Archive: February, 2014 | Covey Rise Magazine
Filed In: Gun, Handmade, History, Shooting, The Sporting Life
The chiming of Big Ben in London signaling the 2014 New Year also marked the beginning of a momentous celebration for all involved with storied gunmaker James Purdey & Sons......
Filed In: Chukar, Dog, Experience, Partridge, Stories, The Sporting Life
We worked dogs for a very long time up a long, gradual slope to a position at the top of a rolling Oregon hill. From that elevated vantage point, I......
Filed In: Culture, On the Hunt, People, Personalities, The Sporting Life
The best bird hunt I can remember…? How could I pick one day above all the rest? It would be like saying one covey rise was the best one, better......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, Lodge, The Sporting Life, Travel
We meet for lunch at Pine Creek Sporting Club, the exclusive hunting-and-shooting destination located in central Florida, equidistant to Orlando and south to Palm Beach. Professional-golf icon Nick Pr...
Filed In: Dog, Experience, Sporting, The Sporting Life
A dog you love should live as long as you do. How often now have I said this to myself since I began hunting over dogs? That was 59 years......
Filed In: Bird, Chukar, Hunt, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
Up on top, in the saddle between the buttes, a 500-foot climb from the rocky two-track below, sits a rock. Plunked there by a volcano, created first in a cauldron......
Filed In: Craft, Handmade, Sculpture
Curt Butler, of Gastonia, North Carolina, talks about his art, “I have spent most of my life around woods. One of the many fascinating things about trees and woods is......
