Bad Birds 3

Softcover, 272 pages.

Yet another collection of mostly* true stories starring the gobblers we all love to hate.

All things come to an end, and this is the final collection of author and turkey hunter Jim Spencer's famous Bad Birds stories. Spencer began writing these tales of triumph and woe in 2000, when he started a long-running feature for Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine. Since then, a Bad Birds tale has appeared in every issue, and he has developed what can only be called a cult following within the turkey hunting subculture.

Spencer has been chasing turkeys since 1977, and to date has hunted them in three countries and more than 30 states. He and his outdoor writer wife Jill Easton travel from mid-March to late May, chasing the gobble in six to ten states every spring. They make their home in the north Arkansas Ozarks, surrounded by the forest and, in years following decent hatches, by turkeys.

Reviews:
45 years of making my living in the hunting industry has afforded me the opportunity to hunt with most of the nation's leading outdoor writers and magazine editors. Each and every one had a passion for the outdoors and a gift with the pen. Yet only a handful had the one thing that I always looked for: woodsmanship. Jim Spencer is one of those few.

It's a learned skill set, sharpened only by hundreds of hours of trial and error, where instincts rule. Couple that with Jim's uncanny ability to write a story as if it was being told around a campfire by your grandfather, and his stuff makes for awesome reading. Bad Birds 3 is no exception. Enjoy. —Brad Harris, game calling champion, master hunter and inventor of the grunt deer call.

As a fellow turk-a-holic I can say, with certainty, nobody is more obsessed with the magnificent birds than Jim Spencer. As a fellow outdoors journalist, I can also say, with deep professional envy, nobody is better at writing about the highs and lows of the sport we so love, laugh about, cuss at and crave than Jim Spencer. No-body. If you haven't already, go ahead and buy all three of his "Bad Birds" books. As soon as you finish one, you'll be more than ready to read another. —Michael Pearce, veteran outdoor communicator and self-admitted turkey addict.

About the Author:
Jim Spencer's name and reputation are well-known in the turkey hunting subculture. A freelance writer by trade, he spent 20 years as a writer/editor/spear carrier for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. He has written more than 2,000 feature magazine articles, more than 3,000 newspaper columns, and six books. As a self-described turkey bum, Spencer has written more than a thousand of those magazine and newspaper pieces about turkeys and turkey hunting, and three of his books have been on the subject. In more than 40 years, he has hunted turkeys in three countries and 30 states. He and his wife (outdoor writer Jill Easton) hunt turkeys 50 to 60 days every spring in six to eight states. They live in the Arkansas Ozarks, splitting their time between their house in the Ozark National Forest and their house on Lake Norfork.