Features
2009 Shotgun Lineup
The year's new-to-market smoothbores
A Song of the South
Old World elegance at Georgia's Pine Hill Plantation
A 'Best' Gun for All Seasons
Holloway & Naughton reinvents the English over/under
Wild with Doves
Of jaguars & doves in the Bolivian backcountry
True North
Finding one's way with a Bible and compass
Departments
The Guns of Game Fair
Fine doubles and more at Nashville's Game Fair, Ltd.
From the Editor
On the loss of a conservation hero: Jim Range
Letters
For the love of grouse, PWDs, eye dominance and more
Game & Gun Gazette
The CLA Game Fair, new Bean guns, Purdey Damascus, etc.
Gazette: L.L. Bean Adds New Doubles at Flagship Store
L.L. Bean is now offering the New Englander over/under by Caesar Guerini and the Double L side-by-side by Aya
Gazette: An Interesting Exchange Too Long for Letters
The following correspondence regarding two articles that appeared in our March/April issue were too lengthy for the Letters column but, we felt, too interesting (and, frankly, too juicy) to abbreviate. —The Editors
Shooting
Getting your mind in the game by getting agressive
Fine Gunmaking
A beautiful & unusual 14-gauge percussion gun
Shot Talk
Challenging conventional wisdom on the 3" 20 gauge
Hunting Dogs
Mistaken beliefs—no less wrong for being commonly held
Sporting Clays
Answering the age-old question: "How Much Lead?"
Guncraft
Demystifying British color case hardening, Part II
Field Gear
A new crop of promising products from SHOT
Book Review
Brister, Doherty and the Lamboys
Going Places
Chasing chukar in style at Colorado's Kessler Canyon
The Major
The wisdom of Yooper justice