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Fly Tying With Gamebird Feathers

Fly Tying With Gamebird Feathers

Using gamebird feathers as the dressings for fishing flies will preserve the memories of successful hunts, and extend the bounty of your hunt to a trout stream or other fishery…
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The Top Four Things Lawmakers Can Do for Conservation by the End of 2016

The Top Four Things Lawmakers Can Do for Conservation by the End of 2016

It’s that time of year, when the nation’s hunters begin to sight-in rifles in preparation for the deer woods and clean last year’s feathers and shell casings out of the…
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THE OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2016 PREVIEW

THE OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2016 PREVIEW

Passions are running high as American wingshooting seasons open and we begin our annual endeavors afield with bird dogs, shotguns, and friends. The triggers of memories are often such stimuli…
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Four Tips For Traveling With A Sporting Dog

Four Tips For Traveling With A Sporting Dog

Whether trekking to the Canadian prairies in the summer with bird dogs or venturing South for the winter with retrievers, for some road warriors, pulling trailers and dog boxes is…
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Successful Conservation Efforts Lift All Boats

Successful Conservation Efforts Lift All Boats

MISSOULA, Mont.—An ongoing aspen restoration effort in Oregon’s South Warner Mountains marks the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 10,000th lifetime conservation project…
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Season Is Coming – A Checklist For Opening Day

Season Is Coming – A Checklist For Opening Day

The most anticipated time of the year is upon us…Opening Day! As you and your hunting buddies plan the first big trip, it’s important to make sure you’re fully ready…
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THE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016 PREVIEW

THE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2016 PREVIEW

In planning each issue of Covey Rise, we particularly embrace one word, a word that informs so much of the upland lifestyle: That word is bespoke, or custom-made or made…
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Wildlife Habitat, History Permanently Protected in Montana

Wildlife Habitat, History Permanently Protected in Montana

MISSOULA, Mont.—A 320-acre property in southwestern Montana, vital to wildlife and linked to the pages of U.S. history, is now permanently protected thanks to a successful collaboration between the Rocky…
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Talking Quail

Talking Quail

A recent youth-based quail restoration program in Alabama all started with a whistle.As Laurie Weldon, 4-H Foundation Regional Extension Agent for Elmore and Autauga counties in Alabama, walked the property…
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New Season New Dog  By Jeremy Hunt

New Season New Dog By Jeremy Hunt

The new season is almost upon us and for many the first grouse will soon be filling the game bag marking a fresh start, not only for guns but also…
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Joe Hosmer and Brett Reber Nominated to Pheasants Forever's National Board

Joe Hosmer and Brett Reber Nominated to Pheasants Forever's National Board

Nominees joined National Board on July 1, and will serve a 3-year termSt. Paul, Minn. – July 7, 2016 – Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever announce Joe Hosmer, 67, and…
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While Forest Service Chases Down Wildfires, The Solution Gets Away From Us By Dani Dagan

While Forest Service Chases Down Wildfires, The Solution Gets Away From Us By Dani Dagan

TRCP’s new communications and operations associate grew up in wildfire country—now in D.C., she’s experiencing the impacts of fire in a completely different way.It was 4am on a school night…
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