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Features
Vintage Duck Guns
Waterfowling with classic smoothbores
by Matthew Every
Auroas of Autumn
Notes from an Alberta duck blind
by Robert Parvin Williams
Chasing Shadows
Climbing for duskie grouse in New Mexico
by Chad Love
Blind Faith
Veterans find meaning in waterfowling
by Russell Worth Parker
Departments
From the Editor
Witnessing the making of a duck dog
The Opener
Bobbing on the bay for big-water divers
Game & Gun Gazette
A new Readers & Writers Adventure. Hound & Hare’s next chapter, Rigby’s resurrection, Hunt.Vet and more
Gun Review
The Grulla 216RB: a carved beauty for the field
by Greg Carpiniello
Field Gear
What's new for waterfowlers
by The Editors
To the Point
Lessons learned from a slow day in the blind
by Tom Huggler
Scattershot
The Gun Rack
The Browning Citori825
by Joe Genzel
Shooting
Tips & tricks for dropping more ducks
by Phil Bourjaily
Shot Talk
Demystifying chokes and making recommendations
by Tom Rooster
Hunting Dogs
The ways in which dog training has changed
by Tom Keer
ON THE COVER:
A black lab with a green-winged teal photographed by Tom Martineau/wildfrontimages.com (see p. 86).

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