Spent Shells: My Hunting Days and Habitats

by Anthony Arnold

A long-time contributor to California Waterfowl magazine's "Now and Then" column, Anthony Arnold has gathered some of those columns along with previously unpublished stories, thoughts, and miscellaneous writings on bird hunting. Arnold's experiences span 75 seasons in the blind and in the bush, including such far-flung corners as Burma, Afghanistan, Japan, England and New Zealand. Here he recounts sublimely funny and astonishing hunting stories from his travels, offers thoughtful explorations of ethical challenges facing the hunting community, and gives us some of the most beautiful writing to be found on the joys of communing with the marsh, always with a faithful dog by his side. "A magical ride through a hunting lifetime... You feel you are there at his shoulder, be it in the Suisun Marsh, a Burmese jungle, or Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains." (Frank Hall)

432 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2012