Articles
La Portenita
Having experienced firsthand the fabulous Guayascate Lodge, I continued my Argentinean sporting odyssey to La Porteñita, a working estancia not far from the dove fields of Guayascate. Situated at the…
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Finding Elvis
Full disclosure: I’m a dyed-in-the-wool duck hunter from the Midwest. Nothing makes me happier than a mud-stanky Lab’s tail beating out a 4/4 rhythm on my leg with the clouds…
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In the Heart of Wine Country
Situated on 80 pristine acres in St. Helena, California, a town whose motto is “the heart of Napa Valley,” The Napa Valley Reserve may literally be just that: the very…
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My Alpha Brittany
It all started in the early 1950s. Back then, English pointers were the preferred bird dogs south of the Mason-Dixon Line, English setters were the grouse dogs of the North…
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Puppy Love
In the first blush of a fine spring morning, Linda Baker, director of the Upper Green River Alliance, and I disembarked from her truck in Wyoming’s 7-million-acre Upper Green River…
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A Time of Quiet Wonder
Each year, a certain autumn day breaks and slips over the Connecticut River, covering the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont with morning light. It is the beginning of a reunion for…
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El Paso Del Verano Al Otono
The dog dropped on point somewhere in the wheat, leaving a void in the place he had been. A moment before, there had been a wind-blown Belton setter there, a…
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Bosis and Beautiful
In the Classical world, the ancients believed beauty and goodness were inseparable–that is, physical manifestations of beauty were considered outward expressions of inner qualities such as moral character and fitness…
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The Quality of Light
Whether he’s rendering the nuances of a hunting covert or conveying the barely restrained energy of a dog on point, Bob Bertram believes it’s all about what happens when light…
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The Road Continues: Bird Camp
Bird Camp is an eagerly anticipated annual pilgrimage, now in its ninth year. The players have remained the same, except for Brian Fay (the Counselor), who dropped out after the…
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Quail by the Seashore
Nestled behind the famed Cumberland Island National Seashore and established by automobile pioneer Howard Coffin in 1928 as a sanctuary for international sportsmen, Cabin Bluff has to be considered one…
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Tradition and the Webb Farm
I pulled to the side of the road near the J. Robert Gordon Sandhills Field Trial Ground, rolled down the windows, and enjoyed the sweet, warm breeze blowing through my…
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