Shooting Sportsman, July/August 2021
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Features
’21 Guns Salute
Celebrating the year’s new smoothbores
By Phil Bourjaily
Gone for the Season
Pursuing the dream of a season well spent
By Garhart Stephenson
Meemo’s Memories
A sportsman’s paradise in Lower Michigan
By Tom Huggler
It’s a Little Like Golf
Public-land woodcock in North Carolina
By J.A. Dailey
Departments
From the Editor
Making proper preparations for the season
Letters
Safety issues, questioning the Boss, and Drilling regulations
The Opener
Puppy-paddling on a goldens pond
Game & Gun Gazette
Call of the Uplands, a new Longthorne over/under, Dalzell Gunstocks (from Trevallion) and more
Gun Review
Syren’s Julia Sporting: a stunning target taker for the distaff side
By Bruce Buck
Field Gear
Maine grouse and woodcock with Grey’s Outfitting
By Ralph Stuart
To the Point
Bird camps—the good, the bad and the ugly
By Tom Huggler
Scattershot
Gear Guide
Putting brush pants to the puncture test
By Ralph Stuart
Shooting
How to be first from the field on the dove opener
By Chris Batha
Shot Talk
Solving the shell-shortage mystery
By Tom Roster
Hunting Dogs
Withholding a paycheck for poor performance
By Charlie Jurney