02642nam 2200625 a 450 991045536940332120200520144314.01-299-15481-60-8093-8559-71-4416-1934-8(CKB)1000000000787837(EBL)1354607(OCoLC)856870535(SSID)ssj0000189440(PQKBManifestationID)11179651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189440(PQKBWorkID)10166023(PQKB)10842775(MiAaPQ)EBC1354607(OCoLC)436089297(MdBmJHUP)muse26034(Au-PeEL)EBL1354607(CaPaEBR)ebr10657719(CaONFJC)MIL446731(EXLCZ)99100000000078783719960308d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe last of the market hunters[electronic resource] /by Dale Hamm with David BakkeCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20081 online resource (141 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2075-4 0-8093-2076-2 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Eleven; Twelve; Thirteen; Fourteen; Fifteen; Sixteen; Seventeen; Lore, Legends, and Lies; Epilogue; Author Bio; Back CoverDuck hunting has changed greatly since the days of unlimited duck kills, as the limit of fifty ducks a day established in 1902 has fallen to the present three. A legitimate hunter now, Dale Hamm learned the art of market hunting-taking waterfowl out of season and selling them to restaurants-from his father during the l920s. During the l930s and l940s, he kept his family alive by market hunting. At the peak of his career, Hamm poached every private hunting club along the Illinois River from Havana to Beardstown.After market hunting died out, Hamm became a legendary and almosHuntersUnited StatesBiographyWaterfowl shootingIllinoisIllinois RiverElectronic books.HuntersWaterfowl shooting639.1/092BHamm Dale1916-988991Bakke David1951-988992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455369403321The last of the market hunters2261589UNINA