Features
The Guide’s Life
It’s more than about hunting
by Reid Bryant
Departments
From the Editor
On the loss of a fatherlike mentor
Letters
Fans of the 12 gauge, the fun of fowling and the finest photo
The Opener
A sneak peek from a snow-roosting prairie chicken
Game & Gun Gazette
The Duck Stamp winner, AyA’s Dominus, the Garmin Alpha 10 and more
Scattershot
Shooting
The mixed-bag magic of wingshooting in Africa
by Chris Batha
Shot Talk
Questions and answers —mostly about pressures
by Tom Roster
Hunting Dogs
What I wish I’d known before getting my first gundog
by Mark Coleman
Conservation
Britain steels itself for going nontoxic
by Jonathan Young
Gun Review
The Chapuis Faisan Artisan: “C’est magnifique!”
by Bruce Buck
Field Gear
Take-alongs for those bitten by the travel bug
by The Editors
To the Point
Strategies for dealing with the land-lease conundrum
by Tom Huggler
On the Cover
Caroline Akey and her GSP Tikka hunting mountain quail in western Oregon. Photograph by Nathaniel Akey.
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