Tom Doc Weddle

Gebundenes Buch

Turkey Tails and Tales from Across the USA

Volume 3

Beschreibung

This is the third book in a series of turkey hunting recollections written by Tom "Doc" Weddle in which he chronologically details a life well-spent as one of America's most fervent "Turkey Men." Few people can boast of having accomplished what's known as a U.S. Super Slam...the taking of a wild turkey from all 49 states which support a spring hunting season. Weddle has three of these to his credit, and is almost finished with numbers four and five! This book covers the years 2001-2006, when he finished the first of those major undertakings, but don't look for this humble man to brag about what he's done. That's not Doc's style, and that's not who he is. This man is quite simply a turkey hunter to the center of his very soul, and this book is filled with stories which others so-afflicted can relate to and enjoy. It was 40 years ago when the author first heard the gobble of a wild turkey, and he freely admits to not being the same, since. Ordinary people can regulate how much time they spend hunting. Not Doc. The man leaves home in early March, and doesn't come back until June. During this timeframe he'll hunt in 10-12 states on average, but prides himself above any other accomplishment on how many mornings he gets to spend in pursuit of unheard gobbles coming from as-yet unexplored lands. Nearly all of these exploits occur on public ground, which only makes sense, because Weddle is as blue-collar as it gets. Not only does he enjoy rubbing elbows with the masses on properties that are open to everyone else, but he thrives on it. Doc's books take the reader along for the ride.

Autor

Tom "Doc" Weddle is a carpenter from Bloomington, Indiana. In 1983 he was lured into the sport of turkey hunting by a friend's mesmerizing tales that made goose bumps run down his spine and the hair on the back of his neck stand at attention. As exciting as those stories were, they couldn't prepare him for what happened when he first heard a wild turkey's gobble, and from that moment onward, this man became a turkey hunter above anything and everything else in life. Still to this day, nothing thrills him more than standing on a hardwood ridge at the crack of dawn, listening to those same melodious notes as the King of Spring rattles the woods apart with reverberating gobbles. That's when the stars all align for this "Turkey Man," and that's when he most feels alive! This is Weddle's third book recounting tales of his turkey hunting exploits, with plans to keep writing future volumes until the day his ashes lie scattered amongst stately oaks and hickories. Deep in the woods is where Doc has always found his greatest inner peace anyway, and that's where he plans to spend eternity - in some quiet place where an occasional gobble might make his short hairs stand up.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Doc Weddle
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9781735441948
• ISBN-10: 1735441945
• Artikelnr.: 65612431