Misery Loves Company: Waterfowling and the Relentless Pursuit of Self-Abuse

By Bill Buckley

Book Overview

This book takes a fun-filled look at the foibles, follies, pratfalls, and unpredictable world of the duck hunter, from the time his alarm rings at 3:00 a.m. until he stumbles into freezing marsh water two hours later, swamping his waders but not dampening his enthusiasm for the sport. Why do duck hunters do it? Sit in driving rain for hours awaiting ducks that may never come? Shiver in freezing boats and blinds in the most inaccessible, not to mention inhospitable, environs imaginable?
Author-photographer Bill Buckley writes about these magic moments with humor and verve, but it is his brilliant color photographs that steal the show. The hapless hunter who watches helplessly as his partner's Suburban backs out of the driveway-and over the gun case that holds his favorite shotgun. Click The faithful retriever that elegantly lifts its leg and makes a sop of the hunter's blind bag. Click And the pained expressions on the faces of duck hunters caught in the act of "enjoying" their favorite sport. Click.
Waterfowlers who sometimes question their own sanity can now take heart. "It's all right," Buckley writes, "if you like standing in swamp muck for hours on end. It's okay if your family thinks you're weird. Who cares if your girlfriend diagnoses you as obsessive-compulsive or sadomasochistic?
The important thing is, you're not alone."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961727985
• ISBN13: 9780961727987
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Full color photographs illustrate of every stage of the hunt

Written and illustrated by waterfowler and photographer Bill Buckley, Misery Loves Company: Waterfowling And The Relentless Pursuit Of Self-Abuse is an adventurous and photographic celebration of the successes, trials, and battles against the elements that determined and dedicated waterfowl hunters endure in pursuit of their sport. Full color photographs illustrate of every stage of the hunt, and are enhanced with an informal and descriptive text of what it is like to be out in the wet and the cold in search of airborne game, making Misery Loves Company an enjoyable and mildly humorous giftbook.

A Laugh Riot!

The [...] of duck hunting, only smarter and funnier. What a riot! From the tornado on the cover to the last page with the guys crammed into the duck blind like sardines, the book was one jazzy riff after another on the sport of waterfowling. I bought ten copies and gave one to each of my duck hunting buddies for Christmas. And the dog peeing on the waders...I'm getting a side stitch just thinking about it. Great Fun! The perfect antidote for the post 9/11 blues. If waterfowlers can be this brake and hardy, then hey, let's all buck up and face the music with a grin on our faces.

misery loves company

The laughter will bring tears to your eyes. If you have'nt been in 50% or more of these situations you haven't been duck hunting.

Misery Loves Company: Waterfowling and the Relentless Pursui

It's about time someone did a book about the miserable conditions of waterfowl hunting. I can finally show my wife what most of my duck hunting trips are like. Funny book with true to life miserable duck hunting conditions. Great idea...great book.

Side-splitting Fun!

This is one of those rare books that is every bit as good as the hype--if not better. My first time through it, I laughed so hard that I cried. My wife saw the effect it had on me and, though she doesn't hunt ducks herself, picked it up and laughed almost all the way through. The predicaments and pratfalls are hilarious, and oh so true to life! I don't know Bill Buckley, but after reading his book I think he must be a hoot to have around in duck camp.