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Tom Jes

Tom Jes

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A number of years ago I had posted a list of books related just to waterfowling, decoys, conservation, etc. that I had on my shelves. After going to the Minnesota Decoy Collector's Show yesterday and updating my list after my annual purchase from Dean Dashner, here it is. I also have all the issues of Wildfowl Carving and Collecting, plus all the Competition issues. All the issuses of the old Waterfowler's World magazine, Over fifty years of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. There's also all the issues of Wildfowl magazine and all the early newsletters and magazines of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association. I still have to make a list of pamphlets that I've colected over the years as well as articles that I had cut from Sports Afield, Peterson's Hunting, etc just because I didn't have the storage space for those. I apologize for the formatting as it looked fine when first uploaded from my xcel spreadsheet.

Has anyone got some other titles to add?

1. Duck Hunting John G. MacKenty 1953 First Edition
2. Living a Dream: The Education of a Duck Hunter Norman Seymour 2002 Signed First Edition
3. Living a Dream: The Education of a Duck Hunter Norman Seymour 2002 First Edition
4. Modern Waterfowl Hunting Monte Burch
5. Extreme Waterfowl Hunting Bill Miller 1998 First Edition
6. DU Guide: Hunting Diving and Sea Ducks Gary Kramer 2003 First Edition
7. Stories of the Old Duck Hunters and Other Drivel Gordon MacQuarrie 1985
8. More Stories of the Old Hunters Gordon MacQuarrie 1983
9. The Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters Gordon MacQuarrie 1985
10. MacQuarrie Miscellany Gordon MacQuarrie 1987
11. Gordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an old Duck Hunter Keith Crowley 2003 First Edition
12. Duck Decoys and How to Rig Them Ralph Coykendall 1983 Collector’s Edition
13. The Duck Hunter’s Book Lamar Underwood 1982
14. The Bird Decoy: An American Art Form Paul A. Johnsgard 1976 First Edition
15. Of Men and Marshes Paul L. Errington 1957 First Edition
16. Through Minnesota’s Seasons with Jim Gilbert Jim Gilbert 1987
17. Hunting North American Waterfowl John O. Cartier 1974
18. Wildfowler’s Season Chris Dorsey 1995 First Edition
19. Fireside Waterfowler Wesley & Leitch 1987
20. Life Histories of North American Wildfowl, Vol 1 Arthur C. Bent 1951 First Edition
21. Life Histories of North American Wildfowl, Vol 2 Arthur C. Bent 1951 First Edition
22. Hunting Adventures with Jimmy Robinson T.S. Denison & Co. 1958 Signed by JR
23. The Orvis Guide to Outdoor Photography C. Boyd Pheiffer 1986
24. Great Plains Research Vol 8 No 1 – Wetlands Issue 1998
25. Successful Waterfowling Zach Taylor 1975 Second Printing
26. DU:Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them Wade Bourne 2000
27. The Duck Hunter’s Handbook Bob Hinman 1974
28. All About Wildfowling in America Jerome Knap 1976
29. Ducks and Spaghetti Lou Ovenden 1972 Signed First Edition
30. Mallards Scott Nielson 1992
31. Magnificent Voyagers Thomasson-Grant 1988
32. Waterfowl Tomorrow Dept. of Interior 1964
33. Flyways: Pioneering Waterfowl Mgmt in N.A. Dept. of Interior 1984 Signed by Editors
34. The World of the Canada Goose Joe van Wormer 1968
35. Realistic Decoys Patrick Spielman 1984
36. L.T. Ward and Bro.: Wildlife Counterfeiters No. American Decoys
37. Big December Canvasbacks Worth Mathewson 1997
38. Following the Flight Charles S. Potter Jr. 1999
39. The North American Waterfowler Paul S. Bernsen 1972
40. The Wildfowler’s Quest George Reiger 1989 Signed by Author
41. The Wings of Dawn George Reiger 1980 Signed by Author
42. Waterfowl in the Marshes A.C. Becker, Jr 1969
43. Travels and Traditions of Waterfowl H. Albert Hochbaum 1955
44. The Best of Nash Buckingham George Bird Evans 1973
45. The Outlaw Gunner Harry M. Walsh 1971
46. Aerial Surveys of Waterfowl Production 1955-71 FWS-report 160 1972
47. Green-winged Teal: Dist, Migration, Pop. Dynamics FWS-report 100 1967
48. Conservation and Citizenship Renner & Hartley 1940 First Edition
49. Population Ecology of the Mallard Dept of Interior 1972
50. The Duck Hunter’s Bible Erwin A. Bauer 1965
51. How I Photograph Wildlife and Nature Leonard Lee Rue III 1984 First Edition
52. Early American Waterfowling 1700’s – 1930 Stephen M. Miller 1986 First Edition
53. Modern Waterfowl – Guns & Gunning Don Zutz 1985
54. Whistling Wings Martin Bovey 1947 First Edition
55. The Saga of the Waterfowl Martin Bovey 1949 Second Edition
56. The Geese Fly High Florence P. Jaques 1939 Second Edition
57. Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater Eugene V. Connett 1947 First Edition
58. Wildfowling in the Mississippi Flyway Eugene V. Connett 1949 First Edition
59. American Bird Decoys William F. Mackey, Jr 1987 New Edition
60. Gunning the Chesapeake Roy E. Walsh 1971 Second Printing
61. Hunter’s Digest Erwin A. Bauer 1973
62. Hunter’s Digest 2nd Edition Erwin A. Bauer 1979
63. Waterfowling Boats, Blinds & Related Gear Chuck Lichon 1997 First Edition
64. Wild Rice Research & Management Conference Proceedings 1999
65. Hunt and be Damned or; Lost in Field and Forest Lawrence Lariar 1956
66. Woodworking for Wildlife MN DNR 1992 Second Edition
67. Photographing Waterfowl Kit Howard Breen 1989
68. Dabblers & Divers – A Duck Hunters Book Ducks Unlimited 1996
69. The Nature Photographer’s Complete Guide John Shaw 1984
70. Ducks and other Waterfowl Richard LeMaster 1985 First Edition
71. Wildlife in Wood Richard LeMaster 1978 First Edition
72. Decoys: The Art of the Wooden Bird Richard LeMaster 1982 First Edition
73. Waterfowl: The Artists Guide to Anatomy Attitude… Richard LeMaster 1983 First Edition
74. Carving Waterfowl with J.D. Sprankle Roger Schroeder 1985 First Edition
75. Painting Waterfowl with J.D. Sprankle Roger Schroeder 1991 First Edition
76. Shang Dixon MacD. Merkt 1984
77. Waterfowl Painting – Blue Ribbon Techniques William Veasey 1983
78. The Making of Hunting Decoys William Veasey 1986
79. North American Decoys Kenneth L. Trayer 2003 Signed First Edition
80. Duck Fever Bruce Cochran 1992
81. Waterfowl Studies Bruce Burk 1976
82. Complete Waterfowl Studies - Volume I Bruce Burk 1984
83. Complete Waterfowl Studies - Volume II Bruce Burk 1984
84. Complete Waterfowl Studies - Volume III Bruce Burk 1984
85. Game Bird Carving – Third Edition Bruce Burk 1988
86. John Scheeler – Bird Carver Roger Schroeder 1988
87. Shore Bird Decoys Henry Fleckenstein 1980
88. Decoy Carving Techniques Barber & Reader 1984
89. Featherstrokes For Shorebirds Beebe Hopper 1989
90. Shorebird Carving Rosalyn Leach Daisy 1990
91. Minnesota Duck Calls - #389 Doug Lodermeier 2003 Signed First Edition
92. Saginaw Bay Waterfowl Hunting & Decoy Carvers William A. Stout 2007 First Edition
93. A Saga of Duck and Goose Hunting Walter L Bush 1978 Second Printing
94. Duck Decoys – Classic Projects Made Easy Tom Matus 2003 First Edition
95. Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway Alan G. Haid 1981
96. Waterfowling These Past 50 Years David Hagerbaumer 1998 Signed First Edition
97. How to Make Working Decoys George Ross Starr 1978
98. The Atlantic Flyway Robert Elman 1980
99. Waterfowling on the Chesapeake 1819-1936 C. John Sullivan 2003
100. Ira D. Hudson and Family Henry H. Stansbury 2002 First Edition
101. Wild Fowl Decoys Joel Barber 1937 Second Edition
102. The Decoy Duck: From Folk Art to Fine Art Bob Ridges 1988 First Edition
103. Louisiana Lures and Legends Brian Cheramie 1997 First Edition
104. Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America Frank Bellrose 1980 Third Edition
105. Floaters and Stick-ups George Reiger 1986 First Edition
106. Carving Antique Shorebirds Anthony Hillman 1986
107. Carving Shorebirds Harry V. Shourds 1982
108. Duck and Goose Addicts Manual T.R. Michaels 2002
109. Reference Guide: Waterfowl Dan Williams 1995
110. Reference Guide: Waterfowl II Scott Nielson 1997
111. Reference Guide: Waterfowl III Wildfowl Carving 1999
112. Painting Shorebird Decoys Anthony Hillman 1987
113. Wild Goose Marsh: Horicon Stopover Robert E. Gard 1972 First Edition
114. Prairie Wings Edgar M. Queeny 1946 First Edition
115. The Canada Goose Kit Howard Breen 1990 First Edition
116. Wild Goose Country Michael Furtman 1992 Signed First Edition
117. Wildlife Adventures With a Camera Peggy & Erwin Bauer 1984 First Edition
118. Photographing the North American West Erwin & Peggy Bauer 1987 First Edition
119. Ben: The Adventures of a Hunting Retriever John Troy 1984 First Edition
120. Hunting Ducks and Geese Edward C. Jaynes 1964 Signed Second Ed.
121. Decorative Decoy Carvers Painting Portfolio Bruce Burk 2004
122. Decoys – 60 Living and Outstanding No. Am. Carvers Loy S. Harrell, Jr 2007 Signed First Edition
123. Shotgunning in the Lowlands Ray P. Holland 1945 First Edition
124. Ecology and Management of the Wood Duck Bellrose & Holm 1994 First Edition
125. The Unique Wood Duck Bellrose & Nielson 1993 First Edition
126. To Ride the Wind H. Albert Hochbaum 1973 First Edition
127. The Legacy of Les C. Kouba Kay Johnson 1988 First Edition
128. Treasury of Waterfowl Shortt & Cartwright 1957
129. Our American Game Birds Van Campen Heilner 1941 First Edition
130. The Waterfowl Art of Maynard Reece Maynard Reece 1985
131. Wildfowl of North America Maass & McIntosh 1999 Signed First Edition
132. Tracks in the Sky: Wildlife & Wetlands Pacific Flyway Blake & Steinhart 1987
133. Wildlife Art: Carvings from the Ward Worlds Sparks & Aziz 1996
134. Return to Big Grass Mike Beno 1986
135. Perdew: An Illinois River Tradition Ann Tandy Lacy 1993 First Edition
136. Wetland Heritage: The Louisiana Duck Decoy Charles W. Frank, Jr 1985
137. Wings Over the Prairie H. Albert Hochbaum 1994 First Edition
138. A Singleness of Purpose: The Story of DU Jon R. Tennyson 1977 First Edition
139. Ducks and Men W. G. Leitch 1978 First Edition
140. The Ducks Came Back S. Kip Farrington, Jr 1945 First Edition
141. Golden Eagle Floyd Scholz 2007 First Edition
142. Mostly Tailfeathers Gene Hill 1975 Fourth Printing
143. Game and Bird Calling A. C. Becker, Jr 1972
144. Wildfowling Tales: 1888-1913 Worth Mathewson 1998 Second Printing
145. Old Wildfowling Tales: Volume II Worth Mathewson 1995
146. Old Wildfowling Tales: Volume III 1877-1910 Worth Mathewson 2005
147. Making Decoys the Century Old Way Grayson Chesser 1989
148. The Geese of Silver Lake Craig Blacklock 1989
149. Autumn Passages: A DU Treasury of Classics Ducks Unlimited 1995 First Edition
150. The Old Man and the Boy Robert Ruark 1957 First Edition
151. The Old Man’s Boy Grows Older Robert Ruark 1961 First Edition
152. American Waterfowl Bert Claflin 1952 First Edition
153. Raising Wild Ducks in Captivity Dayton O. Hyde 1974 First Edition
154. De Shootinest Gent’man Nash Buckingham 1992 Limited Edition
155. American Duck Shooting George Bird Grinnell 1918 Edition
156. Marsh Tales William N. Smith 1985 Second Printing
157. When Ducks Were Plenty Ed Muderlak 2000 First Edition
158. A Book on Duck Shooting Van Campen Heilner 1939 Third Printing
159. Waterfowl Shooting Wallace R. Labisky 1954 First Edition
160. High Tide and an East Wind Bruce Wright 1954 First Edition
161. Hunting Ducks and Geese Steve Smith 1984
162. On the Wings of a North Wind Michael Furtman 1991 Signed First Edition
163. Duck Decoys: How to make, paint, rig them Eugene V. Connett III 1953
164. The Ultimate Guide Calling and Decoying Waterfowl Monte Burch 2002 First Edition
165. Gun Dogs and Bird Guns Charley Waterman 1986
166. The Complete Wildfowler Grits Gresham 1973
167. Game Warden: Chesapeake Assignment Willie J. Parker 1983 First Edition
168. Goose Hunting Charles L. Cadieux 1980 Second Printing
169. North American Waterfowl Albert M. Day 1949 First Edition
170. Game Birds of North America Leonard Lee Rue III 1973 First Edition
171 Conservation of Natural Resources Guy-Harold Smith 1952 Second Printing
172. Managing American Wildlife Dian Olson Belanger 1988 Signed by author
173. New Approaches to State Land-use Policies Levin, Rose, Slavet 1974
174. Conservation of the Nation’s Resources Flynn, Perkins 1941 First Edition
175. Hunting for the Pot, Fishing for the Pan Byron W. Dalrymple 1981
176. The Giant Canada Goose Harold C. Hanson 1965 First Edition
177. Blue Ribbon Techniques: Burning & Texturing William Veasey 1984
178. Ducks at a Distance: A Waterfowl ID Guide US FWS Many
179. Know Your Ducks and Geese Cartwright & Shortt 1972
180. The LeMaster Method of Waterfowl Identification Richard LeMaster Plastic Field Guide
181. More Waterfowl by Assisting Nature More Gamebirds 1932 Second Edition
182. Duck Guns, Shooting, and Decoying Howard M. Salisbury 1947 First Edition
183. How to Shit in the Woods Kathleen Meyer 1994 Second Edition
184. The Secrets of Decoying Ducks & Geese Bob Hester 1982
185. Sportsman’s Guide to Wild Ducks Wildlife Mgmt Inst. 1946
186. Key to North American Waterfowl Wylie & Furlong 1978
187. Mallard Talk – Marshland Game Calls Monte Burch 1972
188. A New Day for Wildlife – a Fresh Approach Lester J. McCann 1978
189. Outdoor Photography Erwin A. Bauer 1979 Third Edition
190. Woodland, Field, and Waterfowl Hunting Ben C. Robinson 1946
191. Misty Mornings and Moonless Nights Norman Strung 1974 First Edition
192. The Canvasback on a Prairie Marsh H. Albert Hochbaum 1959 Second Edition
193. Silent Spring Rachel Carson 1987 25th Anniversary Ed.
194. Waterfowl in Minnesota – Technical Bulletin #7 MN DNR 1964
195. Black Duck Spring Bruce S. Wright 1966 First Edition
196. All Hell Broke Loose – 1940 Blizzard William H. Hull 1985 Second Printing
197. The Hunt John G. Mitchell 1979 First Edition
198. Don’t Shoot the Decoys Doug Larsen 2002
199. Wildfowling in Dakota 1873-1903 Harold F. Duebbert 2003 Signed First Edition
200. All Duck Hunters Are Crazy Ronald M. Koch 2000 Signed First Edition
201. Whispering Wings and Wooden Blocks Ronald M. Koch 1997 First Edition
202. American Duck, Goose, and Brant Shooting William Bruette 1930 First Edition
203. Waterfowl Hunting NRA 1988
204. By Dawn’s Early Light E. Donnall Thomas Jr 2001 First Edition
205. The Complete Wildfouler B. R. “Buck” Peterson 1996
206. R. Madison Mitchell: His Life and Decoys Charles Lee Robbins 1989 Third Printing
207. Waterfowl in Winter Milton W. Weller 1988
208. Draining the Great Oasis Amato & Timmerman 2001
209. The Ducks Geese and Swans of North America Francis H. Kortwright 1943 Second Edition
210. The Flight of the Snow Geese Des & Jen Bartlett 1975 First Edition
211. Wildfowl Food Plants W. L. McAtee 1939 First Edition
212. Outdoor Yarns and Outright Lies Gene Hill/Steve Smith 1983 First Edition
213. Picking Your Shots Steve Smith 1986 First Edition
214. An Hour Before Dawn Dennis Anderson 1993 First Edition
215. Poachers Caught! Tom Chapin 2003 Signed First Edition
216. Prairie Ducks Lyle K. Sowls 1955 First Edition
217. A Paddling of Ducks Dillon Ripley 1957 First Edition
218. Shots Heard ‘Round the World Ellis O. Briggs 1957 First Edition
219. Duck Boats: Blinds: Decoys Raymond R. Camp 1952 First Edition
220. Our Vanishing Wildlife William T. Hornady 1913 First Edition
221. The Market Hunter David & Jim Kimball 1969 First Edition
222. The Biology of Lakes and Ponds Bronmark & Hansson 2002
223. The Best of Jimmy Robinson John R. Meyer 1980 Signed First Edition
224. Bird Carving Basics: Texturing Curtis J. Badger 1991
225. Bird Carving Basics: Heads Curtis J. Badger 1991
226. Bird Carving Basics: Bills and Beaks Curtis J. Badger 1991
227. Bird Carving Basics: Tools Curtis J. Badger 1993
228. Bird Carving Basics: How to Compete Curtis J. Badger 1994
229. Bird Carving Basics: Special Painting Techniques Curtis J. Badger 1992
230. Halt! I’m a Federal Game Warden Willie J. Parker 1977 First Edition
231. Antique Style Duck Decoys Tom Matus 2006 First Edition
232. Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway George Ross Starr 1974 First Edition
233. Decoys of the Winnebago Lakes Ronald M. Koch 2000 Second Edition
234. American Game Bird Shooting George Bird Grinnell 1910 First Edition
235. Decoys and Decoy Carvers of Illinois Parmalee & Loomis 1969 First Edition
236. Decoying Waterfowl A.C. Becker 1973 First Edition
237. Decoys of the Susquehanna Flats J. Evans McKinney 1978 Signed First Edition
238. A Field Guide to Identification of MN Aquatic Plants Mary Blickendorfer 2007
239. History of the Otter Tail River Alfred C. Seltz, Jr 1999
240. Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest R.W. Bouchard, Jr 2004 3rd Printing (2008)
241. The World of Owen Gromme Michael Mentzer 1983 First Edition
242. Crow Shooting Bert Popowski 1946 First Edition
243. Getting the Most out of Modern Waterfowling John O. Cartier 1974 First Edition
244. The Art in Making Decoys - Collector’s Edition #74 Keith Meuller 2009 Signed First Edition
245. The Art in Making Decoys - Workbook Edition Keith Meuller 2009 First Edition
246. Minnesota Duck Decoys - #389 Doug Lodermeier 2009 Signed First Edition
247. DU Guide: Hunting Dabblers Wade Bourne 2002
248. Reflections on 60 Years of Duck Hunting Experiences Ken Higgins 2009 Signed First Edition
249. Chincoteague Carvers and Their Decoys Barry Berkey 1981 First Edition
250. Our Feathered Game Dwight Huntington 1903 First Edition
251. The Blue-Winged Teal (its ecology & management) Logan J. Bennett 1938 First Edition
252. Forty Years of Hunting Jimmy Robinson 1947
253. Game Management Aldo Leopold 1933
254. Pioneer Decoy Carvers - # 4/500 Signed by Authors Barry Berkey et al 1977 Signed by Lem Ward
255. The Story of Lem Ward Ida Ward Linton 1984
256. Mason Decoys – a complete pictorial guide Goldberger & Haid 2003 Expanded Edition
257. Oxley Outdoors - # 551/1000 Signed by Author Rich Oxley 2010
258. Yearbook of Agriculture - Land UDSA 1958
259. Yearbook of Agriculture – Natural Resources USDA 1983
260. Whooping Crane – Images from the Wild Klaus Nigge 2010 First Edition
261. Louisiana Duck Decoys Charles W. Frank Jr. 1978 Second Printing
262. The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings Adele Earnest 1965
263. Duck Country Michael Furtman 2001
264. The Art of Wingshooting William B. Leffingwell 1895
265. Waterfowling: Best Days Worth Mathewson 2010 Signed First Edition
266. Reelfoot Lake Remembered Russell H. Caldwell 2005 Signed First Edition
267. Detroit Decoy Dynasty - #860/1000 Ron Sharp/Bill Dodge 2009 Signed by Authors
268. Waterfowl in Iowa – Illustrated by Maynard Reece Jack/Mary Musgrove 1977
269. Carteret Waterfowl Heritage Jack Dudley 1993 Signed First Edition
270. Upper Chesapeake Bay Decoys and Their Makers David/Joan Hagan 1990
271. Susquehanna River Decoys Harold R. Buckwalter 1978
272. Wings on the Water Wildfowl Carving Mag 2012
273. Goose and Duck Shooting William B. Haynes 1961
274. Current Status & Future of Waterfowl Harvest Mgmt Robert J. Blohm 2006
275. 1988 North American Wood Duck Symposium Various 1990
276. Floating Sculpture – Decoys of the Delaware River Huster & Knight 1982
277. The Great Book of Waterfowl Decoys Joe Engers 1990
278. The Duck Gods Must be Crazy Doug Larsen 2004
279. Great Lakes Decoy Interpretations #745/1000 Gene & Linda Kangas 2011
280. Horicon Marsh History Donald J. Miescke 2012 First Edition
281. Decoys of Lake Champlain Dr. Loy S. Harrell 1986
282. The Ducks Unlimited Story Michael Furtman 2011 Signed by Author
 
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long list -

May have missed them but I don't think I saw either of Keith Russell's books on there

the Duck-huntingest Gentleman

or

For Whom the Duck Tolls
 
Wow... What a list... I will have to look into a few of those...

Me - I like reading Gene Hill and Nash Buckingham
 
Terrific Collection. Read the list, long list, and if I am reiterating those you have, I apologise. I sending this out from memory without going through my titles or further researching on the internet. These are some which you might find interesting.

1. The Bible: Duck Shooting Along the Eastern Tidewater.
Connett
2. WildFowl Decoys, Joel Barbour

Three Great old titles:

3. Lewis's American Sportsman

4. Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches.
Hawes

6. The Wild Fowlers. Charles Bradford

7. Gunner's Dawn. Roland Clark

8. Stray Shots. Roland Clark

9. Gunnerman's Gold Bigelow. Maybe a Derrydale, I have forgotten.
 
Wow... What a list... I will have to look into a few of those...

Me - I like reading Gene Hill and Nash Buckingham
Click to expand...

Many of Gene Hill's writings are not waterfowl but I prefer him over Nash.

Impressive listing of books, I am jealous
 
Tom, Remarkable collection! I noted that you didn't include two of Dave Hagerbaumer's books. His book, The Bottoms, is very hard to find and brings top prices. The other one, Selected American Game Birds, is common, and in most cases priced low. I currently have 20 or more copies of Selected American Game Birds that I am selling for Dave. All money from sales of this book will go to his wife. I also have several copies of The Bottoms that I have picked up over the years. If you have an interest, I will place a classified ad for these two book on this page sometime next week. Best, Worth Mathewson
 
Tom

You're way too organized. Truth be told, I have a soft spot for books...some guys have it for scotch, cigars or vintage shotguns, but my affliction is worst for books, and on top of that my wife is my enabler. You've got me beat on duck books, but we have thousands of books of wide ranging subjects. Books keep entering our house, but they never leave. We just keep adding shelves. I'll have to look a bit closer, as it will probably give me some ideas I need to add to my collection, I'm sure I have a couple rarities that I don't see here.

Best
Chuck
 
I am fortunate that my wife is also a book-aholic - so my collection/pile never becomes an issue.

beyond waterfowling subjects - I rarely find an upland hunting (grouse and woodcock) or fly fishing title I am missing, toss in Salmon flies tomes, double gun books and more than a few on early American history and Pennsylvania longrifles and the inventory becomes a bit large

i kept a computerized list like that for several years, and had a regular route of the used book stores in the area, and got all the dealers catalogs. But when eBay was new, and dealer went on the internet, my access to out of print titles exploded and the list was too much to keep up. Surprising even without it, I think I have only picked up a duplicate by accident once.
 
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I applaud your list, as I have never been motivated enough to do the same with my library/collection of books, magazines, calendars, etc. All I do know is that I have a lot, and they are everywhere.
I try my best to keep the subjects in different areas of the house, that's about as organized as I get. The mailman may not like me, as I get a vast array of art, decoy, hunting, fishing and other magazines.

How many Highwood Farms book markers do you have? Most of my books were bought at decoy shows from wonderful, knowledgeable dealers. Many from Dean Dashner, he even got me a signed copy of Joseph W. Lincoln, by Cap Vinal. Many decoy books were bought from the authors. I appreciate and enjoy my books, and magazines, and read and refer to them everyday.

When I do go to a Decoy show, the first thing I do is look for a book dealer. They seem to be fewer and fewer, and that's a shame.
 
Tom;

Thats a very complete library you have. Do you have a modified Dewey Decimal system in order to track all your volumes?

The only book that I have that isn't on your list is a signed "Black Brant" by Einarsen, printed in 1965.

Gibby
 
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I dont think any of these are on the list
A Sportsmans Scrapbook - John C Phillips 1928
A Sportsmans Second Scrapbook - John C Phillips 1933
American Waterfowl - John C Phillips & Frederick Lincoln 1930
American Wild Fowling - Joseph Long 1874 (the first book on American duck hunting)
Dawn In A Duck Blind (with 33 1/3 record) - Arthur Allen 1963 (the record really sets off the dogs)
Duck Hunters Are Nuts - Owen Osborne 1972
Feathers Preferred - Austin Peters 1951
Field Cover & Trap Shooting - AH Bogardus 1891
Fishing & Shooting Sketches - Grover Cleveland 1907
Flying Feathers - Horatio Bigelow 1937
Fur & Feather Tales - Hamblin Sears 1899
Fur Or feathers - Lawrence Smith 1946
Game Bird Shooting - Charles Askins 1931
Gamebirds Wildfowl & Shorebirds of Mass. - Edward Howe Forbush 1912
Good Shooting - John Mackay 1961
Goose & Duck Shooting - William Haynes 1961
Guns & Gunning - Bellmore Brown & Don Beard 1908 (published by J Stevens Arms & Tool)
Guns & Gunning - Paul Curtis 1941
Hell I Was There - Elmer Keith 1979 (a really fun read)
Hollica Snooze - Ernashaw Cook 1957
Hunting In The Old South - Clarence Gohdes 1967
Inter Ocean Hunting Tales - Edgar Randolph 1908
Leaves From A Sportsmans Diary - Parker Gilmore 1896
Mark - John Mackay 1956
Moss Mallards & Mules - Bob Brister 1974
On The Wing - John Bumstead 1869
Prairie & Forest - Parker Gilmore 1874
Recollections Of My 50 Years Hunting & Fishing - William Mershon 1923
Shooting By Moor Field & Shore - Eric Parker 1951
Shooting By Upland Marsh & Stream - William Leffingwell 1890
Shooting Over Decoys - Charles Hamilton 1923
Sport & Life On The Pacific Slope - Horace Vachell 1908
Sporting Sketches - Edwin Sandys 1905
Supreme Duck Shooting Stories - William Hazelton 1989 reprint
The American Sportsman - Elisha Lewis 1906
The Bird The Gun & The Dog - Ledyard Sands 1939
The Complete Wildfowler Ashre & Afloat - Stanley Duncan 1912
The Unnatural Enemy - Vance Bourjaily 1963
The Wildfowlers - Charles Bradford 1901
Wildfowl Shooting - William Bruce Leffingwell 1890
Wildfowling Tales - William Hazelton 1999 reprint
Wings Over The Marshes - Robert Ross 1948
With Shotgun & Rifle In North American Game Fields - Beverly Robinson 1925

I have all of htese and of course more....
 
I use a freeware library program called BookDB. It is a pain to type it all in but once you have it it saves you from buying something twice. I have 663 hunting & fishing books in the data base.
Probably 50 or so that I need to enter and a few to delete....
 
Worth,

I am definitely interested. The collection started out because some books I was looking for at the library were on a waiting list that was in some cases months long. I just started to get them so that I could read them anytime I wanted to. My first book was Norman Strung's "Misty Mornings and Moonless Nights". It was from his story about flagging ducks that our group started to use the technique on the geese in Rochester, MN. Boy did it work!

For me, Waterfowling is more than just lifting the gun and pointing it at the birds as they fly by.
 
Unless I've missed it, and please excuse if I did, I don't see Bert Popowski anywhere in the list, or in the ones to follow. Popowski was mostly a freelance writer for outdoor magazines, but wrote a couple of titles, Calling All Game and Old's Hunting Handbook, covering waterfowling. Bert was mostly a "how-to" writer. but his first-hand experiences were fascinating reading -- particularly for me as a kid growing up in the '60s. The local rod and gun club in northeast Kansas stocked a sort of mini-library of outdoor titles at my local public library. By the way, I went back there a month ago -- nearly 50 years later -- and the collection is gone ...
 
Worth

I'm interested as well. Book collecting started for me in the 1950's, with the publication of Sports Afield KNOW YOUR DUCKS AND GEESE. My "live the dream book". Had many copies that all fell to the way side from wear and tear. My current copy was a gift from a very good friend. Each time I look at it, I'm a kid again. Have told my wife, when it's time to plant me, that little book goes with me......
 
I have read through these lists 3 times, but I am not confident that I will not list something already mentioned.

Waterfowl of Illinois Stephen Havera
Marsh Tales, Duck Trapping and Gunning William N. Smith
All About Waterfowling in America Jerome Knapp
Seasons of the Hunter edited by Robert Elman and David Seybold
Autumn Across America Edwin Way Teale
The Market Hunter David and Jim Kimball
Gunning for Upland Birds & Wildfowl Shirley Woods, Jr.
Arkansas Duck Hunters Almanac Steve Bowman and Steve Wright
The Hunter in my Heart Robert F. Jones
The Last of the Market Hunters Dale Hamm and David Bakke
Jack Miner and the Birds Jack Miner
Nash Buckingham, Beaver Dam and Other Hunting Tales William "Chubby" Andrews
The Golden Age of Waterfowling Wayne Capooth
For Whom the Ducks Toll! Keith C. Russell
A Spectacular Waterfowl Migration Through Central North America Frank Bellrose
Migrational Behavior of Mallards and Black Ducks as Determined form Banding Frank Bellrose
Food Habits of Migratory Ducks in Illinois Frank Bellrose
Sex
Ratios of and Age Ratios in North American Ducks Frank Bellrose
Lead Poisoning as Mortality Factor in Waterfowl Populations Frank Bellrose
Waterfowl Populations and the Changing Environment of the Illinois River Valley Frank Bellrose
The Wildfowler's Quest George Reiger
Chesapeake James Michener
 
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