Written by: Jerome McAllisterStone Lake, WI I have owned a vintage log cabin on Sissabagama Lake since 1992. At the beginning of the 20th Century great stands of white pine […]
Story Fair
Old Friends and New Coverts
Written by: Joe PeikertHortonville, WI It had been decades since I had been to the lakeside cabin of some very good friends. I had missed our annual waterfowl trip to […]
Autumn Blaze: A Story of Firsts
Written by: David MillerChatham- Kent, Ontario “Nice and slow” my father whispered to my brother and I as we followed in his steps along a trail meandering the side of […]
Photos Not Taken
Written by: Vaughn Paul JonesOdessa, FL If the goal of mankind is to find true happiness, we should forego looking for ways to extend our own lives and find ways […]
Good Boy
Written by: Alex JonesVineland, Ontario While we stood over the remaining two puppies in the litter, my heart was filled with anxious feelings. “The male or the female?” I thought […]
The Lure of a Single Woodcock
Written by: Jeffrey WilkersonDecorah, IA It’s possible, I suppose, that some people live their lives in such an ordered and planned fashion that fickle chance and unthinking habit play a […]
What a Grouse is Worth
Written by: Gary TunkavigeSparta, NJ It was October of 2002 and I was hunting in Western Maine with Thicket my then nine year old Ryman-type English setter. We were working […]
U.P. Grouse Hunt 1966
Written by: Curtis TaylorChagrin Falls, OH The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a remarkable place with its beautiful pine forests, spectacular shorelines along three of the five great lakes, and […]
Twelve Octobers of Tutoring
Written by: Rob BundayDelton, MI All hunters need a tutor; ours was a dog. Born near the shore of Lake Superior, George was a large Yellow Labrador who, for twelve […]
The Point
Written by: Nicholas HainenCarroll, OH December 29, 1979: Why do I recall events on that particular day with exceptional clarity? Ruffed grouse were plentiful in parts of Ohio then, in […]
