Picking Your Shots
These short "stories" are actuallly wry essays, musings, ramblings, and reflections, all calculated to elicit a smile or nod of recognition from the seasoned hunter. Smith is an experienced, articulate writer. Humor is a frequent element of his writing, but he is more reserved, less broad than, for example, Pat McMannis. The hunting Smith cares about and writes well about is of the duck and upland variety. It appears, however, that the quarry provides an excuse (of sorts) for collecting guns and raising dogs; several pieces treat these latter subjects. Recommmended as pleasant, literate, public library fare but important only where there is a hunting clientele. David J. Panciera, Westerly P.L., R.I.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.