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From: averett@cs.unc.edu (Shava Averett)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: Novice would like help
Message-ID: <1991May16.074103.16702@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 16 May 91 12:41:03 GMT
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>In article<1991May14.062649.4932@doug.cae.wisc.edu>wbp@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
>     I've been reading this newsgroup with some interest since its
>inception.  I would like to ask all who would reply (either by e-mail
>or postings) to share with me experiences regarding getting started in
>hunting, safety in hunting and anything else you might want to relate.

I know this is probably not *quite* what you were looking for, but let
me recommend the books of Rourke (what was his first name?), especially
The_Old_Man_and_the_Boy (maybe The_Old_Man's_Boy_Grows_Older) and 
anything by Havilah Babcock (who I understand is some obscure kin to me
but I don't get any of his royalties...;-).  These are collections, in
general, of stories of exactly the kinds of experiences you are looking
for us to share with you.  They are entertaining reading, and great to
take hunting for the days when the weather conspires against you, or
for when you just get bored waiting for a deer...

Both Rourke and Babcock are full of common sense, and a feeling of the
kind of love for the outdoors, and general respect for the avocation.
If I have any objection, it has got to be the mild-to-overt misogyny
that permeates many references to womenfolk.  Just a product of their
times, I guess -- I don't know if they much expected that in a later
age, someone not of the "old boys" would be reading their little in-
jokes.

Shava (yes, I'm female last time I checked) Nerad Averett
shava@rad.unc.edu

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