Features

Wired For Birds

The purpose-built German wirehaired pointer

by Craig Koshyk

The Magical, Mystical 28-Gauge

What makes these guns so beguiling?

by Ron Spomer

Wild Quail Country

Bobs and blues at Guitar Ranches

by Tom Sternal

Lost & Found

Finding true value in a duck hunt

by Joe Osborn

Departments

From the Editor

Celebrating the wirehaired “multi-tools” of the
gundog world

The Opener

Into the Alaskan wild in search of ptarmigan

Game & Gun Gazette 

Purdey at the Royal Berkshire, Northern Wings
& Clays, McCall Guns & Archery, the Galazan
Automatic Generation 3 and more

Gun Review

Rizzini’s Aurum Evo Classic over/under

by Greg Carpiniello

Field Gear

Gear to keep dogs safe, comfy and healthy

by The Editors

To the Point

To control a dog’s range or give it free rein

by Tom Huggler

Scattershot

The Gun Rack

The Mossberg Maverick SA All-Purpose autoloader

by Joe Genzel

Shooting

An intuitive approach to instinctive shooting

by Lars Jacob

Shot Talk

Copper shot: what it is and isn’t

by Tom Roster

Hunting Dogs

The worst-case scenario: when a dog gets shot

by Keith Schopp

ON THE COVER: 

Drahthaar Ines II vom Orion VGP “Nez” on
point (see p. 56). Photograph by John Stewart
Wright/@theartofbirddogs.