Grounding Gear
Waterfowlers wait for it year-round: the fall flight, when ducks and geese filter south from northern breeding grounds. Typically in flocks and skeins, the...
Game On! Gear
For upland hunters across the country, the arrival of September means game on! From gunning for doves to walking the prairies for grouse, wingshooters...
Premiere Gear
With the opening of bird season right around the corner, summer is the time when wingshooters begin getting antsy. Many are anticipating not only...
Top-Dog Gear
What hunter doesn’t think that his or her gundog is the best? Such assessments are based on performance, of course, but they also factor...
Smashing-Good Gear
For the shotgunner, there are few things as satisfying as smashing a clay target. Figuring out the lead, speed and perfect break point, and...
Announcing the 2024–’25 Readers & Writers Adventures
We’re at it again. Never content to just publish articles about great wingshooting trips, we actually plan them and invite any and all to...
Tricked Out for Travel
"Travel” means different things to different people. For some it involves trekking around the globe via planes, trains and automobiles. For others it’s simply...
Landing Gear
There’s a moment in waterfowling when everything changes. It’s when the birds commit and lower their “landing gear” to set in. It’s also when...
‘Up’ for the Uplands
Just as athletes get “up” for a game, wingshooters must properly prepare for hunting season. This involves not only getting ready mentally and physically...
Preseason Presents
It’s Christmas in July! At least it feels that way to wingshooters preparing for fall with preseason purchases. They’re making their lists and checking...
Pup Products
Ask any dog person what his or her favorite part of the hunt is, and you’re likely to hear, “Watching the dogs work.” For...
Spring Breaking
As winter comes to an end, you can almost hear a collective, “Ahhhh,” as shooters step outside, fill their lungs with fresh air and...