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Five Ways You’ll Enjoy Your Stay at Fishing Creek Farms
Guided Georgia quail hunts are nothing if not reliable. You are pretty much guaranteed to get lots of shooting and witness some spectacular dogwork...
Five Tips for a Fun Trip to Greystone Castle Sporting Club
Book a hunt at the world-renowned Greystone Castle Sporting Club, in north-central Texas, and you’re going to hunt endless acres of great cover, see...
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Cimarron National Grasslands
Bird hunting often takes us to places where our collective history and our personal passions entwine in beautiful ways, and there are few places...
Can You Hear Me Now? The Three Ts of Canine Communication
Mike Stewart, the founder of Wildrose Kennels, which specializes in breeding and training Labrador retrievers, says that one of the secrets of dog training...
A New Guide to Sporting Shotguns
Among contemporaries who write professionally about wingshooting and shotgunning, there are few as widely experienced, as widely traveled and as thoroughly knowledgeable about the...
Wingshooting
On Choosing a Pointing Dog
As bird hunters, we all appreciate the beauty of a classy pointing dog that hunts in control, sticks every point and effortlessly retrieves downed...
Prime Time at The Preserve at Crooked Run
Sponsored by The Preserve at Crooked Run The Preserve at Crooked Run might be an all-around outdoor venue but, above all, the Virginia-based business...
Landing Gear
There’s a moment in waterfowling when everything changes. It’s when the birds commit and lower their “landing gear” to set in. It’s also when...
Lost Dog!
Few experiences in the field are worse than knowing your dog is out there somewhere yet having no idea where. I’m not talking about...
Fine Guns
Remington 870 Fieldmaster
If you’re a hunter, there’s a good chance that a Remington 870 is resting in your gun closet. Since 1950 more than 11 million...
Cosmi Steel Deluxe
I saw my first Cosmi in 2018, and I was smitten. More recently a client brought one in for show-and-tell. He offered: “I’m not...
Sauer SL5 Select Wood
1. Our test gun had a 28", stepped-rib barrel, although 26" and 30" tubes are available. The black-matte-finish barrel is chrome-lined, and a red...
Fabarm Elos N2 RS Sporting
I own three Fabarm shotguns, and I’d like to own the one reviewed here: the Elos N2 RS Sporting in 12 gauge with 32"...
Dogs
Overcoming In-Season Obstacles with Your Bird Dog
SPONSORED CONTENT: EUKANUBA Between dangers in the field and training-related issues while hunting, how do you handle and prepare for obstacles that may arise...
The Role of Antioxidants in a Dog’s Post-Hunt Recovery
SPONSORED CONTENT: EUKANUBA Even the most conditioned dogs get tired, but what you choose to feed your dog can have a positive impact on...
Progressive Conditioning for Sporting Dogs
SPONSORED CONTENT: EUKANUBA There’s only one way to get your gundog ready for hunting season, and that’s to condition when it’s hot. Conditioning is...
Breaking, Bad
Breaking is the opposite of steadiness, and one of the most irritating behaviors retriever owners typically deal with.