Shooting Sportsman, March/April 2023
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Features
A Flight of Fancy
Malcolm Appleby’s Dragonfly Gun
by Douglas Tate
Wild Birds, Wild Places
Mixed-bag hunting with Wyoming Wings & Waters
by Tom Sternal
Charlie Parker’s Parker
Restoring a Parker with special provenance
by Tom Keer
Geese in Passing
Pass-shooting honkers during the late season
by Garhart Stephenson
Departments
From the Editor
Bidding adieu to longtime contributor Bruce Buck
The Opener
A tightly massed flock of Ross’ geese takes to the sky
Game & Gun Gazette
The new slate of Readers & Writers Adventures, the rebirth of Arrieta & Arrizabalaga, an update on specialty shells, etc.
Scattershot
The Gun Rack
The right-priced TriStar Trinity O/U
by Joe Genzel
Shooting
A wide-open look at choosing chokes
by Chris Batha
Shot Talk
Shotgunning assumptions that can bite
by Tom Roster
From the Bench
Getting a grip on the finer points of checkering
by Delbert Whitman Jr. & Reid Bryant
Conservation
Conversation as a tool for conservation
by Greg Hoch
Hunting Dogs
How to keep feet from failing
by Tom Davis
Gun Review
Kevin’s Poli Plantation over/under: a gun that performs as handsomely as it looks
by Bruce Buck
Field Gear
Great new gear for breaking clays
by The Editors
Going Public
Wisconsin’s State Fishery Areas
by Tom Davis
To the Point
Celebrating sandhill cranes
by Tom Huggler
On the Cover
Sage grouse photographed by Shannon Phifer/@s.phiferphotography