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UPLANDER | DAVE PERKINS

UPLANDER | DAVE PERKINS

“What bird hunting has taught me – apart from a lot of other things that like to do – is to enjoy the journey of it. It’s not about the…
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Delmar

Delmar

If you’re passionate about hunting dogs, get to know the one man in dog training today who stands above others…
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RAM OUTDOORSMAN | COVEY RISE TV DEBUT

RAM OUTDOORSMAN | COVEY RISE TV DEBUT

Watch the full episode here — For us, it was hard to tell what part of this trip would most merit the term “vacation”—the 50-degree temperatures or the wide-open sky…
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Celebrating the New Year with a Television Debut

Celebrating the New Year with a Television Debut

To coincide with our December/January Issue, our friends at Ram Outdoorsman filmed an episode around our pheasant hunt with Tom Brokaw. The focus of the show is the creative processes…
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HUNTING WITH TOM BROKAW

HUNTING WITH TOM BROKAW

COVER STORY PREVIEW: DECEMBER-JANUARY 2016 What is the essence of the upland lifestyle, the intersection points between working dogs, double guns, time-honored traditions and the glory of fellowship afield? Covey…
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About our Companions: Canine Concerns II

About our Companions: Canine Concerns II

Hunting presents challenges, for hunters and hunting dogs alike. The elements—extreme cold or extreme heat—can be dangerous. Additionally, the remoteness of many hunting coverts means no access to medical care…
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About Our Companions- Canine Concerns, Part I

About Our Companions- Canine Concerns, Part I

Hunting dogs are athletes required to perform in all kinds of weather and are exposed to environmental hazards rarely found in a backyard. Further, many hunting dogs have a drive…
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Technology

Technology

Rummaging in my hunting cabinet the other day, I came across a sheep bell. It is the one my dad used last century to keep up with his wide-ranging dogs…
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Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom

Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom

Occasionally a writer comes along with a knack for putting into words aspects of the sporting experience that all hunters feel yet find difficult to describe or share with others…
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Sounds of a Rebel

Sounds of a Rebel

I loaded the old pointer and was about to invite the adolescent sinner into the car. Rebel had behaved so badly on our last hunt that nothing he could do…
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Straight Shooter: Lars Jacob

Straight Shooter: Lars Jacob

Lars Jacob is turkey hunting, everything he does revolves around shotgunning. He’s likely to be in the Covey & Nye gun shop in Manchester, Vt., searching for the exact gun…
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The Inimitable Mr. Buck

The Inimitable Mr. Buck

Theophilus Nash Buckingham was, to use a once popular term, a gunnerman for the ages. Virtually all his long life was devoted to wingshooting and bird dogs, and the hallmark…
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