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Hunt for Red Meat: love stories
Award-winning author Laurel McHargue has hunted the "wily elk" with her husband in Colorado for three years and has captured the humor, beauty, and challenges of their hunting experiences in this series of memoir-style essays. Photos, quotes, hunting tips and haiku poems enhance this unique exploration of hunting, and Laurel demonstrates how hunting with one's partner can engender feelings of love.As a bonus, Laurel includes a story designed to lure readers in about her first time fishing for trout in Gunnison River with her husband and friends. "I couldn't make this one up," she said.There are stories for seasoned hunters as well as never-gonna-hunters, husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, and anyone who might want to know what it's like to explore the majestic outdoors. This book is as much about relationships as it is about hunting, and is sure to make you laugh.
68 pages, Paperback
Published June 28, 2017
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About the author
Laurel McHargue
22 books46 followersHi!
I was raised in Braintree, MA, but ended up living high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains! As a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1983, I live life in a constant quest for challenge and adventure. My stories are about life--real and imagined!
I believe a life filled with challenge will never be boring.
My publications include:
2183: dystopian sci-fi fantasy, my latest novel (published 1 NOV 2025 in 3 formats!)
DARK EBB: GRIM TALES, Volume 2. Twenty more dark short stories with original artwork.
QUACK: My first children's picture book, written and illustrated by me, and based on my experiences with raising ducklings from day-old to egg-laying! I plan a 3-book series.
Peace by Piece: 10 Lessons from a Jigsaw Puzzle! Co-created with my counselor friend, Nadine Collier. A fresh perspective on timeless life lessons, and how my experience with a jigsaw puzzle reminded me of them. 2021 CAL Book Award Finalist and CIPA EVVY Bronze Award for Inspiration!
DARK EBB: GRIM TALES, 19 dark short stories with original artwork. 2020 CIPA EVVY Bronze Award.
Crow-Magnum. A short story about twin girls, a mother's death, and mysterious crows.
Waterwight Breathe: Book III of the Waterwight Series. I earned a CIPA EVVY Merit Award.
Waterwight Flux: Book II of the Waterwight Series. It earned a CIPA EVVY Merit Award.
Waterwight. (NOW IN AUDIOBOOK FORMAT!) This YA fantasy adventure is compared to Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline by a KIRKUS reviewer. It earned a CIPA EVVY Silver Award for Fiction/Fantasy.
Hunt for Red Meat: (love stories). Join me and my husband for three years of hunting (but not ever killing) the wily elk in Colorado. First in my BLOOK series (my blog book stories). There's a crazy fishing story too!
The Hare, Raising Truth. When was the last time you read an adult fairy tale? This Grimm's Fairy Tale / The Twilight Zone mashup is not for children!
"Miss?" Based on my experience as a first-year teacher, "Miss?" is a loosely fictionalized novel. It earned the IndieReader Approved Award.
Haikus Can Amuse: 366 Haiku Starters. A gift journal. Finish the 2nd and 3rd lines of a haiku when given the first line, and write down your inspiration!
Hai CLASS ku. A 90-day spinoff of Haikus Can Amuse, this workbook provides a semester's worth of creative prompts. An alternative to Sudoku and crossword books!
My goal is to author as many books as possible in genres of every type!
I also enjoy acting.
Visit me on my blog and sign up for my mid-monthly newsletter at: www.leadvillelaurel.com
and on my podcast: Conversations with Laurel, where I tell stories, interview people, and discuss the human condition!
I was raised in Braintree, MA, but ended up living high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains! As a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1983, I live life in a constant quest for challenge and adventure. My stories are about life--real and imagined!
I believe a life filled with challenge will never be boring.
My publications include:
2183: dystopian sci-fi fantasy, my latest novel (published 1 NOV 2025 in 3 formats!)
DARK EBB: GRIM TALES, Volume 2. Twenty more dark short stories with original artwork.
QUACK: My first children's picture book, written and illustrated by me, and based on my experiences with raising ducklings from day-old to egg-laying! I plan a 3-book series.
Peace by Piece: 10 Lessons from a Jigsaw Puzzle! Co-created with my counselor friend, Nadine Collier. A fresh perspective on timeless life lessons, and how my experience with a jigsaw puzzle reminded me of them. 2021 CAL Book Award Finalist and CIPA EVVY Bronze Award for Inspiration!
DARK EBB: GRIM TALES, 19 dark short stories with original artwork. 2020 CIPA EVVY Bronze Award.
Crow-Magnum. A short story about twin girls, a mother's death, and mysterious crows.
Waterwight Breathe: Book III of the Waterwight Series. I earned a CIPA EVVY Merit Award.
Waterwight Flux: Book II of the Waterwight Series. It earned a CIPA EVVY Merit Award.
Waterwight. (NOW IN AUDIOBOOK FORMAT!) This YA fantasy adventure is compared to Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline by a KIRKUS reviewer. It earned a CIPA EVVY Silver Award for Fiction/Fantasy.
Hunt for Red Meat: (love stories). Join me and my husband for three years of hunting (but not ever killing) the wily elk in Colorado. First in my BLOOK series (my blog book stories). There's a crazy fishing story too!
The Hare, Raising Truth. When was the last time you read an adult fairy tale? This Grimm's Fairy Tale / The Twilight Zone mashup is not for children!
"Miss?" Based on my experience as a first-year teacher, "Miss?" is a loosely fictionalized novel. It earned the IndieReader Approved Award.
Haikus Can Amuse: 366 Haiku Starters. A gift journal. Finish the 2nd and 3rd lines of a haiku when given the first line, and write down your inspiration!
Hai CLASS ku. A 90-day spinoff of Haikus Can Amuse, this workbook provides a semester's worth of creative prompts. An alternative to Sudoku and crossword books!
My goal is to author as many books as possible in genres of every type!
I also enjoy acting.
Visit me on my blog and sign up for my mid-monthly newsletter at: www.leadvillelaurel.com
and on my podcast: Conversations with Laurel, where I tell stories, interview people, and discuss the human condition!
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September 7, 2017
I received this book from the author in a giveaway. I found it to be a cute, short book. The stories brought back fond memories of my childhood, and the hunting and fishing stories my own family created. Look forward to more similar books.
September 7, 2017
I received my copy via a Goodreads giveaway.
This is a fun but odd book: relationship blogging meets haiku meets scatological humor meets big game hunting. I enjoyed the book, and I'm glad the author's friend convinced her to write it.
This is a fun but odd book: relationship blogging meets haiku meets scatological humor meets big game hunting. I enjoyed the book, and I'm glad the author's friend convinced her to write it.
October 17, 2017
I received Hunt for Red Meat (love stories) as a Goodreads giveaway. It is a collection of blog posts or essays about Laurel's elk hunting trips with her husband. Having spent a great deal of time in the woods with my boyfriend, I could definitely relate to some of her experiences. There is a story about her first fishing trip at the end of the book that was very funny. Growing up in the country with similar experiences I still couldn't get into the book.
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