A lighthearted, pleasantly diverting collection of Dean's columns
on hunting and fishing the woods and streams of North Carolina.
Editor of Wildlife in North Carolina, the official publication of
that state's Wildlife Resources Commission, these pieces span
Dean's 17-year tenure, though none are a bit dated. He frets that
development, acid rain, and logging threaten the region: areas he
hunted as recently as the 1970s are now shopping malls. But the
traditions of his hobbies and the rituals of the seasons continue
in spite of it all. He revels in anticipation of opening day for
trout on the first Saturday in April; it's a celebration, he notes,
in which trout, because of the swarms of fishermen and usually
lousy weather, "rarely play a major role." He does a lot of his
fishing with his son, Scott, but fondly recalls excursions with his
late grandfather and other old-timers who served as mentors and
companions. As a bridge to that past, he only partway spruces up an
old three-room clapboard house to use as a hunting and fishing
lodge. In a delightful aside, he ponders two toads at the side of
the road, "big as cantaloupes," feeding on crickets and moths and
other insects: "They apparently limit their intake to anything that
will fit." He tracks down the surprisingly recent last sighting of
an elk in North Carolina and recounts a perilous midwinter quest
for spotted sea trout from a slippery cinder block jetty at
Wrightsville Beach. And to the affirmation of all fishermen, he
answers the question, "What is a reasonable amount of time to spend
fishing?" in a piece titled "Enough Is Not Enough." As fun and
important as a rainy day sittin' round the cracker barrel - and
with none of the corn pone. (Kirkus Reviews)
Jim Dean, longtime editor of Wildlife in North Carolina , offers
his personal observations on the pleasures and frustrations of
hunting, fishing, camping, and other outdoor pursuits. Dogs That
Point, Fish That Bite draws together fifty of the best columns that
Dean has written for the magazine over the last seventeen years.
The witty, sometimes poignant pieces are arranged into a loose
chronicle of the sporting year, with a generous allowance for
digression: the first is set in April, on the opening day of trout
season, and the last tells of a New Year's Day spent alone in a
mountain cabin. At first glance, hunting and fishing are the focus
of most of the columns. Often, however, Dean is after bigger game.
A crab that escapes the pot leads him to reflect on the capricious
nature of life. The restoration of a cabin at the old family farm
evokes memories of family and simpler times. And a May panfishing
trip takes on the quality of ritual, performed by two old friends.
The consistent theme uniting all the essays is the celebration of
wild places and rural traditions that have become endangered in our
modern world. |Fifty outdoor essays by Jim Dean, the longtime
editor of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine and a noted outdoor
writer and photographer. Here Dean shares his personal observations
on the pleasures and frustrations of hunting, fishing, camping, and
other outdoor pursuits.
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