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Not-so-fair-weather grouse hunting We’ve hunted together before and we’ve hunted together since, but the talk always takes on a softer, special tone whenever one...
Worth the Trip: Rio Piedra Plantation
In this exclusive series by the Shooting Sportsman Endorsed Lodge Program, Shooting Sportsman readers weigh in with their personal experiences at some of the finest wingshooting lodges in...
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To the Point: Chicken Delight
If you had told me I would go to Kansas—that fabulous bird hunting state—for three days and not kill a pheasant or quail, I...
Right as Rain
Not-so-fair-weather grouse hunting We’ve hunted together before and we’ve hunted together since, but the talk always takes on a softer, special tone whenever one...
Dangerous Loading Practices
Both of the topics I’m covering here were prompted by an ever-building series of reader emails and phone calls concerning these subjects. Since both...
Wingshooting
Prepare to Peak: Getting Your Gundog Ready for the Season
In mid-April 1996, the night before Patriot’s Day, Jeff Doyle told me he wouldn’t be at the dock at 3 am to go fishing....
‘Re-Booting’ An Upland-Boot Guide
Putting upland boots through the paces With upland hunters, there’s no piece of gear that takes a worse beating than boots. When pushing through...
Upland Upgrades With Scheels Outfitters
Sponsored By: Scheels Outfitters Ben Fleischacker has a serious passion for upland hunting and bird dogs, as he has been chasing birds across the...
Midwestern Hunting at Its Best
Wisconsin might not be the pheasant hunting destination it once was, but anyone who thinks the sun has set on Badger State bird hunting...
Fine Guns
Zoli Z-Sport MR
Arrizabalaga SLE Pigeon Gun is a testament to a modern incarnation of Old World craftsmanship that bodes well for the revival of the Spanish trade.
Weatherby Orion SxS
The American renaissance of side-by-side shotguns is being championed by an unlikely group: millennial upland hunters. More and more, we are seeing men and...
B. Rizzini BR460
My grandfather traveled from Southern Italy to Ellis Island in 1923, and I am proud of my Italian heritage. While I don’t own a...
Beretta A400 Upland 28
Prior to the release of Beretta’s A400 Upland in 28 gauge, Remington was the last gun manufacturer to produce a 28-gauge 3" gas-operated semi-auto...
Dogs
5 Health Tips to Help Make Your Gundog’s Season Great
Sponsored by: Eukanuba Upland and waterfowl hunting takes us to some of the most stunningly gorgeous places around. But they’re often wild and unknown—and...
Get Your Dog Ready for a Great Season Ahead
Sponsored by: Eukanuba There are a lot of ways to get gundogs ready for the upcoming upland and waterfowl seasons. But many of us...
Handle the Handler
Sponsored by: Eukanuba It’s for good reason that gundogs get most of the preseason training attention. They have jobs to do. But sometimes we’re...
One Man’s Flushers
A welcome breeze cooled me as I sat on the long-deceased carcass of an evergreen high in the mountains of Nevada. Tucker playfully rolled...