SSM March/April 2025

March/April 2025

Buy the issue! Features Alberta Fowling Duck & goose hunting with Black Dog Outfitters by Gary Kramer Ferlach’s Finest The unique offerings of Karl Hauptmann Jagdwaffen...

SSM January/February 2025 Cover

January/February 2025

Buy the issue! Features The Once & Future Gunmaker Holland & Holland is adapting—and thriving—with the times by Jack Strallan Walking Up Scotland In pursuit of...

SSM November/December 2024 cover

November/December 2024

Buy the issue! Features Getting the Jump on Ducks Late-season jump-shooting on moving water by Noah Davis Classic Pheasant Guns A full field of...

Colorful bird looking out of the frame

September/October 2024

Buy the issue! Features Celebrating Sharptails! Observations on habits & habitat by E. Donnall Thomas Jr. The Spanish Revival The Spanish gun trade rises again by Douglas...

SSM July/August 2024 issue

July/August 2024

Features Shotgunning’s Class of ’24 The year’s new smoothbores by Phil Bourjaily South-of-the-Border Bobs The thrill of wild quail with El Dorado Outfitters by...

bird flying by hunters

Up-Close Quail

In early March I was photographing a hunt at Prairie Wildlife, in Mississippi. Federal Ammunition had a large group there, and the lodge was...