Open Season (2001) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit see section history

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Thomas Joseph Pickett: Wyoming Game Warden in Twelve Sleep County
• Sheridan Pickett: Joe & Marybeth Pickett's daughter
• Vern Dunnegan: Wyoming Game Warden
• Wacey Hedeman: Wyoming Game Warden-->Running for Sheriff of Twelve Sleep County
• Marybeth Pickett: Joe Pickett's wife
• O.R. Barnum (Bud): Sheriff of Twelve Sleep County
• John McLanahan: Twelve Sleep County Sheriff Deputy
• Mr. Merle Miller: Add a description of this character.
• Mr. Clyde Lidgard
• Lesley (Les) Etbauer
• Stewie
• Lucy Pickett: Joe and Marybeth Pickett's daughter
• Ote Keeley: Poacher
• Jack: Elderly hunter
• Hans: Elderly Hunter
• Annabel
• Grandmother Missy
• Maxine: Joe Pickett's yellow lab
• Vera
• Jeannie Keeley: Ote Keeley's wife/April Keeley's mother
• Lizzie
• Dave Avery: Game biologist for Montana Fish & Game department
• Aimee Kensinger: Donald Kensinger's wife/Had affair with Wacey Hedeman
• Elway
• Wendy: Twelve Sleep County Sheriff Department Dispatcher
• Calvin Mendes: Ote Keeley's hunting buddy
• Toby
• Kyle Lensegrav: Ote Keeley's hunting budy
• Missy Vankeuren: Marybeth Pickett's mother
• Evelyn Wolters: Barmaid at Stockman's Bar
• Hippity-hop
• Meriwether Lewis
• Mrs. Lensegrav
• B. J. Cobb
• Marilyn Monroe
• Feds
• Victor Pickett
• Arlene
• April
• Bill Barrett
• Jasmine
• Joe Pickett
• Lensegrav

Quotes edit see section history

• “"Those bastards," she hissed. She rarely said anything like that, and Joe looked up. "Just when things were going so well."”

  Marybeth Pickett

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• the person who talked the most very often had the least to say. He sometimes wished that every human was allotted a certain number of words to use for their lifetime. When the allotment ran out, that person would be forced into silence.

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• Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings. He never wanted to waste or unnecessarily expend words.

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• Pronghorn antelope were the second fastest mammals on earth—only an African cheetah could outrun them.

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• To hunt and fish in the State of Wyoming, Joe thought, people were required to buy licenses and, in some cases, pass tests that proved they knew how to use firearms and knew Game and Fish regulations. There were no such requirements for having children.

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• That’s why Joe despised meetings where he felt the participants acted as if they were paid by the number of words spoken and, as a result, the words began to cheapen by the minute until they meant nothing at all.

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• —Alston Chase, In a Dark Wood, 1995, commentary on the creation and unintended consequences of the Endangered Species

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• “Kyle Lensegrav and Calvin Mendes,”

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• you are a good man. You’re the last of your kind. Don’t forget that. There aren’t many like you left. You have a good heart and your moral compass is a model of its kind. You need to do what you need to do. Things will work out, and we can talk about it all later. We’re being tested, God knows why.”

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• Joe Pickett and Wacey Hedeman

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• sometimes we see things in animals that aren’t really there. It’s called transference,

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Saddlestring
• Wyoming
• Bighorn Road
• Montana
• Eagle Mountain Club
• Wolf Mountain
• Twelve Sleep County
• Reverend Cobb
• Crazy Woman Creek

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Savage Run.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. C. J. Box (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Anthony (2002: Best First Novel, winner)
• Macavity Awards (2002: Best First Mystery Novel, winner)
• Edgar Award (Finalist, 2002: Best First Novel)
• Barry Award (2002: Best First Novel)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

This series is definitely for adults or ages 16+.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery

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