AUTHOR coveyrise
Filed In: Hunt, hunting, International, Partridge, Shooting, The Sporting Life, Travel
It has been said the people of Yorkshire, England, consider themselves apart from the rest of the country. A remarkable topography and a distinct dialect certainly contribute to this impression,......
Filed In: Conservation, Habitat
…From the beginning, much of Tall Timbers’ research has focused on fire’s pivotal role in the region’s ecology. “Tall Timbers has played a big role in getting the message out......
Filed In: Craft, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
When the first whisky makers fired up stills, they did not document the aqua vitae production. Distilling was just another chore in the pursuit of staying alive. So, to tell......
Filed In: Dog, Experience, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…The young pointer quartered into the wind, his gait as effortless and graceful as a whitetail buck’s, his tail a high-waving baton. His black-on-white coat gleamed; his rippling muscles...
Filed In: Memories, People, Personalities, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…September, 45 years ago in the town of Twenty Mile in Powder Basin County (okay, not its real name), and I’m standing on an unpainted, planked floor, facing the......
Filed In: Bird, Dog, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…Cotton, an eight-year-old English setter, jumped out of the truck, hit the ground, and ran in a circle. A bit short for a setter, she was taller than a......
Filed In: Bird, Dog, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…I called home and told my wife Ruth I would take her to the Mexican place for lunch. It’s her favorite. I would be banking some “points” should a......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, Habitat, The Sporting Life, Travel
An excerpt…Located at the head of Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, in the North West of England, Coverhead Moor lies at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 feet,......
Filed In: Conservation, Habitat
An excerpt…Walking a freshly turned firebreak, I was dripping a diesel-and-gasoline cocktail along the edge of planted pines when an Eastern hognose snake bumped the tip of my torch with......
