Hide, Horn, Fish, and Fowl: Texas Hunting and Fishing Lore

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v CONTENTS Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt ix I. The Hunting Drive and Its Place in Our Lore Len Ainsworth “Gone a’ Hunting” 3 Francis Edward Abernethy “Making a Drive in Botswana” 25 Riley Froh “The Decline of the Poacher as Folk Hero in Texas” 29 W. Frank Mayhew “Nocturnal Woodpecker” 41 Jim Harris “Fishing Texas: A Passion Passed on by My Dad” 51 John C. Wolf “The Angelina Cat and Coon Hunting Association: A Sort of Memoir” 59 Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell “Dentistry, Dehorning, and More: South Texas Women’s Hunting Stories” 71 II. The Lore of Hunting—Deer, Hogs, Coons, and Even Foxes Bob Dunn “Deer Leaves” 99 Francis Edward Abernethy “Now, Don’t That Beat All!” 107 Thad Sitton “Hinkel Shillings and the Red Ranger” 115 Kenneth W. Davis “The Lore of Wild Hog Hunting in West Texas” 139 James B. Kelly “Hunting Javelina Hogs in South Texas” 147 Lee Haile “Jess’s First Coon Hunt” 155 III. Fishing Lore in Texas Wildwood Dean Price “Skills of the Rivermen: Ways and Means of Market Fishermen” 167 7978-fm.pdf 10/6/11 8:17 AM Page v vi Contents Nina Marshall Garrett “The Big Fish That Didn’t Get Away” 177 L. R. McCormack “Our Family Fishing Trips” 183 Dean Price “Fisherman’s Luck” 187 Jean Granberry Schnitz “Fishing from Indianola to Boca Chica and Waters in Between” 189 Randy Cameron “The Jetty” 203 IV. You Hunt What?! Unusual Prey and Other Things We Chase Ruth Cleveland Riddels “Jackrabbit Drives (and Other Types of Rabbit Hunting) in the Pleasant Valley Community, Fisher County, Texas” 209 Clyde (Chip) Morgan “Rattlesnake at the Ants in the Pants” 217 Ruth Cleveland Riddels “The Pointer” 221 Thad Sitton “Man Hounds and Dog Sergeants” 223 Charlie Oden “This Is for the Birds” 255 W. C. Jameson “Hunting the Elusive Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of Texas” 267 V. The One That Got Away (or Should Have): Anecdotes and Funny Stories Lee Haile “Sierra Treed” 277 Sue Friday “Porch Hunting” 281 Robert J. (Jack) Duncan “Deliverance II: The Tale of a Strange Encounter in the Big Thicket” 289 Jerry Young “A Thanksgiving Catfish” 293 Robert Flynn “Pranks in Hunting Camp; or, The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Ancient Rites Practiced in Bucolic and Fraternal Settings” 297 7978-fm.pdf 10/10/11 12:11 PM Page vi Henry Wolff, Jr. “Fishing for Whoppers” 307 Anonymous “Roping a Deer” 315 Jerry Bryan Lincecum “Texas Menu 1835: Venison and Honey, Prairie Chicken, or Baked Fish” 319 Blaine T. Williams “Fisherman’s Paradise: ‘His Cap Never Got Wet’” 327 Vicky J. Rose “Fishing” 331 Wildwood Dean Price “Caney Creek Night Hunting: A Saga of Dire Situations and Scared Prayers” 335 Contributors’ Vitas 345 Index 357 Contents vii 7978-fm.pdf 10/10/11 12:11 PM Page vii 7978-fm.pdf 10/6/11 8:17 AM Page viii ...