The 14,000-member Non-Fiction Author’s Association bestowed Gold Awards for Chris Dorsey’s wingshooting book Call Time and fly-fishing book Casting Call. Call Time was also nominated for the coveted Ben Franklin Award among a field of 1,900 entries from the 3,000-member Independent Book Publishers Association. Additionally, Dorsey’s Sporting Classics magazine feature article, “Quaking in the Aspen,” an excerpted chapter from Call Time, celebrating the endearing magic of ruffed grouse hunting, recently garnered an Excellence in Craft Award at the national convention of the Outdoor Writers Association of America.
Call Time is the culmination of Dorsey’s 30 years of investigating and chronicling the finest bird hunting destinations on the planet while producing nearly 60 outdoor adventure television series. In the process, his teams have amassed a library of more than 100,000 hours of HD footage and nearly 150,000 photographs, making Call Time (the book and companion film set) an unmatched celebration of the world of wingshooting.
The stunning, large-format title chronicles 18 different wingshooting adventures on four continents. Its chapters feature pheasant, bobwhite quail, ruffed grouse, woodcock, greywing francolin, ocellated turkey, spurfowl, sandgrouse, duck, goose, perdiz, dove and driven shoots for red-legged partridge, guineafowl, pheasants and grouse.
Internationally acclaimed photographers Dusan Smetana, Marcos Furer, Lee Kjos, Gary Kramer, John MacGillivray and many others captured a stunning collection of images that help make the 300-page book an epic tribute to wingshooting. Each chapter also features a 10-minute corresponding film shot on location during the creation of Call Time.
“This has been a monumental team effort to produce an unforgettable collection of wingshooting stories and imagery the likes of which has never before been created,” says Dorsey. “We set out a long time ago to bring together the world’s most talented team to create an enduring work.”
Additionally, Dorsey is one of the world’s most widely traveled fly fishermen and the largest producer of outdoor television in history so Casting Call is the first companion book and film celebration of the planet’s greatest fly angling. Casting Call takes readers and viewers to epic fly waters from the American west to Alaska, across Canada, to the fabled flats of the Bahamas and Belize to the jungles, marshes and highlands of South America and many points in between.
Internationally acclaimed photographers Dusan Smetana, R. Valentine Atkinson, Marcos Furer, John MacGillivray, Francois Botha and others spent thousands of hours in remote locations to capture a stunning collection of images that help make the 300-page opus an instant classic. Each chapter also features a 10-minute corresponding film shot on location during the creation of Casting Call.
Dorsey sounds the pure thrill of the siren’s song, luring modern man back to the wild to pit his wit and skill against the strength and challenge of fish. Dorsey is well-qualified to write such a book. As a member of the Outdoor Legends Hall of Fame and recipient of scores of awards, he has produced hundreds of television episodes on the magic of sportfishing, including the highly decorated Buccaneers & Bones, hosted by Tom Brokaw. He’s also a talented writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Forbes and most of the outdoor periodicals in the English-speaking world. He has authored 12 books and served as editor-in-chief of two different national sporting magazines.
Both Call Time and Casting Call are available from the SportingClassicsstore.com — just in time for Father’s Day.
Featuring Casting Call, Call Time and Director’s Cut this bundle includes a book and film production more than 30 years in the making. Author and Executive Producer Chris Dorsey, along with a team of the world’s best sporting life photographers and cinematographers, embarked on expeditions to distant corners of the globe to create an indelible portrait of wingshooting, fly fishing, big game hunting and the great outdoors. Each large-format 250+ page book includes a DVD with corresponding film shot on location for every chapter. Buy Now
