and being a beautiful hardback book, was mentioned as having inspired one of the speakers to want to go bonefishing.
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He had a book, yeah, Kaufman's Streamborn. It's big, it's hardback, great photos. It's a beautiful book.
The Deer Camp
A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them
This book, for which the speaker wrote a blurb, discusses Aldo Leopold's philosophy and the importance of maintaining a connection to nature to foster conservation.
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He says something like, we can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, or otherwise have faith in.
— Episode: Ep. 151: Body of Water
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Episode: Ep. 151: Body of Water
This book, for which the speaker wrote a blurb, discusses Aldo Leopold's philosophy and the importance of maintaining a connection to nature to foster conservation.
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He says something like, we can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, or otherwise have faith in.
Ragged Anthem (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
This is a new book of poems by Chris Dombrowski, featuring three poems about hunting.
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I have a new book of poems coming out in March called Ragged Anthem.
— Episode: Ep. 151: Body of Water
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Episode: Ep. 151: Body of Water
This is a new book of poems by Chris Dombrowski, featuring three poems about hunting.
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I have a new book of poems coming out in March called Ragged Anthem.
Escoffier
The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery
The podcast discussed Escoffier's method for determining the age of a rabbit by tearing its ear; only young rabbits with tender meat would tear easily. This was mentioned in relation to the texture of game meat.
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In a scoffy cookbook, Leguide Culinaire, he says that he only will cook a rabbit if you can tear the rabbit's ear like paper, means you just grab it like you're ripping paper.
— Episode: Ep. 150: Tough Assed Questions, Vol. 3
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Episode: Ep. 150: Tough Assed Questions, Vol. 3
The podcast discussed Escoffier's method for determining the age of a rabbit by tearing its ear; only young rabbits with tender meat would tear easily. This was mentioned in relation to the texture of game meat.
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In a scoffy cookbook, Leguide Culinaire, he says that he only will cook a rabbit if you can tear the rabbit's ear like paper, means you just grab it like you're ripping paper.
Path of the Puma
The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion
The author discussed his book, detailing surprising facts about the puma's history in North America, its wide distribution, and its various names across different cultures. He also shared anecdotes from his career studying pumas and their interactions with other wildlife and humans.
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I'll tell you the thing that surprised me most about that book, like the singular fact that I would have never imagined, is that you're saying in here that at the end of the last ice age...that North...
— Episode: Ep. 149: Path of the Puma
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Episode: Ep. 149: Path of the Puma
The author discussed his book, detailing surprising facts about the puma's history in North America, its wide distribution, and its various names across different cultures. He also shared anecdotes from his career studying pumas and their interactions with other wildlife and humans.
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I'll tell you the thing that surprised me most about that book, like the singular fact that I would have never imagined, is that you're saying in here that at the end of the last ice age...that North America lost mountain lions?
if we ranched worms, we'd declare war on Robins
the furthest north was a cat that was found frozen in the back of an old car
That was your inspiration?
I personally think that as humans...we hold these, uh, both prey species and predators or large carnivores in very high regard.
The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game
Volume 1
The book was referenced by a hunter's girlfriend while she was field dressing a deer, and it contained pictures that she used on her cell phone for reference.
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And then I think Garrett's girlfriend was out gutting a deer by herself and referencing pictures on her cell phone that she had taken of the big game guidebook.
— Episode: Ep. 144: Tough-Assed Questions
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The book was referenced by a hunter's girlfriend while she was field dressing a deer, and it contained pictures that she used on her cell phone for reference.
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And then I think Garrett's girlfriend was out gutting a deer by herself and referencing pictures on her cell phone that she had taken of the big game guidebook.
Backcountry Skiing Utah
A Guide to the State's Best Ski Tours (Backcountry Skiing Series)
A Utah backcountry skier, known for pioneering lines in the Wasatch and writing a ski guidebook, was mentioned in relation to an incident where he was caught stealing a trail camera and a tree stand.
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He was caught on trail camera stealing a trail camera and a tree stand or two maybe even.
— Episode: Ep. 142: Begging and Pleading
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Episode: Ep. 142: Begging and Pleading
A Utah backcountry skier, known for pioneering lines in the Wasatch and writing a ski guidebook, was mentioned in relation to an incident where he was caught stealing a trail camera and a tree stand.
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He was caught on trail camera stealing a trail camera and a tree stand or two maybe even.
Chesapeake
The speaker stated that they had recently finished reading Michener's *Chesapeake*, and that the book does a great job of portraying the constant change in the Chesapeake Bay area due to saltwater encroachment and erosion.
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And I feel like he does a great job in this area because the story of the Chesapeake Bay is just this constant change because of, well now like saltwater encroachment. And you know, i...
— Episode: Ep. 141: Squirrel Brains, Stags, and the...
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The speaker stated that they had recently finished reading Michener's *Chesapeake*, and that the book does a great job of portraying the constant change in the Chesapeake Bay area due to saltwater encroachment and erosion.
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And I feel like he does a great job in this area because the story of the Chesapeake Bay is just this constant change because of, well now like saltwater encroachment. And you know, it's erosion, right?
The Shooting Gallery (New Directions Classic)
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Experience of Landscape
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Desert Wanderers
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