On the Frontier
Argentina pigeons & doves with South Pioneers.
Argentina pigeons & doves with South Pioneers.
Alan Epler, the general merchandise manager for Dick’s Sporting Goods, shares his thoughts on the quail and dove hunting he grew up with in South Texas, amid the backdrop of taking his own son pheasant hunting in South Dakota.
Purdey No. 22078 will be auctioned as Lot 1400 at Holt’s December 8 sale. Contributed by an anonymous donor, Holt’s will forego all fees and premiums so that the entire proceeds will go to the Charitable Trust.
“What we are trying to do is make the best possible duck call. One that looks like a premium gunstock and sounds like it has a mallard living in it."
UPDATE: Results are in from the James D. Julia October sale, and Contributing Editor David Trevallion's Purdey No. 208 sold for nearly the low and high estimates combined.
Fall gatherings for double-gun enthusiasts.
Bill Moore's collection will be presented for sale at James D. Julia’s October auction.
Pacific Sporting Arms East opened in November in Walled Lake. The new shop’s inventory leans strongly toward guns for competition—which owner John Herkowitz knows plenty about as a longtime competitive shooter.
Blixt & Co. teams up with Britain’s Holt’s Auctioneers to hold a first-ever sale in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Associate Editor Ed Carroll spent four days in early June shooting with South Pioneers in San Luis Province, Argentina. He brought back this one-minute video showing the streams of eared doves and spot-wing pigeons flowing over his shooting blind.
Memorable Pheasant Hunting in South Dakota