The Sporting Life
Filed In: Culture, People, Personality, Stories, The Sporting Life
Totally exasperated, I pulled the truck to the side of the road, jumped out and checked my boots. “It’s got to be you, Vic,” I growled. “Get out and check......
Filed In: Bird, hunting, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
It was willow ptarmigan that did it… …The plane spit us out on the edge of Heart Lake, so named on our first approach because – well, hell – it......
Filed In: Experience, Memories, People, Stories, The Sporting Life
Old Dr. Foshee loved to bird hunt. He basically assumed the hunting rights in all the New Site area and wherever he could get in his Ford Model T or......
Filed In: Culture, Experience, Memories, On the Hunt, People, Stories, The Sporting Life
In the vast annals of the quail hunting experience, possibly no story carries greater power and poignancy than Robert Ruark’s “But Not on Opening Day.” Originally published as one of......
Filed In: Dog, Habitat, Hunt, People, Pheasant, Quil, The Sporting Life
The town of Toppenish in the southern half of Washington takes its name from the Indian “Xuupinish,” which means “sloping and spreading.” You get a sense of its meaning in......
Filed In: Craft, Gun, Handmade, History, International, The Sporting Life
Few companies adapt to a changing world and remain relevant centuries after their founding, but gunmakers have a talent for it – and none more so than London’s Holland &......
Filed In: Culture, Dog, hunting, On the Hunt, The Sporting Life
A gun dog in every sense of the word, the Llewellin Setter is the perfect companion for quail hunting. It is a dog that craves and needs the outdoors, but......
Filed In: hunting, On the Hunt, People, Quail, The Sporting Life, Travel
There is a notion across North America that good bobwhite quail hunting is gone for the average bird hunter. I disagree. For the past 25 years, I have focused my......
Filed In: Accessories, Attire, Experience, Gear, History, People, The Sporting Life
Northern goose down is the finest insulating material known to man–at least for clothing to keep you alive under the worst conditions. Down is the ultra-fine, almost weightless plumage that......
Filed In: Dog, Hunt, Pheasant, The Sporting Life
Kodiak, an energetic 3-year-old springer spaniel, was the perfect pick to accompany Mark Haglin and his three sons on a pheasant hunt in South Dakota. The owner of Pine Shadows,......
