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Pages Past - An Outdoor Journal

In a world of the non-stop barrage of political sound bites, the modern news cycle that used to be days in length now seems to be updated every few minutes whether we need it or not. I am old enough to remember when our country's leaders were not media celebrities but statesmen that our nation held in esteem, even if we disagreed with their point of view. Recently, while allowing my dogs to stretch their legs on a warm evening, dusk brewing on the horizon, my mind retreated to a similar evening in my boyhood, July 15, 1979.

Profile of an Artist: Harley Bartlett

Harley Bartlett was born in 1959 near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. However, having lived in Rhode Island for most of his life he considers himself a Rhode Islander.

KEEP IT HANDY

If you think shooting a ruffed grouse on the wing with a shotgun is tough, try shooting one in flight with a still camera.

Tail feathers - STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

\"An armed society is a polite society,\" the NRA says in one of its dicta, cribbed from Robert A. Heinlein, a 20th-century American science fiction writer.

Day's End - IN PRAISE OF FENCEROWS

Driving north along the Hudson River, I gazed at a pastoral autumn scene: sere fields of faded yellow harvested corn, stubbly and broken amongst the clods of black earth, almost smooth from my vantage point. Spiky brown veins of wild growth marked barriers between plots. Occasionally, the gray bones of a mature oak rose among the brown shrubs to stand over the yellow fields. A sentry, keeping silent watch as white frost crystals slowly melted into invisibility.

Hunting the Huns: Alberta's Big Sky Country

The prairies of southern Alberta are vast, beautiful and full of prime bird habitat. Crop fields are interspersed with abandoned farms, rolling hills are intersected by coulees and creek beds, and Hungarian partridge and sharptailed grouse occupy some of the best and most picturesque habitat on the continent.

Side Dish - End of Season

Sporting trips are not only about sport, as many other experiences are discovered alongside. And my trip to Lakewood Camps in Maine was certainly just that.

That Time of Year Again

Without doubt. The most idyllic form of hunting in Ohio is seeking the woodcock. - Merrill Gilfallan, Moods of the Ohio Moons: An Outdoorsman's Almanac (1991)

I Don't Wanna'!

I'm an old hand at being retired, though - have been practicing for 25 years.

The Check Cord - Look Beyond the Ribbons and Trophies

The ability to cooperate with training is, in fact, an inherited trait and one that is tragically missing from a great many breeding programs.

Bird Dogs - Health Matters - Canine Heat Stroke

A large, raw-boned, muscular pointer was cruising across a sea of sage in search of the scent of the greater sage grouse with a spectacular view of the Sawtooth Mountains of southern Idaho in the backdrop. The sun was mid-sky, and the dew was dissipating as the pointer cast farther and faster across the landscape.

Upland Chef - You Shot Some Birds-Now What?

After knocking down a bird or two but before heading into the kitchen, hunters need to answer a question: How do we best prep a bird for cooking? Essentially, there are three approaches, and learning to process and prepare birds for cooking is an art in itself. Each technique informs what cooking method to use.

Section 799.2 - EVERYTHING IN THE WOODS WANTS TO EAT A QUAIL (Including Me)

IT IS VERY QUIET HERE on Springhill Plantation, the piece of South Georgia where I have found sanctuary these last few years.

A Longtime Love Affair

It's possible to hunt your favorite birds in a lot of different places, I suppose, but I don't do that.

AN EXTENDED STAY

There is no reason to leave Michigan in the fall unless the opportunity of a cast and blast adventure at a historic sporting lodge in Maine comes calling.

Ten Questions with Tim Flagler, Fly Tyer/Cook Extraordinaire

Culinary Creations from Gordon Hamersley

GREY on the Wing

Hands clutching the wheel of a large, lumbering vehicle whose vintage and purpose partially prompted the invention of \"powering steering,\" disengaged the clutch and applied the brakes, bringing it to a stop.

A FAIR EXCHANGE

Among the concerns faced by many small community gun clubs here in the Northeast is our inability to attract and maintain new and younger shooters.

WAWAWAI

I don't chase chukars anymore, but from the time I was 16, chukar hunting had been my favorite bird hunting endeavor.

Coming to Heel

I'n the world of gun dogs, it's not unusual that retrievers are taught to heel.

Bird Dogs - Health Matters

Avoiding Medical Mishaps on the Road

James Purdey & Sons Ltd.One of London's "Best"

At the conclusion of a recent breakfast meeting of the Shrewsbury Men's Club of Massachusetts, I was packing up my show-and-tell aids after giving a presentation.

MATT HART

Matt Hart, owner, designer and artist of Hartist Metals, is a highly skilled metal sculptor based in the picturesque Catskill Mountains of New York.

Tailfeathers

The essence of fly fishing, I think I've decided, is time.

INSTRUCTOR SPOTLIGHT: BRAD GOODRICH & CHARLES PERRY

New school meets old school when it comes to proper angling training

RETURN OF DOUBLE HEADER

The rebirth of a classic sport-fisher amid one of the most prolific destinations for big blue marlin

THE SCIENCE OF FADS

An in-depth look at what makes these fish attractors so effective

POINTS OF NEGOTIATION IN FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

Be sure to understand the details when building a vessel in another country

BAYLISS 76

The second project for a current Bayliss owner is in the initial phases of construction at Bayliss Boatworks in Wanchese, North Carolina.

MERRITT 88

A unique skybridge design from a world-famous boatbuilder