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    Has anyone else gotten into his work? I can't get enough of his writing.



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    "A handful of feathers " is a wonderful book if you are a bird hunter.
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    I re- read " For a Handful of Feathers" again this week. Probably the 20th time since he wrote it in 1995. It still is, in my opinion as good a Sporting book as ever put into print.

    A memorable passage - " As a hunter I mourn the decline of the habitat and the behavior of my peers; as a human being I mourn the poisoning of the earth; as a Father I mourn the disappearance of many feathered things; and as an ill tempered recluse, I mourn the passing of the pillory. "

    " Insofar as the future of the blood sports is concerned, I have this nagging feeling that killing for the motives I have killed for will seem as barbaric to the generations that follow as the behavior of market hunters and number hunters seem to me."

    He is still living on the 800 acre farm he bought in 1991 near Tallahassee, FL for the purpose of learning about, raising, hunting and eating quail. Nearly 75 years old now, he has had some loss on his life.. his daughter Valerie died in the Galapagos Islands either murdered or suicide. the evidence is not clear. This loss has clearly impacted him and I am told he is in failing health. If you haven't read a book by Valdene, you are missing out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nitro5x6's View Post
    I re- read " For a Handful of Feathers" again this week. Probably the 20th time since he wrote it in 1995. It still is, in my opinion as good a Sporting book as ever put into print.

    A memorable passage - " As a hunter I mourn the decline of the habitat and the behavior of my peers; as a human being I mourn the poisoning of the earth; as a Father I mourn the disappearance of many feathered things; and as an ill tempered recluse, I mourn the passing of the pillory. "



    " Insofar as the future of the blood sports is concerned, I have this nagging feeling that killing for the motives I have killed for will seem as barbaric to the generations that follow as the behavior of market hunters and number hunters seem to me."

    He is still living on the 800 acre farm he bought in 1991 near Tallahassee, FL for the purpose of learning about, raising, hunting and eating quail. Nearly 75 years old now, he has had some loss on his life.. his daughter Valerie died in the Galapagos Islands either murdered or suicide. the evidence is not clear. This loss has clearly impacted him and I am told he is in failing health. If you haven't read a book by Valdene, you are missing out.
    "On the water" - is about that said Tallahassee farm . Still one of my favorite books.
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    Didn't he have a son Jason that sang bro country music?

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    Name shortened for brevitie's sake??

    I don't think the De La Valdene's are lacking for cash.. his daughter just flitted from place to place on the Heiress's budget..

    They have old French aristocrat money.. Sheiit, Guy is a real Duke of some sort.
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    Sad end to Guy's daughter's life..

    Worth reading.

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    Just saw he passed away a few weeks ago.

    For a Handful of Feathers is one of my favorites.

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    I saw that , but didn't write a note here. 79 years old.

    Damn tough loss. Parkinson's sucks.

    Amazon sells DVDs of the movie he directed and produced in 1973. "Tarpon" . It's worth buying.

    Men of his kind are fewer and fewer.
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    I don't think his daughter's head was ever returned to the family for proper interment.
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