Joel D. Glover Knihy

When I asked the violator if he had any ID and he replied, “‘Bout what?” I realized it wasn’t going to be easy wearing green. Every time I thought I had seen it all, something would occur to remind me I hadn’t. Whether it was a man trying to kill a fake deer with a bumper jack, a turkey poacher sitting on a bag of corn, or a drunk who claimed he didn’t have any lungs, you never knew what might happen, and I loved it. There was no shortage of wildlife poachers who could not resist illegally dipping into mother nature’s rich pantry. It’s Not Easy Wearing Green is a collection of true yet hard-to-believe stories gathered during my thirty-two years as a certified wildlife biologist and conservation enforcement officer in rural Alabama. Being on call 24/7, we chased outlaws both day and night. With a strong desire to apprehend violators, we were more upset when folks didn’t call in the middle of the night than when they did. You can’t make this stuff up is a running theme in this book and for good reason. It’s Not Easy Wearing Green provides tidbits of faith with a heavy dose of humor. Join me on my continuing wild ride, a ride I survived by the grace of God.

"Judge, I'm the dummy that shot the dummy!" Joel Glover nearly bit a hole in his lip to keep from laughing when the defendant approached the judge's bench and made that statement. The wildlife law violator was telling the truth. The "dummy" he referred to was the deer decoy, which was probably the greatest advancement in wildlife law enforcement in our lifetime. Working alongside the game warden that created wildlife decoys in Alabama was a real blessing. Not only did he teach Glover how to utilize the decoy, he also inspired him to exert the extra effort needed to conduct investigations and build cases that would stand up to scrutiny. In Good Ole Boys Shooting Decoys, Glover tells how the decoy facilitated violator apprehensions both day and night. While the author definitely dealt with some bad, armed, and dangerous people, most of the folks were just good ole boys. In his follow-up to Parables from Poachers and It's Not Easy Wearing Green, Glover details how the deer decoy became a staple for game wardens across the country. Come along on an exciting, humorous, nail-biting wild ride with good ole boys shooting decoys and a little bit of everything else. A lot of stuff you just can't make up.