V1N4 June/July 13
To see an English Pointer at work, quartering a grain field and slamming into scent, is to see a pointing dog defined. In that frozen moment, it all becomes clear: movement suspended in a still life o...
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: Chef + Plate, Food, Recipe, Restaurant, Toasting the Hunter
Ingredients 1 red onion cut in quarters 1 ripe peach, pits removed, cut in quarters 4 quail, dressed 2 tablespoons canola oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 slices......
Filed In: Chef + Plate, Food, Recipe, Restaurant, Toasting the Hunter
Ingredients 4 quail, dressed Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 sprigs tarragon 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon canola oil 4-6 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1 cup dry......
Filed In: Bird, Chukar, Hunt, hunting, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
The very name of the chukar evokes the sound of its call and the ache in my legs at the end of the day. Chuka-chuka-chuka. Idaho’s Salmon River is called......
Filed In: Chef + Plate, Food, Recipe, Restaurant, Toasting the Hunter
Ingredients 4 quail, dressed 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 8 pearl onions, skinned 3 cloves fresh garlic, skinned and chopped 1 red bell pepper, cored and diced......
Filed In: Bird, Experience, Hunt, Lodge, The Sporting Life, Travel
You know that feeling when everything is so perfect that your brain shuts down – stops thinking rational or coherent thoughts – and almost goes numb trying to focus all......
Filed In: Bourbon, Distillery, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
Here’s an easy one: What are the two largest American whiskey-producing states today? A quick Google search shows Kentucky and Tennessee in a landslide. But before the Civil War, neither......
Filed In: Gun, History, International, Shoot, The Sporting Life
In 1956, a young German machinist named Horst Blaser set up a business to produce a hunting rifle. Although not a trained gun maker in the German tradition, Blaser had......
Filed In: Memories, On the Hunt, Personality, Stories, The Sporting Life
I loaded the old pointer and was about to invite the adolescent sinner into the car. Rebel had behaved so badly on our last hunt that nothing he could do......
