The Sporting Life
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: Hunt, hunting, International, Partridge, Shooting, The Sporting Life, Travel
It has been said the people of Yorkshire, England, consider themselves apart from the rest of the country. A remarkable topography and a distinct dialect certainly contribute to this impression,......
Filed In: Dog, Experience, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…The young pointer quartered into the wind, his gait as effortless and graceful as a whitetail buck’s, his tail a high-waving baton. His black-on-white coat gleamed; his rippling muscles...
Filed In: Memories, People, Personalities, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…September, 45 years ago in the town of Twenty Mile in Powder Basin County (okay, not its real name), and I’m standing on an unpainted, planked floor, facing the......
Filed In: Bird, Dog, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…Cotton, an eight-year-old English setter, jumped out of the truck, hit the ground, and ran in a circle. A bit short for a setter, she was taller than a......
Filed In: Bird, Dog, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…I called home and told my wife Ruth I would take her to the Mexican place for lunch. It’s her favorite. I would be banking some “points” should a......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, Habitat, The Sporting Life, Travel
An excerpt…Located at the head of Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, in the North West of England, Coverhead Moor lies at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 feet,......
Filed In: Bird, Bobwhite, Dog, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…Cotton, an eight-year-old English setter, jumped out of the truck, hit the ground, and ran in a circle. A bit short for a setter, she was taller than a......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life, Vehicle
An excerpt…To test the Ferrari FF’s versatility, last fall we drove one across rural northern New England, from the Maine coast over New Hampshire’s White Mountains and Vermont’s Green Mountai...
Filed In: Culture, Experience, Lodge, The Sporting Life, Travel
At the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, Chef Scott Ostrander conjures quality at the Red Stag Grill. An excerpt…The locavore tradition in western North Carolina dates back to......
