If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia

If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia Review

During the last hunting season I bought this book to read during the the downtime. I would not bring this book to a tree stand or a deer blind. I have never found myself laughing so much while reading a book in my entire life. I began reading the stories to my wife when we were going to bed. There were evenings when we were laughing so hard together that we had tears streaming down our faces. For those few people who bought this book and didn't like it, perhaps you don't get the humor. Perhaps you don't pour your heart and soul into hunting and fishing like some of us crazy obsessed fools do. If you are passionate about hunting and fishing and can laugh at yourself (or at least at Bill Heavey) you will enjoy this book. I wish Heavey had enough stories that my wife and I could read them every night for the rest of our lives. But then he wouldn't have any time to get out into the woods. BUY THIS BOOK!

If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia Overview

For nearly a decade, Bill Heavey, an outdoorsman marooned in suburbia, has written the “Sportsman’s Life” column on the back page of Field & Stream, where he does for hunting and fishing what David Feherty does for golf and Lewis Grizzard did for the South. His work is adored by readers—one proclaims him “the greatest sportswriter who has ever walked the planet”—and his peers have recognized his work with three prestigious National Magazine Award nominations. If You Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? is the first collection of Heavey’s hilarious observations on life as an enthusiastic (but often hapless) outdoorsman. Whether he’s hunting cougars in the southwest desert, scheming to make his five-year-old daughter fall in love with fishing, or chronicling his father’s slow decline through the lens of the numerous dogs he’s owned over seventy-five years, Heavey is a master at blending humor and pathos—and wide-ranging outdoor enthusiasms—into a poignant and potent stew. Funny, warmhearted, and supremely entertaining, this book is an uproarious addition to the literature of the outdoors. The paperback edition features two new pieces.

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