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.
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.
The Far-flung Model 870
This gun is the firearms maker’s answer to Henry Ford’s Model T: ubiquitous, dependable and cheap.
The ‘Expert’ Duck Hunter
What follows is salient advice from my best-selling book, assuredly nonfiction.
Lonesome for Doves
Bemoaning a closed season on mourning doves.
Of Time & Timing
Taking advantage of the summer lull
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.
I Remember ‘Red’
Remembering an unforgetable character named “Red”
Darkest Before the Light
Some adventures just seem jinxed from the start.
Daniel Redux
A boy’s efforts to shoot his first bird on the wing
Hell’s Gates
Getting over—or under or through—those diabolic gates.
Goose Bumps
The never-ending thrill of gunning geese.