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[44hunter45]

All day flights today.

Back into Dan Flores’ American Serengheti

Refreshing that he is willing to examine all the factors involved in the demise of the bison.

After a whole chapter devoted to the adaptability of the feral horse, I was surprised to see him name them as a not small factor in the crash of the bison.

He still credits market hunting, but not in the ways that you would think.

I do not alway agree with Dan Flores, but I appreciate his deep education and willingness to look at things from all angles.

 

[geetar]

Picked this one up on the Kindle app today.

 

[HerkHunter]

Currently reading “Grizzly Bear Science” by Bruce McLellan. A bit heavy on the science but he breaks it down nicely and adds lots of story. He lived in the Canadian Flathead Valley for 40 or so years trapping, tracking, and studying grizzlies. I have learned so much about bears and come to have a new respect for them. One cool tidbit I learned is on average, during the peak of the berry season, bears are consuming ~20,000 calories a DAY. Nuts.

 

[Irrelevant]

The Big Sky, AB Guthrie

Seriously disappointed. It's middling at best. Unrealistic plot. To his credit the details, settings, etc, are very good. Main character isn't always the good guy.

 

[Big Fin]

I read this one when it first came out. Just got done listening to the audio version last month. I got more out of it the second time. The amount of conservation work done during the "Dirty Thirties" of a Dust Bowl and economic depression is astounding. To think of what they did for wildlife and the future of conservation infrastructure, compared to the piddly stuff politicians fight over today, is hard to reconcile. Much of what we enjoy today can be traced back to this time.

As much as T.R. is deserving the reputation as the President who instituted a conservation ethos in America, his fifth-cousin, FDR, did even more on-the-ground conservation than T.R.

https://amzn.to/4gT9fQR

 

[Bigjay73]

Picked this up yesterday at the GWB library in Dallas.

 

[noharleyyet]

Cover is somewhat confusing but so far it's a pretty good listen...

 

[Nameless Range]

“I would rather have this book published than anything that has ever been written about me.” - Theodore Roosevelt.

 

[Southern Elk]

The Big Sky, AB Guthrie

Seriously disappointed. It's middling at best. Unrealistic plot. To his credit the details, settings, etc, are very good. Main character isn't always the good guy.

I enjoyed everything, except for the ending. I was disappointed. As others have pointed out, the theme is that man destroys everything that he loves.

 

[Southern Elk]

I read the first book of the Longmire series. I didn’t care for it. I struggled to finish it. It took forever for the story to develop. I really enjoyed the tv series. My wife says you should never watch the series or movie before reading the book.

 

[MTGamecock]

About a third of the way through it. So far, so good:

 

[jwatts]

This one's gonna be a dry read I imagine.