Hunting from Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains

by Christopher Camuto

Book Overview

Come along with Christopher Camuto for a year of transforming experiences in the shadows of the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains: hunting grouse with his setter through snowbound forests in winter; wading trout streams in spring; closely observing birds and wildlife through summer; exploring the backcountry, cutting wood, and hunting deer in autumn.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820326836
• ISBN13: 9780820326832
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Refreshing writing on deer hunting

I like this book a lot, in spite, of some of the faults mentioned. What I would like to add is that it has some of best passages on deer hunting that I have seen. There is almost no devotional writing on deer hunting so it is a breath of crisp fall air to see it. He has two chapters dealing with gun and bow and I would recommend them to anyone tired of the repetitive how-to drek that saps the soul.

Recommended for those who enjoy the outdoors

Hunting From Home: A Year Afield In The Blue Ridge Mountains by Christopher Camuto is a engaging and personal memoir of hunting and fishing afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Written with a passionate love of, and respect for, the beauty and providence of Nature; the satisfaction of enjoying a "border life"; and offering deeply insightful thoughts on man's relationship to the natural world and his role in claiming subsistence from it without being wasteful, Hunting From Home is an engaging read and strongly recommended for those who enjoy what the outdoors has to offer, as well as "armchair travelers" through the grand hunting grounds of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Lovely nature writing

This is a beautifully written book. Camuto is a modern Thoreau in that, though incredibly knowledgeable about the natural world (he knows an amazing amount about trees, flowers, birds etc.) he also has a great deal to say about life, politics, literature, ethics, all the important subjects. This is a book that will get you thinking about the way you live your life in a whole different way, and provokes interesting questions about where we humans fit in the natural scheme of things. Reading it is like a visit with an interesting person and a refreshing walk in the woods.