A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting: The Decoys, Guides, Clubs, and Places - 1870s to 1970s

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R K Sawyer

A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting

The Decoys, Guides, Clubs, and Places - 1870s to 1970s

R K Sawyer

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Eakin Press
05 June 2024

History of the Americas; Local history; Hunting or shooting animals & game

The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above the Texas coast. Gone too are the days when, in a single morning, hunters often harvested ducks, shorebirds, and other waterfowl by the hundreds. The hundred-year period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century brought momentous changes in attitudes and game laws: changes initially prompted by sportsmen who witnessed the disappearance of both the birds and their spectacular habitat. These changes forever affected the state's storied hunting culture.

Yet, as R. K. Sawyer discovered, the rich lore and reminiscences of the era's hunters and guides who plied the marshy haunts from Beaumont to Brownsville, though fading, remain a colorful and essential part of the Texas outdoor heritage.

Gleaned from interviews with sportsmen and guides of decades past as well as meticulous research in news archives, Sawyer's vivid documentation of Texas' deep-rooted waterfowl hunting tradition is accompanied by a superb collection of historical and modern photographs. By preserving this account of a way of life and a coastal environment that have both mostly vanished, A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting also pays tribute to the efforts of all those who fought to ensure that Texas' waterfowl legacy would endure. This book will aid their efforts in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations.

By: R K Sawyer
Imprint: Eakin Press
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 962g
ISBN: 9781681793726
ISBN 10: 1681793725
Pages: 418
Publication Date: 05 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

R.K. Sawyer has been a waterfowl hunter since 1964, the seeds of his lifelong passion sown on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. He currently resides in Sugar Land, Texas, with his wife Wendy and Matagorda Mattie, a black Labrador Retriever. A retired petroleum geologist, Rob has since been working with waterfowl habitat projects and freelance writing. He is the author of four historical hunting books: A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting (2012), Texas Market Hunting (2013), Images of the Hunt (2020), and The Tarpon Club of Texas (2022) and numerous magazine articles.