Year of the Pig

Mark J. Hainds (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2011
The University of Alabama Press (Verlag)
978-0-8173-5670-5 (ISBN)

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Year of the Pig is a personal account of one avid hunter's pursuit of wild pigs in eleven American states. Mark Hainds tied his mission to the Chinese calendar's Year of the Pig in 2007 and journeyed through longleaf forests, cypress swamps, and wiliwili forests in search of his prey. He used a range of weapons--black-powder rifle, bow and arrow, knife, and high-powered rifle--and various methods to stalk his quarry through titi, saw palmetto, privet hedge, and blue palms. Introduced pig populations have wreaked havoc on ecosystems the world over. Non-native to the Western Hemisphere, pigs originally arrived in the southeast with De Soto's entrada and in the Hawaiian Archipelago on the outriggers of South Pacific islanders. In America feral hogs are considered pests and invaders because of their omnivorous diet and rooting habits that destroy both fragile native species and agricultural cropland. Appealing to hunters and adventure readers for its sheer entertainment, Year of the Pig will also be valuable to farmers, land managers, and environmentalists for its broad information and perspective on the topic.

Mark J. Hainds is a research associate with Auburn University and research coordinator for the Longleaf Alliance located at the Solon Dixon Forestry Center in Andalusia, Alabama. He travels widely giving presentations on various aspects of forestry and has published several technical papers, most notably, 'Distribution of Native Legumes in Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine--Wiregrass Ecosystems' in the American Journal of Botany.

Contents Foreword by Steven Ditchkoff Foreword by Mark Bailey Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Longleaf 2. Titi 3. Over Bait 4. Privet 5. Oak/Hickory 6. Ironwood 7. Death in the Wiliwili 8. Beaver Pond 9. Hill Country 10. Blue Palm 11. Chufas 12. Collateral Damage 13. Old Growth 14. Ozarks 15. A Long Walk 16. Food Plot 17. Slash Pine 18. Saw Palmetto 19. Dog Fennel 20. Valley Oaks 21. Inside the Fence 22. Bahia Grass 23. Peanuts 24. Eating the Pig Conclusion Epilogue Further Reading Illustrations follow page 000

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2011
Vorwort	Mark Bailey, Steven Ditchkoff
Zusatzinfo	14
Verlagsort	Alabama
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
ISBN-10	0-8173-5670-3 / 0817356703
ISBN-13	978-0-8173-5670-5 / 9780817356705
Zustand	Neuware