Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten Fruit: Bottomland Book Club Those who remember and know America’s largest native fruit seem to be a number less and less with each passing year. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: Bottomland Book Club One title I’ve never quite achieved is that of a Fly Fisherman. Now, I've tried my hand at this art several times, but due to a strange ability to attract low hanging limbs and a lack in patience the fly rod usually saw little light before it quickly found its way back to the Jeep. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing
Braiding Sweetgrass: Bottomland Book Club As someone who spends a lot of time outdoors, this book was a treasure trove of knowledge. It combines both Native American wisdom with lessons from nature in a way that sticks with you long after you put the book down. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Passing a Good Time with Guns, Dogs, Fly Rods, and Other Joys: Bottomland Book Club Now, if you’re familiar with the name, I need not go into much detail on his ability to spin a story. If by chance, though, you are unfamiliar with him, it's safe to say you have missed out and I will attempt to give a little background. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Deer, Fishing
The Longest Silence: Bottomland Book Club Lucky for us, the master observer and literary genius, Thomas McGuane, loves fishing in wild places – skillsets and adorations that produced one pure fishing book from him in 1999: The Longest Silence – A Life in Fishing. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing
The Last Wild Road: Bottomland Book Club As an outdoorsman who loves to read, I find myself drawn to books full of short stories Read More Bottomland Book Club
Lords of the Fly: Bottomland Book Club Monte Burke’s most recent book, Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon, chronicles the modern evolution of saltwater fly fishing. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Fishing
The Feather Thief: Bottomland Book Club "...a mix of true crime, of 19th century naturalist history, and of the modern obsession with the art of Victorian salmon fly-tying" Read More Bottomland Book Club, Mossy Oak Fishing
Suddenly, The Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Bottomland Book Club I picked up this book before I began my 3-month technician position studying Eastern wild turkeys at the University of Delaware. “Suddenly, the Cider Didn’t Taste So Good – Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine” by John Ford quickly became one of my favorite books. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Land Management
Turkey Roost Tales: Bottomland Book Club The enjoyment of Dale’s book comes from exploring and getting to know the people in the sphere of his turkey hunting world. Though turkey hunting is, at its best, a solitary sport, we shine when gathering in twos and threes and tens, as that is where we get to re-live our greatest moments. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey
Remembering the Greats: Bottomland Book Club Turkey hunting has many icons, people who have contributed heavily to the tradition upon which this grand subculture of ours is built. In this book, Jim Casada has chronicled the stories of 27 of them. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey
Memories of Spring: Bottomland Book Club Jolly’s book, “Memories of Spring,” puts readers right alongside him on his hunts, to experience the thrills and frustrations that ultimately lead to success or failure. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey
Letters to My Grandson: Bottomland Book Club In his 2018 book, “Letters To My Grandsons,” Proffitt reinforced my opinion, providing us a lifetime of learning and insights from the spring and fall turkey woods, gleaned from legends like Kenny Morgan, Bland, Bailey, and from the sly wild turkey itself. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey
It Was Quite a Party: Bottomland Book Club For turkey hunters who desire that perfect caller, like those made by the late Neil Cost, we are given the next best thing by Branton and Berryhill; the story of who Cost was, as a man, and a callmaker. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey
The Education of a Turkey Hunter: Bottomland Book Club I can think of no better way for one to learn the truth of the story behind how our sport went from a fall endeavor to a rite of spring than to read William Frank Hanenkrat’s book, “The Education of a Turkey Hunter.” Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey
