Special Mid-Month
Addenda to
January 2012 Newsletter
Jim Casada
Web site:
www.jimcasadaoutdoors.com
1250 Yorkdale Drive
E-mail: jc@jimcasadaoutdoors.com
Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638
803-329-4354
Ruminations on the Ravages of Father
Time and a New Turkey Call
In a recent e-mail a longtime friend who is a year younger than me
commented on various matters then added: “For the first time in my
life I feel old.” That set me down a rugged rabbit trail involving
thoughts which might have been better, as my Grandpa Joe would have
put it, “unthunk.” Unfortunately, once you think of something, much
as a song will get in your mind and seemingly won’t go away, it’s
passing difficult to get it “unthunk.”
As for the nature of those thoughts, they center, to turn English
Romantic poet William Wordsworth on his head, on all too obvious
intimations of mortality. They come in the form of aching hip and
knee joints which can predict weather changes in a fashion which
puts high-price meteorologists to shame, a noticeable tendency to
get tired doing things which were once a piece of cake, and reduced
agility. In the latter context, a year or so ago while sharing a
trout stream with an old buddy (we take trout about, something I’m
comfortable doing with no one but him), he slipped and then
staggered around in the creek like a wounded wildebeest. I laughed
at his distress, only to replicate his awkwardness within a half
hour. “Jim,” he said, once he got through laughing at me, “we’ve got
to face it. We ain’t as catty as we used to be.”
Maybe that’s to be expected, given my age. At the end of this month
I’ll reach the three score and ten milestone in terms of years. That
approaching septuagenarian landmark hasn’t really made much of an
impression, but another development is a quite different story. For
reasons which I must admit I don’t fully understand, noted turkey
callmaker Ron Clough of Close Calls has selected me for the subject
in the latest in his series of limited edition box calls “Legends”
series. About all I can conclude is that Ronnie is passing short on
legends, especially when one considers that previous hunters in the
series include my mentor in the sport and a true old master, Parker
Whedon; the one and only Poet Laureate of the wild turkey, Tom
Kelly; and other luminaries.
At any rate, he asked me to share news of the call, which will be
available in a limited, signed Collector’s Edition as well as a
Hunter’s Edition, with you. Here’s his release on the calls with all
the folderol and details. I’m honored, and I will acknowledge I long
ago lost a corner of my soul to the wild turkey. Beyond that, I’ve
put a passel of words to paper on the subject, and as I indicate in
an article which will appear in the next issue of the National Rifle
Association’s American Hunter, I think that I’m closing in on
reaching the kindergarten stage in my education as a turkey hunter.
If those considerations, along with plenty of mishaps, mischances,
mistakes, misses, together with a world of misery, contribute to a
definition of the word “legend,” I might qualify. In truth, the real
legends are all those longbeards, birds without number, who have
bested me over the years in decidedly uneven battles of wits.
Here’s Ron’s release, and if you have questions don’t hesitate to
contact him (or me).
Introducing Close
Calls
Jim Casada Wild Turkey Legend
Limited Edition Box Call
Master Call Maker Ron Clough of Close Calls maker of Hi End custom
made turkey box calls is now accepting orders for the 6th in his
series of Wild Turkey Legends — The JIM CASADA. Lid and front are
made from Alaska Yellow Cedar, a beautiful & rare turkey call wood.
Artwork on lid is hand painted over the lasering...note the
colorized South Carolina state quarter embedded into the unique
fantail handle and the Collector’s edition is autographed by Mr.
Casada. Each call will be signed, # & dated on the base by the
maker. $100 each The Casada Legend is also available in an AWESOME
Hunters Edition. Lid is Black Locust & Front is Wild Cherry. Great
for the Collectors shelf or your turkey woods for $60 each.
PRINT OUT & ORDER YOURS TODAY
Order online at www.Close-Calls.com. For more information contact Ron Clough,
12940 Goosedown Farm Rd., Worton, Md. 21678. E-mail:
closecalls@hotmail.com
Phone: 410-778-4746.
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New List of
Archibald Rutledge Books
I’ve long been a student and staunch admirer of one of the great
outdoor writers of yesteryear, Archibald Rutledge. Indeed, I’ve
edited five collections of his enduring tales and written
extensively on his career for regional and national magazines. My
latest effort in the latter regard is the piece for American
Hunter mentioned above, “Lessons of Two Lifetimes.” The article
examines my ongoing education as a turkey hunter along with that of
Old Flintlock, as Rutledge was known. As I wrote the piece I delved
through a lot of Rutledge material I’ve accumulated over the years,
and the realization dawned that my offerings of books by and about
him was long overdue for updating. That has been done and if you are
a Rutledge fan,
go to my web site and check out the list of almost 100 items.
Premier Press
Books
As many of you likely realize, I have been closely connected to
Sporting Classics magazine almost from its beginnings thirty
years ago. It appeared on the scene at about the same time I was
taking my first tentative footsteps in the world of outdoor
communications, and my first real breakthrough was an article on
Fred Selous published in an early issue. That soon led to a masthead
position and I’ve been on the masthead ever since. Currently, as has
been the case for many years, I’m the publication’s Editor-at-Large
and Book Columnist.
Along the way I’ve also been involved in a whole bunch of book
projects connected by two of the magazine’s offshoots, the Premier
Press and Live Oak Press. Among the efforts in the book field with
which I’ve been associated are the Premier Collection, the African
Classics, “lost classics” type anthologies (two of Jack O’Connor
material, one of Robert Ruark, and one of Horatio Bigelow), and
more. Recently, in doing some much-needed sorting and rearranging of
my personal library, I discovered duplicates of a good many of these
limited edition books. Accordingly, I’ve cataloged them for sale and
here’s a “first go” for subscribers to my newsletter before I post
them on my web site and they become available to the Internet world
at large. All the books are special editions, bound in leather, with
all edges gilt, ribbon markers, marbled endpapers, and other
attributes of the best in quality book binding and production.
With two exceptions, which are noted with the listing, all books are
one of a kind, and I have noted the limitation number for each one.
I’ll gladly sign and inscribe those for which I provided new
material or, if you wish, for others at the spot on the copyright
page where my name appears as part of the editorial advisory board.
Postage and handling are $5 extra for the first book ($2.50 for
subsequent up to a maximum of $12.50). Insurance, which is
recommended, is $2.50 for the first $100 of coverage and $1.25 for
each subsequent $100.
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Havilah Babcock, My Health Is Better in November. Camden,
SC: The Premier Press, 1984. A volume in the Premier Collection.
As new. With a new Foreword by Lloyd Davis. Two copies
available--#233 and #421 or limited edition of 3000. xviii, 298
pages. $100.
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Nash Buckingham, Blood Lines. Charlotte, NC: The Premier
Press, 1989. A volume in the Premier Collection. As new. With a
new Introduction by Jim Casada. #176 of 3000 copies. xxx, 227
pages. $100.
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Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man. Camden, SC: The
Premier Press, 1984. A volume in the Premier Collection. As New.
With a new Introduction by Jim Casada. #176 of 3000 copies.
[xx], 238 pages. $100.
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Nash Buckingham, Old Miss’. Camden, SC: The Premier
Press, 1986. A volume in the Premier Collection. As new. With a
new Introduction by Jim Casada. #176 of an edition of 3000. xxx,
242 pages. Includes a frontispiece of Buckingham not found in
other editions. $100.
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Earnshaw Cook, Hollica Snooze. Columbia, SC: Live Oak
Press, 1995. A volume in the Great Books of Waterfowling Series.
As new in glassine cover. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada.
Two copies available-- #11 and #12 of an edition of 2400.[xiv],
313 pages. Illustrated by Bob Hines. $75.
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Van Campen Heilner, a Book on Duck Shooting. Camden, SC:
The Premier Press, 1992. A volume in the Premier Collection. As
new. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada. #1749 of an edition
of 3000 (far fewer were actually printed). 540 pages.
Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. $90.
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Henry W. Lanier, A. B. Frost: The American Sportsman’s
Artist. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1985. A volume in the
Premier Collection. As new. With a new Foreword by Charles
Woodward. #920 of an edition of 3000. xx, 148 pages, plus
portfolio of color plates. Lavishly illustrated. $100.
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Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon.
Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1987. A volume in the Premier
Collection. Very fine with previous owner’s book plate and blind
stamp to front blank page. With a new Foreword by Jim Casada.
#1189 of 3000 copies. xxxviii, 389 pages. Illustrated. $80.
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Harold P. Sheldon, Tranquility Revisited. Camden, SC: The
Premier Press, 1992. A volume in the Premier Collection. As new.
With a new Introduction by Jim Casada. #1693 of 3000 copies.
xxiv, 130 pages. Illustrated (color plates) by A. Lassell
Ripley. $85.
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Burton Spiller, Grouse Feathers. Camden, SC: The Premier
Press, 1986. A volume in the Premier Collection. As new. With a
new Foreword by George Bird Evans. #920 of 3000 copies. xvi, 207
pages. $100.
For
these books I can accept personal checks, cashier’s checks, money
orders or online
payment through PayPal. Payment should be sent to me c/o 1250 Yorkdale
Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730. Please contact me if you have questions at Tel.: 803-329-4354
or E-mail:
jc@jimcasadaoutdoors.com.
National Wild
Turkey Federation Convention
As I noted in this month’s newsletter, I’ll be in Nashville for this
year’s
NWTF Convention. If you are going to be there and have any book
needs or would simply like to shake and howdy, let me know. We
should be able to figure out a way to cross paths amidst the madness
of this raucous gathering of thousands of members of the Tenth
Legion.
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