Retired Missouri Department of Conservation employee and full time outdoorsman Joel Vance is an accomplished writer who has published several books on the outdoors of his home state. Vance’s literary specialty is hunting with and breeding upland bird dogs, and he includes a nice dose of comedy in his writing.
Books by Joel Vance:

Bobs, Brush and Brittanies
Grandma and the Buck Deer
Billy Barnstorm, the Birch Lake Bomber
Tails I Lose: Coping with Bird Dogs
Autumn Shadows: Outdoor Tales of the Supernatural

Fats Waller, His Life and Times
The Exploding Elephant
Fish and Guests Stink
A Literary Weapon of Mass Destruction
Save the Last Dance: A Story of North American Grassland Grouse
Upland Bird Hunting

Joel, I was out walking the other day and I thought of you. Hope you and your family are all well. I think of the times and folks of Wild Branch. All good wishes, Kathy Henderson