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Posts with tag: "Wingshooting"
NOV
17
2019
Birddog Bigotry
In his book, "George Bird Evans Introduces," the author relates this anecdote from Franz Osthaus, son of my favorite painter of setters and pointers: ...
MAY
28
2019
Soul Food
Even at 1:30 in the morning, the Wal-Mart parking lot in a small Appalachian town is never deserted. A sheriff’s cruiser slowly checks ...
OCT
28
2018
From Out Of The Phone Booth
Gil Ash may or may not have been the legendary "Gringo Loco" referenced in this 2015 "Wingshooting Column." The names were changed to protect ...
OCT
24
2018
If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Dixie
My first job as a scout for the high school varsity football team was to suggest ways to stop a hard-nosed, All-League redneck running back named ...
OCT
21
2018
The World's Hardest Easy Shooting
I look back and realize that my offering instruction on dove shooting is not unlike tutelage from unmarried "Family Living" teachers who were ...
OCT
17
2018
When The Birds Come Down
Give me a creek in my woodcock coverts. Not a wide, deep rude one that dumps water in my boots when I want to wade across, nor a slatternly one ...
OCT
17
2018
Mardi's Man and the Game Gun Conundrum
He is the sportsman I always wanted to be. In the autumn before his 90th year, he is still out there. Dove hunting. Foraging for puff ...
OCT
16
2018
One Perfect Day
The wild rice is from the home office, grown and harvested by members of the Ojibway Nation near the farthest reaches of our ruffed grouse hunting. ...
AUG
14
2018
Gold Bond Pals
Years ago, an ambitious truck dealership deep in the heart of the Great Lakes states ran an autumn advertising campaign which read, “If you ...
APR
09
2018
7 Come 11: Bet the Breeder
I refuse to believe it’s a crapshoot. Each time it’s my turn to choose, I have a plan. I have science. I have research. I ...
JUN
17
2017
What Was I Thinking?
The yodeling began at 1:19 AM. Before that, the song had been a low mournful moan, sort of a cross between a sad spiritual and the way the ...
MAY
03
2017
Ode To A Rabbit Hunter
I made the mistake of telling Bob Piper what I needed. Word to the wise: If Piper likes you, don't tell him what you need unless you're willing ...
APR
02
2017
Brewing Up A Mt. Storm
When heavy March showers finally washed into April sunshine, my "new" friend James Ramsey brought his young English setter, Mt. Storm, for ...
MAR
29
2017
Purpose, Perspective, and Perseverance
"The enemies of practice are pride and fear and self-satisfaction." ~ Dan Heath from Practice Perfect: 42 Rules For Getting Better At ...
MAR
29
2017
A Wingshooter's Soul Food
"Dogs, like men, lose their range and enthusiasm for life from having the wildness in them questioned." ~ Guy de la Valdene from For A Handful ...
MAR
29
2017
When Every Day Is Your Birthday
According to Tom Knapp, "When you're an exhibition shooter, every day is your birthday." Could there be a better credo for a life well-lived? ...
MAR
24
2017
Bobby Fowler, Jr. Finds The Handle
MAR
24
2017
But The Kids Are Alright
MAR
24
2017
Mrs. Doubtfire and Me
MAR
24
2017
The Last Column
My byline first appeared on this column twenty years ago this month, my first go ...
MAR
20
2017
Ducks Over A Midnight Rose
She was too much of everything. Too expensive…too green…and much too tall.But we were horseback all the time then, trail riding, ...
MAR
15
2017
Annie Oakley And Dave The Red Cross Dog
Annie Oakley was the shooting star of American Legend. She and her husband Frank also were the consummate performers. It was only natural ...
MAR
13
2017
Gun Dogs and Bird Guns: A Charley ...
If The Bad Folks came tomorrow and demanded I give up my sporting books, there are several I’d go to great lengths to hide some way, some ...
MAR
11
2017
The Followin' Lady: In Memory of Kay ...
The Followin’ LadyBy Randy Lawrence(Adapted from an article published July 2007 in Sporting Clays Magazine) When Kathryn Harris Evans died ...
MAR
09
2017
The Calm Before The Storm
"Style" is what many of us admire most about the great wing shots. But form comes first, the calm before the storm.
MAR
06
2017
Riley's Birds
When my dog Riley was less than a year old, I lost him on one of those ill-advised, mass dog "walkings" there at Bremen Farm. The fog was crazy ...
MAR
01
2017
Dave Fackler: BPI Hall of Famer!
Sometimes good things do come to really good people. On February 4th, the Minnesota Waterfowl Association elected David Fackler, “The ...
MAR
01
2017
Assumptions That Kill
FEB
28
2017
Doggin' For Doves!
FEB
28
2017
Counting Coup
FEB
25
2017
Arts and Sciences
Eric Jacobs remains one of the most knowledgeable Llewellin setter devotees in this country. When there were grouse in his mountain ...
FEB
24
2017
Hunting Colorado for Blue Grouse
FEB
24
2017
Greenbacks and Silverbacks Near the ...
FEB
24
2017
A Time Machine
FEB
24
2017
Painting the Hunter's Heart
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