Tom Huggler

Tom Huggler’s Grouse of North America and A Fall of Woodcock won national acclaim and are now collectible. His Quail Hunting in America (Stackpole) is still in print. A Fall of Woodcock was reprinted recently by Skyhorse Publishing.

Dogs, Hunting Dogs, To the Point

Canine Acuity

Anyone who has owned bird dogs knows the road to understanding their behavior runs both ways: We learn as much as we teach—and sometimes a lot more.

To the Point, Wingshooting

Lost & Not Found

Bird hunters like stuff, and we accumulate lots of it, which is why some things can be forgotten, misplaced or, gulp, lost.

Fine Guns, To the Point

The Far-flung Model 870

This gun is the firearms maker’s answer to Henry Ford’s Model T: ubiquitous, dependable and cheap.

Wingshooting

The ‘Expert’ Duck Hunter

What follows is salient advice from my best-selling book, assuredly nonfiction.

Wingshooting

Lonesome for Doves

Bemoaning a closed season on mourning doves.

Wingshooting

Of Time & Timing

Taking advantage of the summer lull

Wingshooting

Royal Flush

Bird hunters live for the “flush rush”—that catch of breath, that endorphin sluice—triggered by “Bird up!” or the roar of wings. Odd, though, how the order of such drama changes as we grow older.