by Joe Schwenke For most of us, a quick lunch during the season involves packaged snacks and whatever we can quickly toss into a vest or cooler. Accounting for the […]
Hunting
Following Behind Edmund Davis
by Tom Keer The phone rang, and it listed a number I did not recognize. Nonetheless, I answered. “I have the chair,” the voice said. “Good chairs are […]
Double Gun Dilemma: How to Choose the Best Shotgun for You – Part II
by Oliver Hartner Few pieces evoke an aura of tradition quite like a side-by-side double gun. Though the manufacture and metallurgy of side-by-side double guns have evolved, the genius of […]
Youth camp, supported by local RGS chapter, sparks excitement for upland hunting
Sam Snyder, Regional Engagement Coordinator for RGS & AWS, reflects on her recent visit to the Upland Bird Camp based in northern Minnesota.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How to Choose the Best Shotgun for You – Part I
By Oliver Hartner Shotguns become tangible and intangible extensions of ourselves. Our minds meld with them in an almost miraculous feat of complicated mathematical calculation between the time a shooter […]
First Bird
by Jens Heig In our family, every bird we take is on the wing. It creates equality in the pursuit, allowing grouse and woodcock to engage their natural defenses for […]
Women’s Grouse and Woodcock Hunt
by Nate Kennedy, RGS & AWS Northeast Regional Engagement Coordinator You lie awake, hearing the bells ring through your head like summer chimes on the mind’s front porch. The sound […]
Upland Honors
Story and Images by Perri Masotti Hunters are traditionalists. To varying degrees, of course, and most of our cherished activity occurs in the fall or winter, depending on where one […]
Woodcock as a Southern Bird
by Tom Keer A few winters ago, Quebec’s Don Keddy, a field trialer and grouse and woodcock hunter, had enough. The long, gray, Canadian winters are hard on bird doggers. […]
When Snow Falls
by Tom Keer Photography by Tim Flanigan The rain poured down for three straight days, and it wasn’t a mist or a pitter-patter on the tin roof. It was consistent, […]
