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PUPPY PRIMER
Puppies need to see, touch, hear, and smell everything, with their safety paramount, of course. Indoor games become outdoor games. Beanie Babies lead to bumpers and eventually birds. As our…
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SELECTING A CIGAR
Many times during my years as a cigar store owner, I was asked by customers if a particular cigar was good. Invariably, this request came from customers inquiring about an…
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The June-July 2019 Preview
Summer is the season where our anticipation for the uplands becomes palpable—where the thoughts and feelings of donning our game vest or gripping our trusty shotgun become so intense that…
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GOLD FLUSHES
Because of their exuberant, tail-wagging friendliness, many people don’t realize that well-bred sporting goldens are not only excellent trackers on land or water, but also excel at bomb-sniffing and search-and-rescue…
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Rust Never Sleeps
I grew up hunting. My dad gave me a sporting gun when I was 12, and I bought my first shotgun when I was 15. Still, I’ve learned most of…
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BREED PROFILE: THE GERMAN WIREHAIRED POINTER
A quarter-inch of ice lay on the surface of the flooded Arkansas rice field in early January. Tank, a 6-year-old German wirehaired pointer, sat quietly in the blind as we…
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Custodians of the Countryside
The development of gamekeeping has, to a degree, followed the advancement of sporting arms. In the British Isles, the invention of the muzzleloading gun in the early 17th Century added…
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IN PRAISE OF ENGLISH POINTERS
To see an English Pointer at work, quartering a grain field and slamming into scent, is to see a pointing dog defined. In that frozen moment, it all becomes clear…
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BECOMING A COLLECTOR
Great shotguns come up all the time—I know another “must-have” will be along soon. You will make mistakes, you will buy bad guns, and you will end up losing some…
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The April-May 2019 Preview
The next time you are blessed with the opportunity to be afield, pay attention to your ears for a moment. Listen, and you’ll hear the inherently iconic sounds of the…
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Nebraskan Kerber to Lead Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever's R3 Efforts as Hunting Heritage Program Manager
Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever have tapped Colby Kerber, a 9-year veteran of the nonprofit wildlife conservation organization, as its new Hunting Heritage Program Manager. From Merna, Nebraska, Kerber will…
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DOGS OF DUALITY
Mike Stewart had his target market. He had his training process. He had his vision of the perfect gun dog. Now all he needed was an opportunity to put it…
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