A Nevada Adventure
I was craving adventure in Nevada. Two weeks’ worth. I needed to test modifications to my travel rig and an “A-frame” camper I had...
Sage Grouse: Bird of My Life
It’s been some time since I shot my first sage grouse at the age of 16. Fellow classmate Fred Woolett is responsible for this...
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...
Mearns Are Where You Find Them
Hunting—and learning—in the desert Southwest Morning dawned cold, crisp and clear as a wash of pinks, oranges and golds softly faded from the eastern...
Geese in Passing
Late-season goose hunting is special. Not only is it the final bird season to close where I live, but I also have a long...
Outfoxing Pheasants
Vexation & vindication with wild ringnecks
Gone for the Season
Pursuing the dream of a season well spent
The Scale of Quail
Gunning for running blue quail.
Decoying Sharptails
Bringing in grouse with handcrafted fakes.
High-Country Cast & Blast
Gaining elevation for grouse & trout
A Quest for Snowcock
The ragged realities of Himalayan snowcock Story and Photographs by Garhart Stephenson hirty years ago I learned of the Himalayan snowcock, a large member...
Chukars of Late
Last-gasp partridge on the steep & slippery.