by Reid Bryant w/ images I have long believed that bird hunting welcomes people into places they wouldn’t otherwise go. In the proximate sense, bird hunters find ourselves wandering through […]
Hunting
In Support of the 28-Gauge
by Phil Bourjaily All of a sudden, 28-gauges are appearing everywhere, as the rest of the shotgunning world learns what plenty of grouse and woodcock hunters have known all along: […]
The Ultimate Woodcock Gun
by Tom Keer One year we turned an unused camp closet into the most spectacular gun cleaning and storage area. Take a scrap of ½-inch plywood, screw it onto an […]
Here in November? The Challenges of American Woodcock Migration and Identifying Stopover Habitats in the Southeast
by Durrell Smith As we walked the trail into what seemed to be a never-ending mess of vines, thorns and briars, the question of traversing such nasty cover was disregarded. […]
Choosing a New Forest Shotgun -Five top aspects to consider
by Mark Herwig I started grouse hunting in 1974 in the 3.9 million-acre Superior National Forest west of Grand Marais, Minn. We got a few, then got lost, but that’s […]
Know Your Cover – Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
by Jake Tomlinson Growing up hunting grouse in the hills of north-central Pennsylvania, I learned early that once we reached the hemlocks, we had to be ready to shoot. To […]
NAVHDA: Leaving a Lasting Impression
by Erin Kalpin I was 12 years old, sitting in my bedroom nestled at the back of the small home I was growing up in. There, I touched the golden […]
’Round the Barn
by Marc Fryt “Stupid barn!” I yelled, ejecting two more smoking spent shells from the shotgun. My voice carried off deeply into the early winter woods. Windsor, my English setter, […]
Pieces and Parts: A Woodcock Affair
by T. Edward Nickens It’s never been less than a mystery. Not even after three dozen years in pursuit of this bird. Not even when the bird dog is stone-still, […]
Track2wing
Action Trackchairs for Wingshooters with Bird Dogs!Track2wing Project Applications Available All terrain access for wingshooters with bird dogs! RGS & AWS along with Pheasants Forever and the North American Versatile […]
