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Chapple, Steve.

Confessions of an eco-redneck, or, How I learned to gut-shoot trout & save the wilderness at the same time / Steve Chapple.

New York : Plenum Press, 1997.

263 pages ; 22 cm

"Longing for the great outdoors? From America's West to the heart of Africa, in Confessions of an Eco-Redneck Steve Chapple will take you with him on some of his more exotic adventures: TV Hunting in Old Montana. Fly-Fishing the Zambezi. Frolicking in Dinosaur Season. Into the turf of the Killer Cats. And who else would dare to ask Do Fish Have Orgasms? (and if So, What Do They Sound Like?)." "In this long-awaited collection of the best of his shorter nature, sporting, and travel writing, Chapple raises up his voice as a proud member of an underrated, though less-than-endangered species of sporting environmentalist: the eco-redneck (a term he coined)."--Jacket.

Hunting -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Fishing -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Hunting -- Anecdotes.

Fishing -- Anecdotes.

Nature conservation -- Philosophy.

Confessions of an eco-redneck

How I learned to gut-shoot trout & save the wilderness at the same time

Eco-rednecks -- Cheeky youth : the Mother's Day caddis hatch -- The Bambi syndrome -- Fly-fishing the Zambezi -- Killer cats -- Blowing away the the media/TV hunting -- Tavern animals -- Trolling the tropics -- Bugz -- Dinosaur season -- Dinner bell grizzlies -- Tarpon jihad -- Snowboarding Waikiki -- Last fish -- Animal rights : "Say it isn't so, Cindy!" -- Do fish have orgasms? (and if so, what do they sound like?) -- Tackling life -- Angler's excuses -- Bassing Disney World -- Of magpies & marlin -- Ted Turner's backyard -- Now or never for America rivers -- The Yellowstone : the lodge where all dance -- Marraige, guns, & pheasants -- Fishing blind.

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