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- Book Review: Jake Forrest Lunsford on “Mouthful of Feathers”Book review: Jake Forrest Lunsford on “Mouthful of Feathers” July 24, 2024 Jake Forrest Lunsford I come back time and again to this idea, that hunting is the basis of art. It always has been. Hunting gave us language and pictographs and the finest throwing arm. Those gifts in turn conjured Cormac McCarthy …
- FishermenFishermen June 14, 2024 Jake Forrest Lunsford My oldest son is thirteen and already has a beautiful roll-cast, a thing he did not learn from me. It is early morning, and we are fishing the swift waters and slick stones of the Au Sable River inupstate New York. Really, I am watching him fish; …
- Poetry of the SunPoetry of the Sun June 2, 2025Jake Forrest Lunsford My son moves at the speed of consideration, doting over his chickens like an elder amongst youngsters he is not entirely certain all belong to him. He does know his favorites, though. Of the four roosters, he likes the larger of the two Jersey …
- Tom Beckbe Field Journal: The Gift
To type with one hand; that is his only request. The other hand is for him, his head on my lap, my hand on his head. Those are the terms. I give him that and think of another while he sleeps. Happiness is having two hands so that one may rest on a … - Garden & Gun: Good Dog
Honored to have my old dog’s story featured in Garden & Gun Magazine. To read it on G&G’s website, click the link below, “A Marine’s Homage to a Swampy, Popcorn-Loving Lab,” and you can read about what a great dog Ole’ Dude was. Sure do miss him.
Jake Forrest Lunsford‘s writing interests include war, culture, the environment, hunting and fishing, and the preservation of our Great Experiment.
His writing has appeared in Garden & Gun Magazine, Fair Chase, Backcountry Journal, On The Fly Magazine, The Providence Journal, Tom Beckbe Field Journal, and others forthcoming.
You can follow his work at www.jakeforrestlunsford.com, or on instagram @jakeforrestlunsford