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...
Features
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,...
The British Labradors of Wildrose Kennels
Finding ‘The Way’: Embracing Wildrose Kennels’ ‘dogs of duality’ Lab people are just different. On one hand you have the waterfowlers, living to chase...
Signature Roosters
Field-testing Krieghoffs at The Signature Lodge As many know, Krieghoff’s iconic design dates back to 1957, when the company acquired the patent for the...
This Old Ithaca
Embodying a history of family, friendships and choices This began as a drawn-out conversation about refurbishing an heirloom shotgun, and then it swerved sideways...
Getting Schooled in Shotgunning
Lessons from the OSP Shooting School at Milford Hills My shooting, whether in the field or on the clays course, easily could be summed...
Grouse & Grizzlies
Hunting ruffs in the Northern Rockies I follow the crease of the mountain waiting for the flush of a ruffed grouse. Here in the...
Mearns Are Where You Find Them
Hunting—and learning—in the desert Southwest Morning dawned cold, crisp and clear as a wash of pinks, oranges and golds softly faded from the eastern...