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Tight Lines and Heavy Game Bags: Stories about Hunting, Fishing, Dogs & Other Important Things - Hardcover
Tight Lines and Heavy Game Bags is an eclectic collection of short stories and essays about everything from bird dogs to Zumbador. These wonderful stories take the reader hunting and fishing around the world, from the highlands of Scotland and County Mayo in Ireland, to the high Ecuadorian Andes, to the shores of the Black Sea, to the rugged deserts and mountains of the American west. The stories draw upon the experiences the author had over more than three decades hunting and fishing on four continents. This is a collection of stories about hunting and fishing in it's broadest sense. Some of the stories will make you laugh out loud, some may bring a tear, some may even make you think, but all will entertain. For those fans of Mr. Gowdey's book on German Shorthairs, his lifelong love affair with bird dogs shows through in this book as well. You will still find stories about three generations of his German Shorthairs, and the adventures he had with them hunting birds on two continents. However, you will also find stories about fishing for marlin, bonefish, Atlantic salmon, and trout; hunting for wild goats, the quails and pheasant of North America, and the perdiz and zumbador of South America. This book belongs on the shelf of every hunter, angler, and bird dog lover.
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From the Author:
This book was in many respects a labor of love. The short stories draw upon four decades of experiences hunting and fishing on three continents. I hope that my love for the people, the special places, the dogs, the game and fish, shine throughout this collection.
While the book was a labor of love, it's writing was bittersweet. Some of the stories are snapshots of times and places that are gone, but which I deeply miss. Others memorialize some wonderful people and dogs that are no longer alive. I hope that the reader can visit those places with me and meet those special people and dogs through the stories in this book. Those places were worth visiting and those people and dogs worth knowing. I hope those journeys bring the reader as much joy as they originally brought me.
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While the book was a labor of love, it's writing was bittersweet. Some of the stories are snapshots of times and places that are gone, but which I deeply miss. Others memorialize some wonderful people and dogs that are no longer alive. I hope that the reader can visit those places with me and meet those special people and dogs through the stories in this book. Those places were worth visiting and those people and dogs worth knowing. I hope those journeys bring the reader as much joy as they originally brought me.
Reviews for David Gowdey's "The German Shorthaired Pointer: A Hunter's Guide"
You'll find much of value in David Gowdey's The German Shorthaired Pointer (A Hunter's Guide).
...For Gowdey the shorthair is a live-in hunting companion that hits the field hard with intense game-finding ability. Half of this very useful book follows up on Gowdey's view of the breed and offers a detailed, minimal-force training regime. The letter and spirit of his methods will suit both hunter and dog for good work afield and solid companionship at home.
Christopher Camuto, Gray's Sporting Journal, September/October 2009
Let's give Dave Gowdey a huge round of applause...Drawing on more than 40 years' experience with traditional German Shorthairs as family companions and hunting dogs primarily in the Southwest, Gowdey writes with clarity and insight. ...
Throughout the book, Gowdey's admiration for this breed is evident. He closes with a list of practical jokes German shorthairs play on their owners. We own shorthairs and will vouch that every trick listed is pure truth.
Nancy Anisfield, Upland Almanac Spring 2010
The author guides the reader beyond simply breed history, however, and gives practical advice on breeding, pup selection, health and feeding. Additionally, he spends several chapters on training-from building a good foundation in early puppyhood, to finesse training... and everything in between. He wraps up his book with a chapter entitled "Odds and Ends", and anyone who has ever owned a GSP or a DK will find themselves hooting and howling with laughter, and surreptitiously wiping tears away in sympathy and remembrance as he describes in great detail (and from personal experience) the breeds' affinity for mischief, troublemaking, escape, and food thievery.
In short, that David Gowdey is an experienced foot hunter writing a hunting dog book from a foot hunter's perspective is evident at every page turned. Hunters seeking down to earth advice from another hunter about the selection, care and training of a German Shorthaired Pointer could do much worse than to seek it from Mr. Gowdey's 2009 offering from Wide Sky Press. Kudos!
Nancy Schneider, North American Deutsch Kurzhaar Club E zine
You'll find much of value in David Gowdey's The German Shorthaired Pointer (A Hunter's Guide).
...For Gowdey the shorthair is a live-in hunting companion that hits the field hard with intense game-finding ability. Half of this very useful book follows up on Gowdey's view of the breed and offers a detailed, minimal-force training regime. The letter and spirit of his methods will suit both hunter and dog for good work afield and solid companionship at home.
Christopher Camuto, Gray's Sporting Journal, September/October 2009
Let's give Dave Gowdey a huge round of applause...Drawing on more than 40 years' experience with traditional German Shorthairs as family companions and hunting dogs primarily in the Southwest, Gowdey writes with clarity and insight. ...
Throughout the book, Gowdey's admiration for this breed is evident. He closes with a list of practical jokes German shorthairs play on their owners. We own shorthairs and will vouch that every trick listed is pure truth.
Nancy Anisfield, Upland Almanac Spring 2010
The author guides the reader beyond simply breed history, however, and gives practical advice on breeding, pup selection, health and feeding. Additionally, he spends several chapters on training-from building a good foundation in early puppyhood, to finesse training... and everything in between. He wraps up his book with a chapter entitled "Odds and Ends", and anyone who has ever owned a GSP or a DK will find themselves hooting and howling with laughter, and surreptitiously wiping tears away in sympathy and remembrance as he describes in great detail (and from personal experience) the breeds' affinity for mischief, troublemaking, escape, and food thievery.
In short, that David Gowdey is an experienced foot hunter writing a hunting dog book from a foot hunter's perspective is evident at every page turned. Hunters seeking down to earth advice from another hunter about the selection, care and training of a German Shorthaired Pointer could do much worse than to seek it from Mr. Gowdey's 2009 offering from Wide Sky Press. Kudos!
Nancy Schneider, North American Deutsch Kurzhaar Club E zine
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- PublisherWide Sky Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0982233027
- ISBN 13 9780982233023
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages202
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