Poor old MM. The best damn short story I ever read about hunting: "Knowing How, Knowing When". Spare, imagistic, just write haha. There are fabulous researchers and Ed M. does come to mind. There are damn fine writers. No reason at all why these two categories are mutually inclusive. Probably both types should be polite to the peonage (us) in the hope of selling more books, articles, etc. Says a lot for Brister's marriage that he consistently missed behind.

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