March / April 2023

by Shooting Sportsman Magazine

Features

A Flight of Fancy

Malcolm Appleby’s Dragonfly Gun

by Douglas Tate

Wild Birds, Wild Places

Mixed-bag hunting with Wyoming Wings & Waters

by Tom Sternal

Charlie Parker’s Parker

Restoring a Parker with special provenance

by Tom Keer

Geese in Passing

Pass-shooting honkers during the late season

by Garhart Stephenson


Departments

From the Editor

Bidding adieu to longtime contributor Bruce Buck

The Opener

A tightly massed flock of Ross’ geese takes to the sky


Scattershot

The Gun Rack

The right-priced TriStar Trinity O/U
by Joe Genzel

Shooting

A wide-open look at choosing chokes
by Chris Batha

Shot Talk

Shotgunning assumptions that can bite
by Tom Roster

From the Bench

Getting a grip on the finer points of checkering
by Delbert Whitman Jr. & Reid Bryant

Conservation

Conversation as a tool for conservation
by Greg Hoch

Hunting Dogs

How to keep feet from failing
by Tom Davis

Gun Review

Kevin’s Poli Plantation over/under: a gun that performs as handsomely as it looks
by Bruce Buck

Field Gear

Great new gear for breaking clays
by The Editors

Going Public

Wisconsin’s State Fishery Areas
by Tom Davis

To the Point

Celebrating sandhill cranes
by Tom Huggler

On the Cover

Sage grouse photographed by Shannon Phifer/@s.phiferphotography


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