Travel

Minnesota-grouse
August 30, 2016

Grouse of a Feather

Which spot in the vast North Woods would give me an exemplary feel for both the hunting and the hunters? The answer came from Minnesota photographer Lee Kjos, who during a phone conversation mentioned Little Moran and its proprietor, Steve Grossman.

April 27, 2016

Firesteel Creek Lodge Bird Hunt

Join us October 29-November 2, 2016 at the charming Firesteel Creek Lodge in Isabel, South Dakota for exceptional grouse, pheasant and partridge hunting as well as excellent dining and off-the-charts hospitality. There’s no doubt that after a wingshoot with hunters from the Shooting Sportsman family of readers you’ll leave with a few new life-long friends.

February 17, 2016

The Hunter’s Heartland

For me, though, the essence of Heartland Lodge was captured in the final image of our last day’s hunt, a perfect blue-sky December day spent in the field with guide Terry Abney: the sudden blaze of sunset on a cackling rooster’s wings, the gun’s thump against my shoulder, and out there beyond the dogs, right where the hillside falls away, the sight of golden feathers bursting like a firecracker and the big bird tumbling, tumbling down.

Firesteel
January 24, 2016

Readers & Writers Adventures

Choose from three once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to join celebrated magazine writers and fellow wingshooting aficionados on some of the best bird hunting trips on the planet. Sign up for more information about this year’s trips and we’ll keep you updated about space availability, new trip information, and Adventures news.

August 13, 2015

Hi on Quail

Here at North Carolina’s George Hi Plantation, a team of plantation managers, native-grass specialists and forest planners are turning back time to one largely forgotten. George Hi’s 1,000 acres of pines and old fields have been hunted with pointing dogs since before the Civil War, and today there’s a massive program of habitat improvement transforming the spread.