The May/June 2016 issue of Shooting Sportsman is now available online and on newsstands. Our "Hunting Dogs issue" offers new perspectives on age-old questions of the hunter-hunting dog relationship. Pointer, or flusher? When are you too old for another puppy? Also, training advice from Tom Dokken and a Field Gear selection that's gone to the dogs. On the cover: German shorthaired pointer, Bodie, with pheasant, photographed by Lauren Till.
FEATURES
A GUN FOR THE LADY
Meeting women’s (different) needs
Elizabeth Lanier
THE EARLY BIRDS OF BUFFALO BUTTE
Memorable pheasant hunting in South Dakota
Ed Carroll
A BIGGER PIECE OF SKY
Huns & sharptails on the wide-open Montana prairie
Brian Grossenbacher with Reid Bryant
PACK
Celebrating the ties that bind
Tom Reed
SPECIAL HUNTING DOGS SECTION
THE GREAT DEBATE
Pointing dogs v. flushing dogs for pheasants
Tom Davis
CAN'T-MAKE MISTAKES
Plan ahead, or suffer a lifetime of consequences
Tom Dokken
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
Springtime is for hunting dogs
Letters
Primer confusion, kudos for reloading series, hearing safety and more
Game & Gun Gazette
Boss’s new Boss, positive gundog training, build your own Boxall & Edmiston, etc.
Shooting
Talking trap as a great introduction for new shooters
Chris Batha
Fine Gunmaking
A George Hinton boxlock as a window to gunmaking history
Steven Dodd Hughes
Shot Talk
Reloading Part 3: High-performance specialty loads
Tom Roster
Gun Review
Salvinelli’s EXL Sporting: a well-balanced shooter for crushing clays
Bruce Buck
Field Gear
A sampling of products for Man’s Best Friend
David Draper
To the Point
When you’re past your last pup
Tom Huggler
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