Features
Taking the Skeet Out of Sporting
Topics: "For those shooters who thrive on challenge, FITASC Sporting is the next rung up the sporting clays ladder. Standard and New Format (Geelong) FITASC explained including example of a standard course layout."
"White Birds, Just Right"
Topics: Spotting ptarmigan from an airplane before setting down for the hunt. Dealer(s): Alaska Dog Type(s): Ptarmigan
Hunting on National Wildlife Refuges
Topics: "To prohibit hunting in the National WIldlife Reserves would not only disenfranchise more than a million sportsmen, it would erode the political and financial support needed to perpetuate the finist refuge system in the world."
The Care & Feeding of Game Guns
Topics: Care and ammunition for older English shotguns. Gunmaker Craftsmen: "Westley Richards Woodward, James"
Island Wild
Topics: Duck hunting in Prince Edward island. Dealer(s): "Prince Edward Island,Canada,PEI"
Real Snipe Hunting
Topics: "To this day, there are grown men who believe there is such a thing as a snipe. Finding them isn't hard, but shooting a 7 inch bird at 40 yards is no easy target. Interesting quotes from J. J. Pringle's book "Twenty Years' Snipe Shooting" 1899." Dog Type(s): Snipe
Pheasant Days
Topics: "Excerps from Chris Dorsey's book, Pheasant Days. " Dog Type(s): Pheasant
Denton's House
Topics: Man takes his son hunting. Dog Type(s): Pheasant
Springtime... Is Turkey Time
Topics: "To the unitiated, the turkey is an ugley bird. " Dog Type(s): Turkey
Life After Lutefisk
Topics: Hunting grouse in Minnesota. Dog Type(s): Ruffed Grouse
A True Party Animal
Topics: We learn that the Major's short marriage may have ended as a result of Elixabeth's interest in social events and her friends lack of interest in hunting.
Clays From Hell
Topics: Humor - the sporting clays course from hell with ten impossible stations described in detail.
A Tale Without End
Topics: The gun dog's tail provides practical as well as aesthetic value to the hunter.
Quail in a Sauce of Juniper and Madeira
Topics: "Recipes for demiglace, juniper and madeira sauce."
Rest Easy Now
Topics: The flintlock never looked right after it had been converted to a percussion double gun. Story of reconverting this gun back to a flintlock.
The Art of Celtic Engraving
Topics: History of Celtic engraved guns and information about the gunmakers and engravers who produced them. Gunmaker Craftsmen: "Abbiatico & Salvinelli (Famars) Brown, David McKay W. R. Pape"
The Birthday Gift
Topics: Turning a beat-up yard sale gun into a suitable gift for a 12-year old boy. Gamebird(s): 20 Gunmaker Craftsmen: Remington Gunmaker Manufacturer(s): Model 31
Wings Over Hungary
Topics: "Compared to hunts in England and Scotland, this is a humbling experience." Dealer(s): Hungary
"Classic Writers, Classic Guns"
Topics: Author remembers authors and their sporting books from the past. Many wrote for familiar outdoor magazines in the first half of the 20th century. Their stories describe their favorite guns. A good resource for outdoor books for the library.
The Evolution of Sporting Clays
Topics: "History of the clay target. The clay target, invented in America, found it's greatest use in England. "
Guns for the Game
Topics: "The evolution of the clays guna'dynamic, well-ballanced, controllable and mechanically excellent. " Gunmaker Craftsmen: Beretta Gunmaker Manufacturer(s): Model 687 EELL
The Best Grouse
Topics: Reliving a history of grouse hunting expierences. Dog Type(s): Sharp-tailed Grouse
