Fishing-Hunting
The Upland Almanac
Public Access, Personal Success: Tips and Stories
Use it or lose it.
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Autumn 2020
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From Recollections of My Fifty Years Hunting and Fishing
There are several reasons why I have written this book. I have hesitated to undertake it for a long time.
7 min |
Autumn 2020
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They Will Always Be Blues
Dr. Ron Salomone from Ohio and a pair of grouse dogs soak in the view along a Colorado ridge top. (Photo/Michael Salomone)
7 min |
Autumn 2020
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Social Distancing in Wolf Country
A wolf howl makes my hair stand on end, every time.
6 min |
Autumn 2020
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Tastes Good, Doesn't Kill Me
Want some big flavor? Try stirring in some guts.
4 min |
Autumn 2020
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The Plumed Speedsters — Pacific Coast Range Mountain Quail
It happens with a crack of a stick while walking in on a distant point; a covey explodes both left and right into the thicker stands of young Douglas firs.
8 min |
Autumn 2020
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Lake County
Good sage grouse country is vast by necessity. In Oregon, Highway 140 takes you there, where the soil sits on top of Miocene rocks, 17-million-year old basalts exposed by wind and water on the edges of sage plateaus. The dark igneous stones — earth’s prehistoric eyes — stare as you walk past.
6 min |
Autumn 2020
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Joseph Defourny
One of Belgium’s Finest Shotgun Makers: 20-gauge Bespoke Side-by-Side
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Autumn 2020
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A Different Kind of Quail
The fact I have never been on a “classic” quail hunt was rubbed in again last October by a gentleman with some obvious Southern roots. He had pulled up his pickup behind mine as I exited a tangle of wild blackberries that loosely followed a small creek into a steep, rocky canyon.
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Autumn 2020
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Still Smokin'?
On a chukar hunt 35 years ago, my wife issued a challenge: She could last longer without nicotine than I.
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Summer 2020
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Shooting for “Successful Beginnings”
Listed among a handful of women as a National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) Level III Shooting Instructor, Elizabeth Fennell is an all-around lover of wing shooting, clay shooting and fostering other women into recreational shooting sports.
5 min |
Summer 2020
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Quail Shooting
We hear a great deal in these days about abundant physical exercise as a necessary factor in the maintenance of sound health and vigor.
5 min |
Summer 2020
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Fields of Dreams
Eastern Shore Conservationists hope if they build it, the bobwhite quail will come (back)
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Summer 2020
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Deciphering Dog Food Labels: Good Luck with That!
“There’s no way anyone can look at a label and tell anything about the quality of the dog food.”
10+ min |
Summer 2020
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Day's End: Big Running Dog
“Where is your dog, Joe?”
3 min |
Summer 2020
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Bird Dogs - Health Matters
Bird Dogs - Health Matters
4 min |
Summer 2020
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The First Bird After
I was returning from town with groceries when I saw the spiral of smoke from five miles away.
4 min |
Spring 2020
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High Times In Haddeo
Into this landscape is woven a sporting tradition dating to the 11th century.
9 min |
Spring 2020
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Upland Chef
Woodcock in Two Courses
3 min |
Spring 2020
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The Incredible, Edible Rail
Imagine hunting a certified, managed, abundant, controlled game bird that requires no trees, no brush, no dogs, no walking, no experience, and no skill. Welcome to the world of rail hunting, where the daily bag limit is 25 birds, and missing even one shot is considered a laughable offense.
8 min |
Spring 2020
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The Check Cord
Proper Etiquette
3 min |
Spring 2020
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LOST AND FOUND
When I got to the place I’d marked, the pheasant wasn’t there. Neither was Jack.
7 min |
Spring 2020
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Flushes & Noteworthy Points
Reader Steve Lavalle of Manchester, New Hampshire, submitted this photo of a grouse he found while hunting in central Wisconsin.
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Spring 2020
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Fire Away!
Fabarm Elos D2
2 min |
Spring 2020
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Classic Upland Guns
E. Remington & Sons: Remington- Whitmore Lifter-Action
3 min |
Spring 2020
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Bird Dogs - Health Matters
Field Restraint and Skin Stapling
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Spring 2020
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Dr. Hank's Genuine Alabama Elixir To Cure Your Midwest Winter Ruffed Grouse Blues
You boys go ahead, and make as much noise as you want,” chortled Dr. Hank Clemmons. “We’re gonna’ have ourselves a good ol’ Alabama Shake ’n Bake.”
7 min |
Winter 2019
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From: “Brave Hunter, Stout Woodcock”
I’m not sure I want to know why I’m attracted to bird hunting. But I will try to make sense of the matter.
9 min |
Winter 2019
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Colorado Blues And Bobs Mike Gnatkowski
A chance meeting set the stage. Returning from a trade show in June, I was taking the shuttle back to the extended parking lot at Denver International Airport. Eventually, the passengers dwindled down to a guy sporting a Browning cap and me.
8 min |
Winter 2019
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Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon: Quail Unlimited Covey Model
My sons and I arrive at the abandoned homestead site and make ready for the hunt.
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