Features
A Good Day in the Bald Eagle Valley
Of good-enough guns and hunting like the old days
Wild Wing Bobwhites
Kentucky quail with a difference
The Best Finish Last
New 'best' guns from English finisher/gunmaker D.H. Sinnerton
Highland Adventure
In north-central Oregon, where Conestoga wagons once traversed arid, inhospitable terrain, a warm welcome now awaits wingshooters at Highland Hills Ranch. Host-owners Dennis and Sandy Macnab have created an oasis of cultivated meadows and wilderness canyons abundant with game. Bird hunting
- Photography by: Hakan Stenlund
Driven Days with the Royal Habsburgs
To the Czech Republic, Slovakia & Hungary for classic driven pheasants
My Blue(bill) Heaven
Divers & geese in central Alberta
The Pump
America's shotguns & history repeating
Pheasants on the Fringe
Wild cacklers at the edge of the world
Downsizing to Suit
A Galazan M-21 .410 scaled to size
- By: Maj. Gen. James McCoskey
Departments
From the Editor
I'm a bit bleary-eyed as I write this, and my hands and legs are scratched and swollen. My house is in complete disarray, and I know it will be some time before any semblance of order returns to my life. Funny thing is, I couldn't be happier, because the cause of this upset is the most recent addition
Letters
Quail Conservation Thank you for the kind words about the quail plantations and Tall Timbers in your "From the Editor" column (July/August). I greatly appreciate your thoughts and good wishes. More important, though, thanks again for supporting quail conservation efforts through Vic Venters' articles
Guest Gun
Keeping Good Company
Fine Guns Raise Funds at GMC X
The 10th Gold Medal Concours d'Elegance of Fine Guns, proudly presented by the NRA, will take place at The Vintage Cup at Orvis Sandanona on September 24. Along with a considerable array of high-interest, collectible or historic guns to be publicly displayed and judged, the Concours has added a new benefit:
Field Test
"Shotgun-Insight": Patterning made easier-and smarter
Wingshooting News
Here Be Dragons
Vintage Cup 2005
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It's a small thing, really, The Vintage Cup. And, no, not the engraved trophy cup, but the whole event-the 31/2 days of fun and (hopefully) sun every September
Fine Gunmaking
Evolution of the Sidelock, Part IV
Shot Talk
Steel Shot for Clays
Hunting Dogs
Knowing Your Dog
Field Gear
Canine Considerations
Book Review
Short Reports
Snapshots
The twisting tale of the modern era of Ithaca Gun Co. may be entering its final chapter-and it looks to be one in which investors seek the protection of bankruptcy court. In late June news began trickling out among shotgunners on the Internet and through local New York media that Ithaca's phones and
The Major
Read the Warning Signs
Conservation
Sage Grouse Blues
Going Places
Leen's Lodge
