Wild Birds, Wild Places
I checked my brush-battered smartwatch. The pedometer read 14,673 steps, 7.5 miles and the equivalent of 80 stories of elevation. It’s an older model,...
March 2023
Thinking Beyond Birds
Who would have ever guessed that the tools most important to the salvation of ducks would be caramel, coffee, and conversation? —Michael Furtman,...
Feet, Don't Fail Me Now
More years ago than I like to remember, a friend and I made the long drive from snowy Wisconsin to West Texas for a...
Assumptions That Can Bite
The longer I’ve worked with and written for shotgunners (40-plus years now), the more I’ve come to realize that a large number of them...
Considering Checkering
Those who’ve done it will attest that it is an unsettling feeling to pick up a gun whose stock is devoid of checkering. Though...