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The Last of the Market Hunters
Hamm, Dale, Bakke, Mr. David
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Description for The Last of the Market Hunters
Paperback. This is the story of Dale Hamm, one of the the best-known market hunters (taking waterfowl out of season and selling them to restaurants). Learning his craft from his father, Hamm kept his family in the 1930s and 40s by poaching. Market hunting has died out, but Hamm's reminiscences are vivid. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
Duck hunting has changed greatly since the days of unlimited duck kills, as the limit of fifty ducks a day established in 1902 has fallen to the present three. A legitimate hunter now, Dale Hamm learned the art of market hunting— taking waterfowl out of season and selling them to restaurants— from his father during the l920s. During the l930s and l940s, he kept his family alive by market hunting. At the peak of his career, Hamm poached every private hunting club along the Illinois River from Havana to Beardstown.
After market hunting died out, Hamm became a legendary ... Read more
Duck hunting has changed greatly since the days of unlimited duck kills, as the limit of fifty ducks a day established in 1902 has fallen to the present three. A legitimate hunter now, Dale Hamm learned the art of market hunting— taking waterfowl out of season and selling them to restaurants— from his father during the l920s. During the l930s and l940s, he kept his family alive by market hunting. At the peak of his career, Hamm poached every private hunting club along the Illinois River from Havana to Beardstown.
After market hunting died out, Hamm became a legendary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809320769
SKU
V9780809320769
Shipping Time
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99-1
About Hamm, Dale, Bakke, Mr. David
Dale Hamm is a legend among duck hunters. Writing for the Springfield State Journal-Register, David Bakke says, "Tales of the things he has done in the backwaters of the Illinois [River] are legion. Poached ducks from private property? Yes. Shot more than his limit? OK. Out of season? Absolutely." David Bakke is the editor of Catholic Times in Springfield, ... Read more
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