Features
A Good Day in the Bald Eagle Valley
Of good-enough guns and hunting like the old days
By: Charles Fergus
Wild Wing Bobwhites
Kentucky quail with a difference
By: Larry Brown
The Best Finish Last
New 'best' guns from English finisher/gunmaker D.H. Sinnerton
By: Vic Venters
Highland Adventure
[Photoshoot] In north-central Oregon, where Conestoga wagons once traversed arid, inhospitable terrain, a warm welcome now awaits wingshooters at Highland Hills Ranch. Host-owners Dennis and Sandy Macnab have created an oasis of cultivated meadows and wilderness canyons abundant with game. Bird huntingPhotography by: Hakan Stenlund
Driven Days with the Royal Habsburgs
To the Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary for classic driven pheasants
By: Gary Kramer
My Blue(bill) Heaven
Divers & geese in central Alberta
By: Chad Mason
The Pump
America's shotguns & history repeating
By: John M. Taylor
Pheasants on the Fringe
Wild cacklers at the edge of the world
By: Tom Reed
Downsizing to Suit
A Galazan M-21 .410 scaled to size
By: Maj. Gen. James McCoskey
Departments
From the Editor
I'm a bit bleary-eyed as I write this, and my hands and legs are scratched and swollen. My house is in complete disarray, and I know it will be some time before any semblance of order returns to my life. Funny thing is, I couldn't be happier, because the cause of this upset is the most recent addition
By: Ralph P. Stuart
Letters
Quail Conservation Thank you for the kind words about the quail plantations and Tall Timbers in your "From the Editor" column (July/August). I greatly appreciate your thoughts and good wishes. More important, though, thanks again for supporting quail conservation efforts through Vic Venters' articles
Guest Gun
Keeping Good Company
By: Jim McLennan
Fine Guns Raise Funds at GMC X
The 10th Gold Medal Concours d'Elegance of Fine Guns, proudly presented by the NRA, will take place at The Vintage Cup at Orvis Sandanona on September 24. Along with a considerable array of high-interest, collectible or historic guns to be publicly displayed and judged, the Concours has added a new benefit:
By: Silvio Calabi
Field Test
"Shotgun-Insight": Patterning made easier-and smarter
By: Bruce Buck
Wingshooting News
Here Be Dragons
By: Douglas Tate
Vintage Cup 2005
[img 1 right caption=For double-gun fans, the Vintage Cup is the place to shop the wares of the finest gunmakers and retailers in the country.]It's a small thing, really, The Vintage Cup. And, no, not the engraved trophy cup, but the whole event-the 31/2 days of fun and (hopefully) sun every SeptemberBy: Ed Carroll
Fine Gunmaking
Evolution of the Sidelock, Part IV
By: Steven Dodd Hughes
Shooting
Ribs
By: Michael McIntosh
Shot Talk
Steel Shot for Clays
By: Tom Roster
Hunting Dogs
Knowing Your Dog
By: George Hickox
Gun Review
Kimber Valier
By: Bruce Buck
Field Gear
Canine Considerations
By: Tom Huggler
Book Review
Short Reports
By: Charles Fergus
Snapshots
The twisting tale of the modern era of Ithaca Gun Co. may be entering its final chapter-and it looks to be one in which investors seek the protection of bankruptcy court. In late June news began trickling out among shotgunners on the Internet and through local New York media that Ithaca's phones and
By: Ed Carroll
The Major
Read the Warning Signs
By: Galen Winter
Conservation
Sage Grouse Blues
By: Tom Reed
Going Places
Leen's Lodge
By: Richard Raymond
