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Once Upon a Shotgun

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Article and photos by Dave Bates Alpheus Potts “Bud” Mitchell was a guy I didn’t know very well. Truth be told, I never made his acquaintance. Oh, we’ve hunted pheasants together nearly every Saturday morning of pheasant season for the last 30 years or so, but I never actually shook hands with the man. We didn’t eat breakfast together. We never exchanged a word in person.   talk with him quite frequently these days as I scan the fields before me, scouting the terrain for our dogs and signs of “birdy” behavior.   thank him often for letting me borrow his old Ithaca double barrel Flues...

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RGS & AWS Welcomes New Forest Conservation Director for Coastal Plain and Piedmont Region

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RGS & AWS is excited to announce the appointment of Sara Cerv as the forest conservation director for the Coastal Plain and Piedmont region. This is the first time the organization has hired for this position, marking a significant investment in addressing conservation challenges and opportunities in these critical areas. With her extensive background in forestry, technological expertise and passion for sustainable forest management, Cerv brings a dynamic perspective to the organization’s mission of improving forest health and wildlife habitat. Cerv, a native of Blacksburg, Virginia, earned her master of forestry from Virginia Tech in 2020. After graduation, she worked with...

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Brettingen Joins RGS & AWS National Board

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RGS & AWS is pleased to announce the election of Ben Brettingen to its national board of directors.  An experienced leader in the hunting and conservation community, Brettingen has a passion for upland hunting. His dedication to conserving wildlife habitats will advance RGS & AWS’s mission to create healthy, sustainable forests for wildlife and people. Hailing from Waconia, Minnesota, Brettingen brings a wealth of knowledge from his career in the hunting and fishing industries. He currently serves as manager of hunt marketing at onX Maps. His career spans roles in print and television production, as well as marketing. He earned a bachelor...

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Conservation Coming Soon …

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RGS & AWS is growing its conservation delivery team to improve habitat right where it’s needed most by Kristyn Brady This spring, RGS & AWS set out to grow its conservation delivery team in an important region for American woodcock – the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of North Carolina, South Carolina, southeastern Virginia and eastern Georgia – expanding the footprint of the organization and its habitat work based on cutting edge research. President and CEO Ben Jones sat down for a Q&A to discuss this new forest conservation director role, how hiring in a new region affirms the organization’s business model and what...

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Made in America

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by Tom Keer w/ image Say the name Remington, Winchester, L.C. Smith, Parker Brothers, A.H. Fox or Colt to a sportsman and they’ll no doubt say guns. As jeans are to Levi’s®, so intrinsic are firearms to those companies’ brands. Some of that might have to do with a heavy pour of romance, history, legacy, quality and innovation; the “Winning of the West” is far sexier with a Winchester ’94, a Colt Single-Action Army and an Appaloosa than with a typewriter, flatware or a plow. The difference between a business and a hobby is a business makes money, and those companies were...

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Bird Dog Botany

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by John Stewart Wright w/ image Cheatgrass kills bird dogs. Not often, but too often, for any bird hunter who loves his or her canine companions. And sub-mortal cases are common and expensive. Cheatgrass seeds pierce dogs, introduce bacteria and cause abscesses that often require trips to the vet and weeks of down time. Popular areas for cheatgrass abscesses are between toes and behind the angle of the jaw. As a kid, I had a Lab mix that got a related foxtail in her hamstring area. The seed migrated up and down her upper leg, causing a long series of large abscesses. Muscle...

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