Ready, Set, Gear
Some of these new-to-market items might help you lead the field this season.
Wingshooting
A Dog-Training Treatise
When training my pointer puppy years ago, I wish I had known about the Smith Training Method, outlined and detailed in the exceptionally helpful book Training Bird Dogs with Ronnie Smith Kennels.
Sharpening Your Ax
In order to prepare properly during the off-season, hunters should practice as much as possible on targets that simulate the birds they expect to encounter.
Strapped In
Over-the-shoulder bird holders
Royal Flush
Bird hunters live for the “flush rush”—that catch of breath, that endorphin sluice—triggered by “Bird up!” or the roar of wings. Odd, though, how the order of such drama changes as we grow older.
A Bird Hunting Logbook
Be one of the lucky 200 owners of this limited-edition volume, and check into Mathewson’s other fine works as well.
Rio’s Pro Eco Wad
Rio's Pro Eco Wad is made from organic vegetable materials and is 100% biodegradable and totally water soluble.
A Book on the Father of Bird Carving
Elmer Crowell: Father of American Bird Carving is a biography of a gifted man, a view into a bygone era of abundant waterfowl and rich sporting enthusiasts, and a gallery of exquisite photographs of beautifully carved and lovingly painted decoys.
High-Country Cast & Blast
Gaining elevation for grouse & trout
Shotgunning in ‘the Zone’
Shotgunning in the Automatic Mind: The Guide for Shotgunners and Instructors offers a premise that is hard to argue with: that success requires a shooter to shoot in “the zone”
Dog-Days Gear
Now is the time to be thinking about gundogs. The following items will serve at home, in the field and in between this season.
Candlewood Kennels
For almost 60 years some of the finest Labrador retrievers in the world—national champions, hall-of-famers, sires and dams that have made incalculable contributions to the breed—have come from Mary Howley’s Candlewood Kennels.