Notes from the Editor: The New Year—A New Beginning by Jim Stenson
First and foremost, we want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. In this issue, we also have a little housekeeping to get out of the way. The first housekeeping item is the integration of magazines....
View ArticleTurkey Ninja: Rachmaninoff and the Pursuit of Meleagris :: Story by Terry...
You have to admire obsession in a man. It has a life of its own. Obsession lays out the hunting regulations from half a dozen states, and draws flow charts with dates, routes, and driving times....
View ArticleThe Way It’s Remembered: A Letter by Bob White
My friend, Jay, is an English setter guy. He’s had at least one, and as many as three, ever since we were kids. It’s been my good fortune to occasionally share in the fruits of his dog training...
View ArticleBlack Magic: The Ancient Powder with an Attraction all its own: By Terry Wieland
As a man-made substance, charcoal may well claim to be the oldest, as well as one of the most versatile, in human history. Like fire itself, the discovery of charcoal was probably accidental, but from...
View ArticleBattle at the Brick Yard // By Gordon Sutton
The 2013 turkey season seemed to ring with optimism. About a week before the season opened, I got news that sent my expectations into the stratosphere. My friend Gordon Giuliano’s (a.k.a. “The Don”)...
View ArticleJames Acord shares his custom Duck Strap
James wrote to Jim: “Since you have written about Duck hunting, I thought you might like to see a custom Duck strap I made for a lady customer to give her husband out in California, they both hunt...
View ArticleSpent Shells: Camp Bonasa by Ron Ellis
From the time we leave it each October, until we return the following season, I think about going “up north” to hunt grouse and woodcock out of “Camp Bonasa,” which is what we christened our good...
View ArticleBitterroot Bonanza: The Flying B Does More With More by Terry Wieland
It’s impossible to say for certain how many birds are shot every year on game farms and preserves. Estimates go as high as 80 per cent of all the game birds taken in the U.S. That includes the two...
View ArticleSun River by Rick Bass
December, blue sky, and too cold to be out for too long, but too beautiful to not—new snow, as well, lots of it, and a month and some change having gone past since Callie and I last hunted, with elk...
View ArticleBehind the Lens: I Just Don’t See it by Henry Gilbey
I love colour. We see the world in a riot of colour and without a doubt these different shades inspire me as a photographer. I love it when that hot and humid sun climbs high in the sky and lights...
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