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Great Dogs

by Mike Gaddis | Mar 17, 2020

The most difficult part of nurturing a great dog is keeping yourself straight. I think of the dogs I have loved. Bird dogs. Yours and mine. I think of the ways I have loved them. This time, aside loyalty and devotion—almost a given within kind and understanding...

The Fishing Plug Man

by Mike Gaddis | Feb 28, 2020

He was the best kept secret since the Trojans hid in the Horse. His name was W.C. Crissy; he was an august old codger from Little Rock, Arkansas, and his game was rare and valuable commodities. I say old and august. August for certain; old I’m not sure. For I...

The Appended And Annotated Gaddis-Webster Dictionary Of Sporting Lexicology

by Mike Gaddis | Jan 21, 2020

Noah Webster was obviously a learned man, dedicating his life to language, his name synonymous with “dictionary” in America, especially the “modern” Merriam-Webster version, published inaugurally within that notable ring from the human cambium, 1828. In the process,...

Duel On Tabernacle Mountain

by Mike Gaddis | Jan 2, 2020

Partridge and setter, each super-naturally gifted within his time. Bound within the all-consuming mission each was born for: to best the other. This story is true, as true as you wish it to be…as true as the truth of all the great grouse dogs and all the great grouse...

Review: Federal Tungsten Super Shot & TriStar Viper G2 Bronze Semi-Auto in .410

by Mike Gaddis | May 1, 2019

Two of the most electric advents in the sporting world recently have been Federal Premium 13/16 oz. .410 Super Shot loads of #9 Tungsten, and the .410 Viper G2 Bronze semi-auto by the Turkish firearms importer TriStar. The greatest excitement spinning around the...