Late, Great Chukar
The joys of ending the season in the high country I could only stand and stare, gasping for breath as I watched the birds...
Features
Getting the Jump on Ducks
Late-season jump-shooting on moving water The drake mallard’s green head rips the white fabric of the hills. Where there were once only common winter...
The Spanish Revival
The Spanish gun trade rises again Anyone who has chased upland birds for more than a couple of seasons knows boom and bust. One...
Celebrating Sharptails
Observations on habits & habitat Lewis and Clark were barely underway when they camped along the Missouri River in what is now South Dakota...
The Eurasian Invasion
Drawing down on the new dove in town There’s nothing else really like it. Teal can zoom into the decoys, zigging and zagging all...
Right as Rain
Not-so-fair-weather grouse hunting We’ve hunted together before and we’ve hunted together since, but the talk always takes on a softer, special tone whenever one...
Fabarm’s Fast-Forward
The gun company forges ahead into its second century Italy’s Fabarm celebrates its 100th birthday this year, secure in its place as the second-largest...
South-of-the-Border Bobs
The thrill of wild quail with El Dorado Outfitters The bobwhite quail, or northern bobwhite, is found in all or part of 40 states,...
Shotgunning’s Class of ’24
The year’s new smoothbores From low grade to high, there are plenty of interesting shotguns for 2024. There is no single overriding trend among...
Full-Circle Partridge
A Saskatchewan foray for Huns & sharptails The writer had grown old. But a last gasp before the sedentary life of pipe and book...
James Woodward & Sons
Unraveling the mystery of an enigmatic gunmaker In the history of London gunmaking, there are few companies so little understood as James Woodward &...
In Sleeping Weather
Dreamlike memories of hunts gone by October arrives in my corner of New England. Across the valley, a wine stain soaks the ridges first,...