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Filed In: Culture, Experience, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
Each year, a certain autumn day breaks and slips over the Connecticut River, covering the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont with morning light. It is the beginning of a reunion for......
Filed In: Bird, Conservation, Grouse, Habitat
In the first blush of a fine spring morning, Linda Baker, director of the Upper Green River Alliance, and I disembarked from her truck in Wyoming’s 7-million-acre Upper Green River......
Filed In: Experience, Memories, People, Stories, The Sporting Life
I met Mike when I moved back to River City after completing medical training. He sold medical equipment–everything one needed to set up practice. A quintessential salesman, loquacious and voluble......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Toasting the Hunt
American whiskey is going through a growth spurt right now resulting in lawsuits, investors giving founders the boot, and debates starting over fanciful terminology. At the center of all this......
Filed In: Culture, Dog, Experience, International, Sporting, The Sporting Life, Travel
The dog dropped on point somewhere in the wheat, leaving a void in the place he had been. A moment before, there had been a wind-blown Belton setter there, a......
Filed In: Art, Culture, Gun, History, International, The Sporting Life
In the Classical world, the ancients believed beauty and goodness were inseparable–that is, physical manifestations of beauty were considered outward expressions of inner qualities such as moral cha...
Filed In: Cigar, Craft, People, The Sporting Life, Toasting the Hunt
Welcome to the fascinating world of cigar smoking! Before we start the journey in earnest, let’s examine the reasons why so many people _find cigar smoking such a pleasurable pastime—and......
Filed In: Bourbon, Drink, Food, Recipe, Toasting the Hunt
Great food sends chills down my spine, puts tingles in my belly, and makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck, almost like a daydream. When Chef......
Filed In: Lodge, On the Hunt, Quail, The Sporting Life, Travel
If you’ve enjoyed quail or a quail egg in a high-end restaurant, chances are it came from Manchester Farms in Columbia, South Carolina. The family-owned operation got its start when......
Filed In: Craft, Gun, Handmade, History, The Sporting Life
The annual Safari Club International show in Las Vegas is set in the convention halls of the Mandalay Bay Hotel. The floor setup is a scene of barely organized chaos—booths......
