V3N3 April/ May 15
Because of their exuberant, tail-wagging friendliness, many people don’t realize that well-bred sporting goldens are not only excellent trackers on land or water, but also excel at bomb-sniffing and...
Great shotguns come up all the time—I know another “must-have” will be along soon. You will make mistakes, you will buy bad guns, and you will end up losing some money. But you will also meet gr...
Filed In: Dog, Hunt, Sporing, The Sporting Life
The scenting ability of golden retrievers has been called the best among retriever breeds so often that the term “golden nose” was coined to champion their gift. Golden owner and......
Filed In: Attire, Craft, Handmade, Tweed
It’s a matter of fit—first, foremost, and always the fit. Shoulder your best gun: Does your coat let your arms and shoulders rise to the occasion, and your torso swing......
Filed In: Dog, Experience, On the Hunt, Sporting, The Sporting Life
I’m in my hunting-gear and kennel building lacing up my boots with mother, Petunia, daughter, Merri-Merri—both Brittanys—and Misty, a sleek little English pointer. The three are hurrying me alon...
Filed In: Artist, Painting, People, The Sporting Life
I have a personal kinship with the artist Chris D. (C.D.) Clarke that stems from common geographic history—I grew up outside Syracuse, New York, hunting and fishing, and Clarke was......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, People, The Sporting Life
“People enjoy participating in sports they love, and golf lines up with sporting clays. But who needs another golf tournament? Fifteen years ago we found something different with sporting clays,......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
I have some bad news. There’s a bourbon shortage—and it’s only getting worse. Unprecedented domestic demand and export growth, combined with the lack of quality American white oak with which......
Filed In: Craft, Culture, Gun, The Sporting Life
Here’s a short list of things I love: wild brook trout, snowstorms, wood-canvas canoes, pointers, and—of course—shotguns. For the past 30 years, I’ve been obsessed with shotguns. I’ve worked...
Filed In: Cigar, Experience, Toasting the Hunt
Lighting a cigar is the final step in the preparation ritual, but it entails more than simply bringing a fl_ame to the foot of the cigar. Much like the cutting......
