september/october 2025

September/October 2025

by Shooting Sportsman Magazine

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Features

The Song of SouthWind

Singing the praises of Georgia’s SouthWind Plantation

by Christiana Roussel

Hunting the Hinterlands

To Alberta for huns & waterfowl

by Ben Brettingen

The Kemen Connection

A Spanish maker embracing tradition and technology

by Djamel Talha

A Nevada Adventure

Navigating an epic hunt’s highs & lows

by Garhart Stephenson

Rain Gun

A British best for use in wet weather

by Richard S. Grozik


Departments

From the Editor

Examining wingshooters’ motivation to travel

The Opener

Following a canny gundog in Yellowstone River country

Game & Gun Gazette 

The Purdey-Woodward Over & Under, Westley Richards’ Falcon gun, Nordic Clays’ Trapmaster and more

Gun Review

Blaser’s F16 Sporting 12/20 for clays and game

by Greg Carpiniello

Field Gear

Gearing up for the upland season

by The Editors

To the Point

Welcoming women into the field

by Tom Huggler


Scattershot

The Gun Rack

Beretta’s 668 Performance Sporting

by Joe Genzel

Shooting

In praise of the fabulous pheasant

by Phil Bourjaily

Shot Talk

Shotgunning misinformation continues

by Tom Rooster

Hunting Dogs

How to prevent soft-tissue injuries

by Keith Schopp


ON THE COVER: 

Hungarian partridge photographed by Steve Oehlenschlager/steveoehlenschlager.com (see p. 76).

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