Issues
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......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, The Sporting Life, Travel
About 90 miles northeast of Dallas as the waterfowl fly, on the outskirts of the sleepy town of Sulphur Bluff, Texas, you’ll find the Hageman Reserve—a 14,000-acre private sporting club......
Filed In: Dog, Hunt, Sporing, The Sporting Life
The last week in September, the week prior to Opening Day for grouse and woodcock in New England, had been stunningly perfect. The days were modestly warm and the evenings......
Filed In: Dog, Hunt, Sporing, Stories, 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: Chukar, Dog, Hunt, Quail, Sporting, The Sporting Life
The best thing you can do for that wild pup is get her on wild birds,” dog trainer Rod Rist told me about my nine-month-old pudelpointer. One day it was......
Filed In: Culture, Hunt, Lodging, The Sporting Life, Travel
The sun began its steady decline as we arrived at Greystone Castle Sporting Club in Mingus, Texas. Before settling in to our beautifully appointed suite, our group from Covey Rise......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
If you’ve read this column for the past three years, you know I don’t like to stray from the topic of whiskey. But brandy—which essentially means distilled fruit—is sublime. Like......
Filed In: Bird, Experience, On the Hunt, Stories, The Sporting Life, Woodcock
Recently it dawned on me what woodcock hunters are referring to when they talk about hunting their favorite coverts. As I understand it, a covert is a place that is......
