“We love to nourish and protect those more predatory animals that represent a terrible danger to our continued survival as a species. We insist upon re-electing them to Congress.”

“Men and women should be treated equally. Wedding gifts should not be limited to silverware, kitchen utensils, scrub boards and the things only brides can use. Wedding gifts like three dozen Herter decoys should not be the subject of complaints from brides whose recollection of such matters fade not, but remain forever fresh and vibrant.”

“Some men hunt for reasons other than securing food or following the genetic imprint that leads them to field and lakes and woods and compels their association with dogs and shotguns. Some hunt to get away from brain numbing television programs and talking head newsmen who feel their position requires them, every day, to try to scare the hell out of us.”

An attorney, Galen Winter lived in Latin America and, for fifteen years, specialized in international law. He became a corporation counsel in Milwaukee, then in Chicago and, finally, engaged in the private practice of law in northern Wisconsin where, he says, “A man can associate with dogs and shotguns without arousing too much suspicion.”
Winter began writing about his passions - hunting and fishing - in 1984, contributing many articles to several national and regional outdoor magazines. He compiled a wild game cookbook, and wrote two novels. THE CHRONICLES OF MAJOR PEABODY is his fifth volume of short stories and essays.
Winter has hunted and fished all over the western hemisphere - in arctic islands north of Canada’s Nunavut Territory, in the Amazon basin, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, the Argentine Patagonia, Uruguay and various places within the United States where game birds are found.
Jessine, his wife of over fifty years, has put up with him through it all. They live in Shawano, Wisconsin.