Auroras of Autumn
The scholar of one candle seesAn Artic effulgence flaring on the frameOf everything he is.—Wallace Stevens, “The Auroras of Autumn” The last time I...
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Chasing Shadows
It started years ago when I flushed a large blue-gray bird while walking a high mountain trout stream. That was my first glimpse of...
Blind Faith
Jason Rosa and I sat gazing up at a star-freckled sky, the faint breeze on offer keeping the mosquitoes at bay. It was not...
Vintage Duck Guns
I was just starting to see the numbers on my wristwatch when Aidan made the call. “It’s shooting light,” he said in a steady,...
Rain Gun
I hadn’t been looking for the gun. It found me. I was browsing an online gun-auction site, and there it was. Though the photographs...
The Song of SouthWind
Longleaf pines and hard-packed red-clay roads come standard in the South Georgia region that SouthWind Plantation calls home. Driving from Thomasville, Georgia, I headed...
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...
“X” Marks the Grouse
The premise was simple: Take three guides with proven cover dogs; team them with six experienced wingshooters; drop them all in an area they’ve...
Three Days in No Man’s Land
As geographical oddities go, the Oklahoma panhandle is easy to overlook. On a map, this thin, remote, sparsely populated strip of land—a mere 34...
The Exmoor Experience
Exmoor, in the southwest of England, is like few other places in the country. It is a landscape sculpted by wind and water rather...
Finding Rizzini
Journeying to Italy for an affirming factory visit I’ve been mystified and, in truth, a bit annoyed since buying my first Rizzini nearly 30...
Golden Ticket
These dogs can hunt Is there a breed more universally beloved than the golden retriever? Goldens are a moveable feast of sunshine: parting the...