Archive: October, 2014 | Covey Rise Magazine
Filed In: Culture, Dog, Personalities, The Sporting Life
Whether he’s rendering the nuances of a hunting covert or conveying the barely restrained energy of a dog on point, Bob Bertram believes it’s all about what happens when light......
Filed In: Chef + Plate, Food, Restaurant, Toasting the Hunt
Chef Joseph Lenn grew up with a love of home-cooked meals served at the tables of his mom and granny in the foothills of East Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains. He’s......
Filed In: Drink, Toasting the Hunt, Wine
When we think of a celebration, what’s the first beverage we envision? Champagne. We toast to the bride and groom with Champagne, World Series winners spritz one another with the......
Filed In: Gun, History, International, The Sporting Life, Travel
Simon Clode welcomes me into his office at the Westley Richards & Company factory in Birmingham, England, the heartland of British manufacturing. We have spoken over the phone, but haven’t......
Filed In: Bird, Culture, Experience, Lodge, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
Bird Camp is an eagerly anticipated annual pilgrimage, now in its ninth year. The players have remained the same, except for Brian Fay (the Counselor), who dropped out after the......
Filed In: Memories, People, Personalities, Stories, The Sporting Life
Founded by John Barbour in 1894, the renowned British apparel manufacturer Barbour originally supplied oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen, and dockworke...
Filed In: Experience, Habitat, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
There are times every bird season when I sneak out on my own to enjoy the woods Robert Frost called “lovely, dark and deep.” These are special days when time......
Filed In: Dog, Personality, The Sporting Life
Hunting presents challenges, for hunters and hunting dogs alike. The elements—extreme cold or extreme heat—can be dangerous. Additionally, the remoteness of many hunting coverts means no access to...
Filed In: Experience, Memories, People, Stories, The Sporting Life
It was half past noon and the day was sad and gray like the underside of a bat’s wing. The drizzling sky stretched unending from horizon to horizon and made......
Filed In: Cigar, International, Toasting the Hunt
The well-known French chef Jacques Pépin employs a saying in his teaching about food: Educate your palate and abide by it. Pépin is a longtime American public television personality and......
