New Shells for ’23
Despite shotshell-product-availability issues, especially with hunting loads, that continue largely unabated, here's what's new for 2023.
Scattershot
Breaking, Bad
Breaking is the opposite of steadiness, and one of the most irritating behaviors retriever owners typically deal with.
Glorious Grouse
Red grouse driven shooting is very different from shooting driven pheasants or partridge. Even walk-up grouse hunting is different. Here's why.
Wildlife on Working Lands
The central thesis of game management is this: Game can be restored by the creative use of the same tools which have heretofore destroyed...
DIY or Bring in the Pros?
In a way dog training is like a home-improvement project. Some prefer the do-it-yourself approach, while others hire a pro. One approach isn’t necessarily...
Repairing a ‘Stock Ear’
There are many ways a person might come to own a shotgun and become proficient with it. Be it through a love of dogs...
Benelli 828 U Sport
Benelli has not taken the break-action-shotgun world by storm the way it did with autoloaders when its Super Black Eagle...
Thinking Beyond Birds
Who would have ever guessed that the tools most important to the salvation of ducks would be caramel, coffee, and conversation? —Michael Furtman,...
Feet, Don't Fail Me Now
More years ago than I like to remember, a friend and I made the long drive from snowy Wisconsin to West Texas for a...
Assumptions That Can Bite
The longer I’ve worked with and written for shotgunners (40-plus years now), the more I’ve come to realize that a large number of them...
Considering Checkering
Those who’ve done it will attest that it is an unsettling feeling to pick up a gun whose stock is devoid of checkering. Though...
On Choosing Chokes
Much has been said and written about which chokes to use on which targets to get the best result: that ball of dust when...