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Summary: Datus C. Proper hits the target with Pheasants of the Mind..
Review: Datus C. Proper's Pheasants of the Mind is a highly thoughtful treatment of the ringneck pheasant and those who pursue it. More than a book about hunters, guns and dogs, this is a great read that goes beyond the mind and right to the heart of the pleasure, perils and ethics of upland bird hunting. Along with Steve Grooms' Pheasant Hunter's Harvest, it stands out like a bold cock pheasant in a recently plowed field.
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Summary: The best bird hunting book I've read
Review: Datus Proper has written about both the spirit
and the practical aspects of pheasant hunting.
And he has done it well. This is the best (and best written)book on bird hunting I've ever read.
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Summary: A great hunting book.
Review: I have read scores of outdoor books and this is one of the best. Proper's writing transcends the genre. His references to mythology brings hunting literature into a larger realm and shows us more than we guessed about ourselves. The precious sounding title was a turnoff until I read the book and saw how it reflected the text. It combines instruction and the pleasure of pheasant hunting in an exemplary way. The line drawings are good too, at least,in the original edition. I haven't seen the reprint.
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Summary: Pheasant Literature
Review: In addition to the other reviews, I can't emphasize enough that this book not only has great tactical, historical, and cullinary perspecitive, but is actually LITERATURE. I've read the book perhaps 5 or 6 times through now, and it's just a classic--easy to read and food for the mind. Although Datus Proper has passed on now, his story will live on. My style and thought on pheasant changed after I read this book. Critical to your hunting library!
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Summary: A story of one man's search for more than just a bird.
Review: In Pheasants of the Mind, Mr. Proper explores not only his personal, and quite entertaining, exploits while chasing pheasants, but he also covers the fairly esoteric subject of pointing dogs for pheasants and outfitting for a successful hunt, based on the culmination of years of experience. A fascinating read, written in fairly complex tongue. If you love pheasants and fine literature, then you should love Pheasants of the Mind.
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Summary: It's the recipe, stupid
Review: The book is spot-on in getting to the essence of a hunter, a dog and a game bird that is every bit intoxicating in the mind as in the field. But . . . there's this other thing. The recipe for cooking and serving roast pheasant at the back of the book. It's written like a passage from scripture. It tastes like the ascension into heaven.
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