This book extends our understanding of hunting in colonial India in a number of significant ways. It tells the reader about the essential link between shikar and governance. An enormous amount of research has gone into this book, and in that it advances the study of hunting and empire, together with the conservation aftermath, in very significant ways.
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• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. History of State Wildlife Management in the United States, by John F. Organ and Richard McCabe2. Public Trust Doctrine and the Legal Basis for State Wildlife Management, by Gordon R. Batcheller, Thomas Decker, and Robert P. Lanka3. State Fish and Wildlife Agencies and Conservation, by Jennifer Mock Schaeffer, M. Carol Bambery, Parks Gilbert, and Gary J. Taylor4. Evolution of Funding for State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, by Ronald J. Regan and Steve Williams5. State Wildlife Law Enforcement, by Brian R. Nesvik, Randall J. Stark, and Dan Thompson6. State Management of Big Game, by Vernon C. Bleich and Dan Thompson7. State Management of Upland and Small Game, by David Dahlgren, Michael A. Schroeder, and William Dukes, Jr.8. State Management of Furbearing Animals, by Tim L. Hiller, H. Bryant White, and John Erb9. State Management of Migratory Game Birds, by Mark P. Vrtiska and Shaun L. Oldenburger10. State Management of Nongame Wildlife, by Karie Decker, Mark Humpert, and J. Scott Taylor11. State Management of Human-Wildlife Conflicts, by Kurt VerCauteren, Daniel L. Hirchert, and Scott Hygnstrom12. State Management of Wildlife Disease, by Colin M. Gillin13. The Role of Human Dimensions in State Wildlife Management, by Daniel J. Decker, William F. Siemer, Ann B. Forstchen, and Christian A. Smith14. The Role of Field Research in State Wildlife Management, by Chad Bishop and Michael W. Hubbard15. Future Needs and Challenges for State Wildlife Agencies, by Jonathan GassettIndex.
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The adage "think globally but act locally" defines the work of American wildlife professionals. Their contributions, from remote outposts to major cities, guard the natural world of the entire country. In State Wildlife Management and Conservation, Thomas J. Ryder brings together wildlife leaders from practical, policy, and academic backgrounds to tell the story of state wildlife agencies, chronicling their efforts to restore and protect our nation's natural resources.Reflecting the core principle of the profession-that the public, not any individual, owns wildlife-the book explains how this tenet became law, laying the groundwork for the history of state-level wildlife management that follows. The authors cover key issues, including the limits of private land ownership, the funding of wildlife regulation, the nuances of humanâ wildlife conflict, the role of law enforcement, disease control efforts, and the challenges involved in balancing the perspectives of hunters, nonhunters, and animal rights advocates. Detailed essays also discuss state management techniques for a wide range of wildlife, including big game and migratory birds. State Wildlife Management and Conservation is a comprehensive, nationwide account of state management efforts. It will aid professors training the next generation of wildlife professionals, students hoping to enter the profession, and anyone working with wildlife to develop a more sophisticated understanding of what it means to be a state wildlife biologist. Contributors: M. Carol Bambery, Gordon R. Batcheller, Chad J. Bishop, Vernon C. Bleich, Dale Caveny, David K. Dahlgren, Daniel J. Decker, Karie L. Decker, Thomas A. Decker, Billy Dukes, John D. Erb, John R. Fischer, Ann B. Forstchen, Jonathan W. Gassett, Parks Gilbert, Colin M. Gillin, Tim L. Hiller, Daniel Hirchert, Michael W. Hubbard, Mark Humpert, Scott Hygnstrom, Robert P. Lanka, Richard E. McCabe, Jennifer Mock-Schaeffer, Brian Nesvik, Shaun L. Oldenburger, John F. Organ, Ronald J. Regan, Michael A. Schroeder, William F. Siemer, Christian Smith, Randy Stark, Gary J. Taylor, J. Scott Taylor, Daniel J. Thompson, Kurt VerCauteren, Mark P. Vrtiska, H. Bryant White, Steven A. Williams.
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• List of contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Why choose a career in the wildlife profession? / Paul R. Krausman and Scott E. Henke
• Wildlife undergraduate education and the university curriculum / Rick Baydack
• Advice for a student entering the wildlife profession: a professor's perspective / Scott E. Henke and Paul R. Krausman
• Skills for nonacademic wildlife and conservation careers / Eric Winford [and others]
• Wildlife careers: from A to Z / Scott E. Henke and numerous wildlife professionals
• Professional societies: the inside track to career success / Winifred B. Kessler
• The resume: an important tool in your career kit / John P. O'Loughlin, Paul R. Krausman, and Kerry L. Nicholson
• The professional interview: preparing for success / John L. Koprowski and Karen E. Munroe
• Being a professional and acting professionally / William F. Porter and Kelly F. Millenbah
• Graduate school: a professor's perspective / Fidel Hernández, Nova J. Silvy, and Kelley M. Stewart
• Graduate school: a student's perspective / Monika Burchette [and others]
• Professional diversity: the key to conserving wildlife diversity / Michel T. Kohl [and others]
• Appendix A. Common and scientific names of fauna and flora mentioned in the text
• Appendix B. List of websites mentioned within chapters
• Index.

Working with wildlife can be a thrilling adventure steeped in the wonders of the natural world, but entering the field demands a strong personal commitment. With proper training and guidance, students can transform themselves into competitive applicants and forge successful careers. This book reveals the best way to become a wildlife management professional. Becoming a Wildlife Professional is the first comprehensive book to describe the entry-level jobs available for the next generation of wildlife biologists and conservationists. Scott E. Henke and Paul R. Krausman include detailed chapters on how students should prepare for a vocation in the wildlife profession while offering pragmatic advice about applying for and obtaining a job. The core of the book presents over 100 diverse career options that are available to aspiring wildlife workers, including work in biological field research, forestry, rehabilitation, ranching, photography, and refuge management. It also details each position's educational and technical requirements, challenges, salaries, and opportunities for advancement. Bringing together useful advice from a range of seasoned experts who actually hold these jobs and have used these techniques to secure employment, Becoming a Wildlife Professional conveys important philosophical messages about the responsibilities and challenges of a career in wildlife conservation and management. This how-to manual is an essential text for wildlife science students interested in making themselves marketable for employers across a wide spectrum of wildlife jobs. Chapter Author Contributors: Rick Baydack, Jessica L. Blickley, Monika Burchette, Shawn Cleveland, Kristy Deiner, Kelly Garbach, Ashley R. Gramza, Jim Heffelfinger, Scott E. Henke, Fidel Hernandez, Serra J. Hoagland, Jessica A. Homyack, Winifred B. Kessler, Holley Kline, Lianne Koczur, Michel T. Kohl, John L. Koprowski, Blaise Korzekwa, Paul R. Krausman, Iara Lacher, Mariah H. Meek, Kelly F. Millenbah, Karen E. Munroe, Kerry L. Nicholson, John P. O'Loughlin, Lindsey Phillips, Lauren M. Porensky, William F. Porter, Terra Rentz, Nova J. Silvy, Kelley M. Stewart, Marit L. Wilkerson, Eric Winford. An additional 52 wildlife professionals describe the work of the profession.
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• Introduction / Kimberly M. Andrews, Priya Nanjappa, and Seth P.D. Riley
• A history of small animal road ecology / Thomas E.S. Langton
• Natural history and physiological characteristics of small animals in relation to roads / Scott D. Jackson, Tom A. Langen, David M. Marsh, and Kimberly M. Andrews
• Direct effects of roads on small animal populations / David M. Marsh and Jochen A.G. Jaeger
• Road effects on habitat quality for small animals / Tom A. Langen, Kimberly M. Andrews, Steven P. Brady, Nancy E. Karraker, and Daniel J. Smith
• Engaging the public in the transportation planning process / Julia Kintsch, Kari E. Gunson, and Tom A. Langen
• The current planning and design process / Stephen Tonjes, Sandra L. Jacobson, Raymond M. Sauvajot, Kari E. Gunson, Kevin Moody, and Daniel J. Smith
• Sources of funding / Patricia A. White and Kevin Moody. Practical example 1 / Brian A. Crawford
• Planning and designing mitigation of road effects on small animals / Tom A. Langen, Kari E. Gunson, Scott D. Jackson, Daniel J. Smith, and William Ruediger
• Mitigating road effects on small animals / Scott D. Jackson, Daniel J. Smith, and Kari E. Gunson
• Modifying structures on existing roads to enhance wildlife passage / Daniel J. Smith, Julia Kintsch, Patricia Cramer, Sandra L. Jacobson, and Stephen Tonjes
• Construction and maintenance / Sandra L. Jacobson and Stephen Tonjes
• Monitoring road effects and mitigation measures and applying adaptive management / Daniel J. Smith, David M. Marsh, Kari E. Gunson, and Stephen Tonjes. Practical example 2 / Mark Fitzsimmons and Alvin R. Breisch
• The road ahead / Kimberly M. Andrews.

Few of us think twice about driving on roads. Yet the very presence of roads and the act of driving on them can impact the ecological infrastructure that supports an animal's daily life. What chance does a turtle have of successfully laying its eggs when it needs to traverse a busy highway? Is it realistic to expect small mammals to breed when an interstate thoroughfare subdivides their population? These are the sorts of challenges faced by small, often slow-moving, animals, challenges that road engineers and ecologists are trying to address. For countless small species, vehicles traveling at high speeds are nothing less than missiles shooting across migration pathways. For too many animals, the danger can lead to the loss of populations, in part because they simply are not programmed to react to traffic. Salamanders faced with a two-lane road between the forest and their aquatic breeding site, for example, will typically cross that road regardless of the congestion. The result can be hundreds of flattened animals in a single night. Roads and Ecological Infrastructure is the first book to focus on reducing conflict between roads and small animals. Highlighting habitat connections and the challenges and solutions from both transportation and ecological perspectives, the volume covers various themes, including animal behavior related to roads and design approaches to mitigate the negative effects of roads on wildlife. The chapter authors-from transportation experts to university researchers-each promote a goal of realistic problem solving. Conceptual and practical, this book will influence the next decade or more of road design in ecologically sensitive areas and should prevent countless unnecessary wildlife fatalities.
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• John James Audubon, 1785-1851 : The wild turkey
• David Crockett, 1786-1836 : Bear hunting in Tennessee
• Alexander G. McNutt, 1802-1848 : A swim for a deer : Chunkey's fight with the panthers
• William Elliott, 1788-1863 : A wild-cat hunt in Carolina : A day at Chee-Ha : Random thoughts on hunting
• William Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870 : "Bucks have at ye all," old song : Which augurs an affair of boars!
• Phillip Pendleton Kennedy, 1808-1864 : The falls of the Blackwater
• Thomas Bangs Thorpe, 1815-1878 : Wild turkey hunting : Wild-cat hunting
• Johnson Jones Hooper, 1815-1862 : The gentleman's amusement : The setter and pointer : On the shooting of quail
• Henry Clay Lewis (Madison Tensas), 1825-1850 : The indefatigable bear-hunter
• Charles B. Coale, 1807-1879 : A bear hunt in the Iron Mountain
• Charles Edward Whitehead, 1829-1903 : The deer hunt : The drowned lands
• Alexander Hunter, 1843-1914 : Among the quail in Virginia : Cobb's Island : A sporting fiasco.

Jacob F. Rivers III has collected twenty-two classic hunting tales by twelve southern writers including Davey Crocket, Johnson J. Hooper, and Henry Clay Lewis. These stories spring not only from a genteel literary tradition but also from the tradition of the tall tale or stories of backwoods humor. Antebellum and post-Civil War tales reflect changes in the social and economic composition of the hunting class in the South. Some reveal themes of fear for the future of field sports, and others demonstrate an early conservation ethic among hunters and landowners.Early Southern Sports and Sportsmen brings to new readers a wealth of hunting and fishing lore heretofore hard to find by any but scholars in the field of southern literature. Rivers has gathered a host of well-read and well-heeled sportsmen who relish each and every detail of their encounters with their environment. Sports authors come from every spectrum of southern society, but their common vocabulary and shared enthusiasm bond them together.Rivers corrects unfortunate stereotypes of hunters as indifferent to aspects of nature other than environmental exploitation. Whether humorists or serious advocates, these authors reveal their sense of their place in the wild, and many advocate ecological good citizenship that disdains wanton slaughter and unethical practices. They condemn such acts as beneath the dignity and honor of true sportsmen.The collection includes accounts of hunting many types of game indigenous to the South from 1830 to 1910, from aristocratic foxhunts to yeoman deer drives. The structure is largely chronological, beginning with John James Audubon's essay on the American wild turkey from his Ornithological Biography (1832) and ending with stories from Alexander Hunter's The Huntsman in the South (1908). Whatever their era, the chief characteristics of these sporting accounts are the excitement the authors experience upon suddenly encountering game, the rigors and hardships they endure in its pursuit, their keen powers of observation of the woods and waters through which they travel, and the comedy often found in the strong friendships that frequently mark their adventures. But above all the tales resonate with a reverence for field sports as the means through which humans establish meaningful and lasting relationships with the mysteries and the magic of nature.Featuring the writing of: John James AudubonCharles B. CoaleDavid CrockettWilliam ElliottJohnson Jones HooperAlexander HunterPhilip Pendleton KennedyHenry Clay LewisAlexander G. McNuttWilliam Gilmore SimmsThomas Bangs ThorpeCharles Edward Whitehead.
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• Of sea islands and single birds
• On fragile wings
• Nothing yet of the past
• All things being equal between Mr. Scaup and Sam Colt
• The witch
• Where once migrated angels
• The last hunt
• A question of safety
• The little things
• The retributions of April.

In A Life Afield, A. Hunter Smith welcomes readers to sit by his fireside as he recounts twelve evocative tales from his extensive experience as a hunter and hunting guide. Though Smith could draw from some 350 years of ancestral sportsman stories, he instead describes his own successes and mishaps with an intimacy that captivates audiences. Through his narratives Smith shares his philosophy on hunting and rambling in the outdoors and questions what it means to be a true sportsman in today's Deep South. As his stories make clear, the South's outdoor heritage has changed drastically within the last twenty-five years or more. The beauty and majesty of the natural world, as well as the principles of honor, integrity, and humanity found within circles of sportsmen, are seemingly no longer reward enough for the sporting world of today. Many of the age-old and time-proven wisdoms of woodsmanship are in danger of being forgotten or dismissed by a new era of "immediate reward" for minimal effort. A Life Afield reminds readers what it means to be a woodsman: to hold the woods and waters deep within one's heart. Taken as a whole, the collection chronicles the author's quest to adulthood, influenced by his outdoor adventures and friendships, while also subtly providing solid lessons in sporting ethics, gun safety, and general woodsmanship. A Life Afield includes a foreword by Ellison D. Smith IV, an environmental attorney, author of The Day the Pelican Spoke and Free as a Fish, and brother of the author.
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• Upland tales. Autumn magic
• Completing the picture
• Humbled by Huns
• Snowbelly
• Chukars aren't easy
• Sonoran safari
• Edgar's bird
• Jailhouse blues
• Hunting the sagebrush sasquatch
• Judge Owen Denny Day
• An ammunition maker's best friend
• Don't forget the bear spray
• A lonely, wild bird
• Gentleman Bob
• Helpers in the hunt. A dog's life ; Dogs may be smarter than we think
• Bird dogs and buzztails
• Strange happenings afield
• Second chances
• Rite of passage
• People and places. A nose for valley quail
• Longtails and liars
• Taking one for the team
• Conjugal bliss
• Country folks and city slickers
• The Hi-Line
• Sundown roosters.

Wingbeats and Heartbeats is a wingshooter's odyssey to the wild places where, at the end of the day, the companionship of faithful gun dogs and good friends matters more than a bulging game bag. In this sometimes humorous and sometimes poignant collection of essays, Dave Books celebrates a time-honoured connection to the land and the hard-earned hunting rewards of an outdoor life. Through these essays, readers tag along on adventures in the forests of Wisconsin and Minnesota, the fields of Iowa and North Dakota, the prairies of eastern Montana and Nebraska, the mountains of western Montana and Idaho, and the deserts of Arizona. Books also writes of the game birds that hunters pursue and admire: grouse, quail, woodcock, doves, chukars, Hungarian partridge, and other waterfowl. A heartfelt tribute to the freedom and magic of the hunt, Wingbeats and Heartbeats is a book that has much to say about work and fun, success and failure, and the sights, sounds, and smells of a day afield.
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• Introduction : a leopard in the garden
• Princely sport and good tiger grounds
• Exceptional game in powerful places
• Controlling environments for progressive sport
• Martial pasts and combative presents
• Threatened kingdoms of dwindling beasts
• Conclusion : leaving the garden.

Animal Kingdoms reveals the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters of prized game to advance personal status, solidify power, and establish links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors.
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One summer evening in 1918, a leopard wandered into the gardens of an Indian palace. Roused by the alarms of servants, the prince's eldest son and his entourage rode elephant-back to find and shoot the intruder. An exciting but insignificant vignette of life under the British Raj, we may think. Yet to the participants, the hunt was laden with symbolism. Carefully choreographed according to royal protocols, recorded by scribes and commemorated by court artists, it was a potent display of regal dominion over men and beasts alike. Animal Kingdoms uncovers the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters to advance personal status and solidify power. Believing that men and animals developed similar characteristics by inhabiting a shared environment, they sought out quarry-fierce tigers, agile boar-with traits they hoped to cultivate in themselves. Largely debarred from military activities under the British, they also used the hunt to establish meaningful links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors. Hunting was not only a means of displaying masculinity and heroism, however. Indian rulers strove to present a picture of privileged ease, perched in luxuriously outfitted shooting boxes and accompanied by lavish retinues. Their interest in being sumptuously sovereign was crucial to elevating the prestige of prized game. Animal Kingdoms will inform historians of the subcontinent with new perspectives and captivate readers with descriptions of its magnificent landscapes and wildlife.
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• Introduction : a leopard in the garden
• Princely sport and good tiger grounds
• Exceptional game in powerful places
• Controlling environments for progressive sport
• Martial pasts and combative presents
• Threatened kingdoms of dwindling beasts
• Conclusion : leaving the garden.

One summer evening in 1918, a leopard wandered into the gardens of an Indian palace. Roused by the alarms of servants, the prince's eldest son and his entourage rode elephant-back to find and shoot the intruder. An exciting but insignificant vignette of life under the British Raj, we may think. Yet to the participants, the hunt was laden with symbolism. Carefully choreographed according to royal protocols, recorded by scribes and commemorated by court artists, it was a potent display of regal dominion over men and beasts alike. Animal Kingdoms uncovers the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters to advance personal status and solidify power. Believing that men and animals developed similar characteristics by inhabiting a shared environment, they sought out quarry-fierce tigers, agile boar-with traits they hoped to cultivate in themselves. Largely debarred from military activities under the British, they also used the hunt to establish meaningful links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors. Hunting was not only a means of displaying masculinity and heroism, however. Indian rulers strove to present a picture of privileged ease, perched in luxuriously outfitted shooting boxes and accompanied by lavish retinues. Their interest in being sumptuously sovereign was crucial to elevating the prestige of prized game. Animal Kingdoms will inform historians of the subcontinent with new perspectives and captivate readers with descriptions of its magnificent landscapes and wildlife.
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• Sowing the seeds
• A national appetite
• Fowl as fad and fashion
• The window closes
• The law and the outlaw.

From its earliest days of human habitation, the Texas coast was home to seemingly endless clouds of ducks, geese, swans, and shorebirds. By the 1880s Texas huntsmen, or market hunters, as they came to be called, began providing meat and plumage for the restaurant tables and millinery salons of a rapidly growing nation. A network of suppliers, packers, distribution centres, and shipping hubs efficiently handled their immense harvest. At the peak of Texas market hunting in the late 1890s, Rockport merchants shipped an average of 600 ducks a day in a five-month shooting season, and in the last year of legal market hunting, an estimated 60,000 ducks and geese were shipped from Corpus Christi alone. Market men employed efficient methods to harvest nature's bounty. They commonly hunted at night, often using bait to concentrate large numbers of waterfowl. The effectiveness of the hunt was improved when side-by-side double barrel shotguns and large-gauge swivel guns gave way to repeating firearms, with some capable of discharging as many as eleven shells in a single volley. Their methods were so efficient that, by the late 1800s, Texas sportsmen and others blamed the alarming decline of coastal waterfowl populations on the market hunter's occupation. In 1903, after a long fight and many failures, the first migratory bird game law passed the Texas legislature. Though the fight would continue, it was the beginning of the end of the year-round slaughter. Most market hunters quit, and those who didn't became outlaws. In this book, R. K. Sawyer chronicles the days of market hunting along the Texas coast and the showdown between the early game wardens and those who persisted in commercial waterfowl hunting. Containing an abundance of rare historical photographs and oral history, Texas Market Hunting: Stories of Waterfowl, Game Laws, and Outlaws provides a comprehensive and colourful account of this bygone period.
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• Sowing the seeds
• A national appetite
• Fowl as fad and fashion
• The window closes
• The law and the outlaw.

From its earliest days of human habitation, the Texas coast was home to seemingly endless clouds of ducks, geese, swans, and shorebirds. By the 1880s Texas huntsmen, or market hunters, as they came to be called, began providing meat and plumage for the restaurant tables and millinery salons of a rapidly growing nation. A network of suppliers, packers, distribution centres, and shipping hubs efficiently handled their immense harvest. At the peak of Texas market hunting in the late 1890s, Rockport merchants shipped an average of 600 ducks a day in a five-month shooting season, and in the last year of legal market hunting, an estimated 60,000 ducks and geese were shipped from Corpus Christi alone. Market men employed efficient methods to harvest nature's bounty. They commonly hunted at night, often using bait to concentrate large numbers of waterfowl. The effectiveness of the hunt was improved when side-by-side double barrel shotguns and large-gauge swivel guns gave way to repeating firearms, with some capable of discharging as many as eleven shells in a single volley. Their methods were so efficient that, by the late 1800s, Texas sportsmen and others blamed the alarming decline of coastal waterfowl populations on the market hunter's occupation. In 1903, after a long fight and many failures, the first migratory bird game law passed the Texas legislature. Though the fight would continue, it was the beginning of the end of the year-round slaughter. Most market hunters quit, and those who didn't became outlaws. In this book, R. K. Sawyer chronicles the days of market hunting along the Texas coast and the showdown between the early game wardens and those who persisted in commercial waterfowl hunting. Containing an abundance of rare historical photographs and oral history, Texas Market Hunting: Stories of Waterfowl, Game Laws, and Outlaws provides a comprehensive and colourful account of this bygone period.
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• Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword, by Matt Kaminski vii; Acknowledgments ix; Introduction 1; PART ONE
• TEXAS WATERFOWL HUNTING; Sport Hunting in Texas 7; Decoys and Duck Calls 23; Hunting Laws: Rules of the Game 51; PART TWO
• COASTAL TEXAS HUNTING CLUBS, GUIDES, AND PLACES; Sabine Estuary 59; East Bay 87; Trinity River Delta 127; San Jacinto River 145; West Galveston Bay 161; Brazos and San Bernard Rivers to the Gulf 173; Matagorda Bay 185; Espiritu Santo and San Antonio Bays 205; Copano and Aransas Bays 221; South Bay to Corpus Christi Bay 255; Laguna Madre 279.

• PART THREE
• NORTH, WEST, AND EAST-INLAND SPORT HUNTINGBig Prairie and Eagle Lake 299; Katy Prairie 325; Short Stories from Farther Afield 343; Epilogue 361; Notes 367; Index 391; Cover2.

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 centuries 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. He showcases the hunting clubs, the decoys, the duck and goose calls, the equipment, and the unique hunting practices of the period. 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, along with those of coastal residents, birders, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and all who are interested in the state's natural history and in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations. For more information, visit the author's website at www.robertksawyer.com.

• Texas waterfowl hunting
• Sport hunting in Texas
• Decoys and duck calls
• Hunting laws: rules of the game
• Coastal Texas hunting clubs, guides, and places
• Sabine Estuary
• East Bay
• Trinity River Delta
• San Jacinto River
• West Galveston Bay
• Brazos and San Bernard Rivers to the Gulf
• Matagorda Bay
• Espiritu Santo and San Antonio Bays
• Copano and Aransas Bays
• South Bay to Corpus Christi Bay
• Laguna Madre
• North, west, and east inland sport hunting
• Big Prairie and Eagle Lake
• Katy Prairie
• Short stories from farther afield.

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 centuries 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. He showcases the hunting clubs, the decoys, the duck and goose calls, the equipment, and the unique hunting practices of the period. 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, along with those of coastal residents, birders, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and all who are interested in the state's natural history and in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations.For more information, visit the author's website at www.robertksawyer.com.
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• Introduction-- Sperm Preservation-- Semen Collection & Evaluation-- Sperm Cryopreservation-- Freezing-Free Preservation-- Preservation of Early Developmental Stages-- Testicular Tissue Preservation-- Sex-Sorting of Sperm-- Sperm Preservation
• Conclusions-- Oocytes Aspiration & Preservation-- The Protocol We Use for Oocytes Vitrification-- Embryo Cryopreservation-- Mammals-- Non-Human Primates-- Ungulates-- Carnivores-- Glires
• Rodents & Lagomorphs-- Marsupials-- Cetacean-- Non-Mammalian Vertebrates-- Embryo Freezing
• Conclusion-- Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation-- Whole Ovary Cryopreservation-- Freeze-Drying Technique-- Our Protocol for Freeze-Drying White Blood Cells-- Rehydration-- Freeze-Drying - Conclusion-- Index.
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The biblical story of Noah's Ark has a humanitarian and educational purpose. It is there to teach us that we should show respect to mother earth by protecting all species on the planet from disaster that may lead to their extinction. One of the key aspects of this endeavour is to strive to preserve animal fertility. Two disciplines work in tandem to facilitate this goal - biotechnology of reproduction and cryobiology. This book reviews various achievements in this field and discusses emerging technologies in cryopreservation of gametes, embryos, and gonads of humans and domestic, laboratory and wild animals.
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• Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Just Dropping In, Ladies; Caught in the Trap; Drop the Waders!; A Master Manure-Spreader Gets His Comeuppance; 'If You Step in it, You'll Know'; The Moody Mountain Manhunt; More Bang for Your Buck; 'I'm Lost, You Know!'; Last Flight into Abbott's International Airport; The Warden Gets Caught; The Bogeyman; Daddy Who?; You're Welcome, Deer; The Game Warden and the Murderer; Foot-jack-uh!; Night Hunting for Drug Smugglers; Right on Time; Don't Mess with Blinky; Leo and the Life Preservers; It Helps to be a Damned Sneak.

• A Ride-Along with the BossEvery Town has its Cast of Characters; Care to Join us in a Deer Drive?; A Real Hat Trick; Good News, Bad News!; The Improvised Lie-Detector Test; Cat Got Your Tongue?; Are You Lonesome Tonight?; Smoke Gets in Their Eyes; Excuse Me, Ma'am; One Man's Tragedy Saves Another Man's Life-Mine; An Albino Fisher? Come on, Jimbo!; Where's the Justice?; Wile E. Fox Finds a Home; Suddenly the Cider Didn't Taste so Good; About the Author.

Retired Maine Game Warden John Ford has seen it all. He's been shot at by desperate prison escapees, been outwitted by wily trappers, and rescued scores of animals. As a tenacious and successful warden, he was always willing to spend the time needed to nab violators of the state's fish and game laws. At the same time, though, he wasn't a cold, heartless, go-by-the-book enforcer; he usually had a good quip ready when he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking the law. Ford is also a very gifted storyteller, and he writes of his adventures in Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good, a collection of true tales, both humorous and serious, from the trenches of law enforcement, and also includes heartwarming accounts of his rescue of hurt or abandoned animals.

• Preface-- Foreword-- Survey Background and Method-- Highlights-- Introduction-- Summary-- Fishing Highlights-- Hunting Highlights-- Wildlife-Watching Highlights-- Tables-- Guide to Statistical Tables-- Fishing and Hunting Tables-- Wildlife-Watching Tables-- State Tables-- Index.
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This book looks at The U.S. Department of the Interior which protects and manages the Nation's natural resources and cultural heritage, provides scientific and other information about those resources and honours its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated Island Communities. The mission of the Department's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service is responsible for national programs of vital importance to our natural resources, including administration of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. These two programs provide financial assistance to the States for projects to enhance and protect fish and wildlife resources and to assure their availability to the public for recreational purposes.
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• Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction;
• 1. Breaking Me In;
• 2. That Man in the Dark;
• 3. Where the White Perch Is King;
• 4. Atchafalaya Fog;
• 5. The Decoy;
• 6. The Smell of the Swamp;
• 7. Peace on the Bayou;
• 8. The Desperado;
• 9. A Spider in a Web;
• 10. Turkey Bait;
• 11. The Glorious Fourth;
• 12. The Drowning;
• 13. Outlaws;
• 14. The Twin Pillars;
• 15. The Ugly Side;
• 16. Changing Times;
• 17. The Circus;
• 18. The Oyster Is Their World;
• 19. Bodcau's Bad Boys;
• 20. Land of the Green Gold;
• 21. The Edge of the World;
• 22. Brakedown;
• 23. Wild Hogs, Ugly Dogs, Big Knives;
• 24. Spinning Yarns.

Of all law enforcement officers, game wardens inspire the most awe in the mind of the public. Working day and night, often in challenging terrain and bad weather, game wardens typically operate alone in remote areas and must understand the natural rhythms and cycles of the creatures and ecosystems they protect, all while encountering and sometimes interacting with people who are often armed. Outdoors writer Jerald Horst spent one year riding on patrol with game wardens in the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. In riveting episodes, he chronicles their adventures, providing an up-c.