Hoarfrost Huns
Chancing upon Huns in the hoarfrost.
Wingshooting
Arkansas’ ‘Decoy Adoption Center’
Where do all the old, faded and worn decoys go?
A Girl & A Gun
The ladies-only national organization, founded in 2011, works to create a positive environment that supports women shooters and to generate opportunities for women in the shooting sports.
Jack-of-All Jackets
Versatile wear for the field & street.
The ‘Expert’ Duck Hunter
What follows is salient advice from my best-selling book, assuredly nonfiction.
The Draw of Mule-Drawn Wagons
Pine Hill Plantation is one of onl a few places where hunters can enjoy bobwhite hunting exclusively from horseback and mule-drawn wagon.
The Mallard Mystery
Researchers remain stumped as to why mallard numbers in the Atlantic Flyway have fallen 45 percent in the past 20 years.
Maynard Reece 1920-2020
Maynard Reece, the beloved artist hailed as the “King of the Federal Duck Stamp,” passed away in Des Moines, Iowa, where he’d lived since 1938.
Smoke Rings
The draw of pipes for classic outdoor writers.
A Tale of Two Warriors
Over the course of three seasons, on a Brigadoon-like highland deep in the Appalachians, dog and bird thrust and parry, matching wits and nerves and senses, each made better by the other.
Divers Down
The ins & outs of hunting diving ducks.
Patterning Myths Continue
The frustrating persistence of patterning myths.