Features

This Old Ithaca

Embodying a history of family, friendships and choices

by Silvio Calabi

Grouse & Grizzlies

Hunting ruffs in the Northern Rockies

by Noah Davis

Getting Schooled in Shotgunning

Lessons from the OSP Shooting School at Milford Hills

by Tom Sternal

Mearns Are Where You Find Them

Hunting—and learning—in the desert Southwest

by Garhart Stephenson

Departments

From the Editor

Our new Deputy Publisher and Director of Wingshooting

Letters

Praising the old guard, nontoxic misinformation and stone-cold happiness

The Opener

A fast start to a cold day on a new chukar flat

Game & Gun Gazette

New Readers & Writers Adventures, the Southern turns 50, clothing from Krieghoff and more 

Gun Review

The Krieghoff K-20 Parcours—for the field and range

by Greg Carpiniello

Field Gear

Clay-shooting gear for smashing-good results

by The Editors

Going Public 

Earning birds in the Cimarron National Grasslands

by Chad Love 

To the Point

The mystery and intrigue of long-abandoned homes

Scattershot

Gear Guide

Giving waterproof boots a workout 

by Tom Sternal

The Gun Rack

The Weatherby Orion SxS 

by Joe Genzel

Shooting

New tech as training aids for shooters 

by Chris Batha

From the Bench

A bottom-tang repair

by Delbert Whitman Jr. & Reid Bryant

Shot Talk

Q&A and notable new loads

by Tom Roster

Hunting Dogs

Mastering canine communication

by Tom Smith

ON THE COVER: 

Returning with a ruff in the Rockies. Photograph by John Stewart Wright/@theartofbirddogs.