Worn out saddles and boot leather : memoir of a wilderness guide /
"Will Murray made his living raising Black Angus cattle at a ranch in San Luis Obispo, California, and by guiding and outfitting people into wilderness areas in the Los Padres National Forest. From the most experienced adventurer to the novice, Murray guided hundreds of groups and individuals f...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
Toplight is an imprint of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- The Horses: My Friends for Life
- Turkeys by the Half Dozen: Spring Romance
- A Lifetime of Adventure in One Day:
- Snakes and Turkeys Gone Wild
- The Guide Should Take His Own Advice:
- No Place for a Nap
- Hot Boulder, Angry Snake: Snake in My Lap
- If You Hire a Guide, Listen to Him: The Shadow
- Foot Powder Where? A Very Uncomfortable Story!
- Trophy Blacktail on a Harvest Moon:
- Bested by a Big Buck
- One Big Buck, Six Mighty Hunters: Buck on the Payroll
- Two Men on a Hillside: Bluebirds Are Always Good Luck
- Rifle Shot in the Night: Lost but Not Afraid
- Miracle Cantaloupe at 3:00 a.m.: Water in a Cow's Track (Rain?)
- When Your Clients Are Family: If This Story Gets Back to My Wife!
- A Deer Hunt Too Perfect to Repeat
- Are Those My Horses? Tired, Mean and Hungry
- In the Dark and Lost: A Great Plan
- Three Days in August: You Had to Be There
- A Miracle in the Night: Sammi and the Moonbeam
- A Spot of Gray at Two Hundred Yards: More Than a Hunch
- First Came the Letter: Cat Nap
- Valley Quail Rags to Riches: I Can't See a Thing
- Fair Chase Mountain Quail: A Hard Mix
- Even Guides Make Mistakes: You Put the Snake Where?
- Tired, Frozen and Ornery . . . Was It Bad Weather, Bad Luck or Bad Judgment? A Guide's Lonely Lament
- Bone Marrow or Nothing: A Meal Fit for a King
- Cold, Wet and Staggering Tired: Where Does That Weatherman Live?
- It Was a Long Day, Maybe Longer! Mistakes and Dumb Luck
- Some Hard Lessons for All: It Should Have Been a Great Adventure
- Memories of the Places I Have Been: Special Places and Then Some
- The Shortest of My Short Stories: Are These Stories Legal?
- Those Unsung Heroes: The Women Behind My Adventures
- My Version of Wilderness Hygiene: Please Don't Try These Methods at Home
- Clients Both Good and Bad! Do the Right Thing.