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Liz Lewis employs several foundries in the Bozeman area to cast her lost-wax-style work. Recently, she has begun exploring the use of colored patinas to reproduce the coloration of sporting......
Filed In: Craft, Culture, Gun, History, The Sporting Life
The Connecticut River Valley is the historic “gun valley” of America’s early industrial development in the heart of Yankee country, home to some of the great names in American shotguns.......
Filed In: Destination, Dog, Gun, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life, Travel
On the ground next to my spent 20-gauge hull was a shard of coal. It wasn’t a large piece, but its depth of blackness stood out so prominently amongst the......
Filed In: Cigar, Toasting the Hunt
Deeper understanding of our hobbies and pastimes leads to greater enjoyment of those passions. Isn’t that a prime motivator for visits to wineries and distilleries? That’s also why curiosi...
Filed In: Cigar, Culture, Handmade, History
Recently we’ve seen a slight warming in our Cold War–era diplomatic relations with Cuba. As these dramatic events continue to play out, many are wondering how the new relationship will......
Filed In: Bird, Experience, Gun, Hunt, On the Hunt, Sage Grouse
The dirt road took us 30 miles from the highway, around a mountain, through a large basin, and then up to a long, treeless plateau. A cloud of dust billowed......
Filed In: Culture, History, Toasting the Hunt
When it comes to single malt Scotch whisky, there’s one region offering the most distinctive style in the category—Scotland’s Islay. Islay is the southern island of the Inner Hebrides of......
Filed In: Culture, Gun, Handmade, History, The Sporting Life
AYA is the most famous name in Spanish guns. Like Holland & Holland in England, it is the quality standard against which others are measured. The problem for any writer......
Filed In: Culture, Dog, History, The Sporting Life
Outside the First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, sometime around 1905, a small spaniel-type dog was noticed by banker Alexander L. White after Sunday services. White adopted the d...
