Written By: Mathew Pankratz. Wisconsin Rapids, WI I’ve always been a believer that things will work out in the end, but when you’restruggling through, as I often am, making it […]
Makwa in the Bowstring
Written By: Luke Merickel. Richfield, MN A fresh blanket of snow had fallen earlier that morning. The past two days, we enjoyed snow free ruffed grouse hunting which is a […]
A Delaware Woodcock Story
Written By: Daniel Barry. Philadelphia, PA Growing up,I loved hearing stories of the glory days of upland hunting in the First State. As akid, my father would tell me stories […]
Brook’s Nook
Written By: Marie Madaras. Pittsburg, NH The air shifted. The humidity settled; a cold mist suspended around me, unearthing the smell of rotting leaf litter beneath my boots mixed with […]
An Echo Through Cover
Written By: Brandon Smith. Mount Morris, New York There is nothing like experiencing something for the first time. It is a reality that can never be replicated. Hunters, and anglers, […]
The King Has Fallen
Written By: Travis Deitrich. Elizabethville, Pennsylvania A number of years ago I began hunting ruffed grouse. I was on break from school over Thanksgiving and had already taken an archery […]
The First Woodcock of ’21
Written By: Geoff Whisler. Webb Lake, WI “They also serve who only stand and wait.” ~ John Milton, When I Consider Gentle Readers and Loved Ones, Another Rowdy hunting story […]
Crush’s Turn
Written By: Lynn Dee Galey. Oscoda Cty, Michiganhttps://www.Firelightbirddogs.com I’m calling it restocking the gene pool. Otherwise, who in their right mind would enter the grouse and woodcock season with three […]
Chronicles of the Griffin Gun Club
Written by: Ken Griffin Sr. Linthicum, Maryland Stories of the hunting trips, dogs, and guns of a Maryland family “I’m a Yankee Timberdoodle, I’m a Yankee Grouse or die” Fall […]
Flight Bird Magic
Written By: Steve Sorenson. Holland, MI This was my 50th season hunting Woodcock, (28 years without a dog) and over that time I’ve had several occasions when it was evident […]