The Old Maid

The Old Maid

by | Dec 8, 2025

Good covey dogs are, as Lincoln said of Civil War generals, “as plenty as blackberries.” Hardy, spirited rangers that will put up whatever there is to be put up and give you your money’s worth day in and day out. That is, in good bird country.  But if you are ever...
Fallen Lady

Fallen Lady

by | Apr 24, 2025

The other day, while rummaging around in the attic for an air rifle with which to instill some respect for authority in the blue jays that had been raiding my roasting–ear patch, I chanced upon something more interesting than what I was looking for. This may well...
The Parson Lied

The Parson Lied

by | Jul 18, 2024

First published in the April 1939 issue of Hunting & Fishing magazine, and then in Tales of Quails ’n Such in 1951.