The Sisterhood of Pheasants

The Sisterhood of Pheasants

Eight ladies, now all good friends, have a blast in the pheasant fields of South Dakota. If you can gauge how good of a day you had by the number of shells you shot, I had a blast. The sore stomach muscles from evenings of hearty laughter shared with new friends was...

The Great Jonesboro Squirrel Safari

The Great Jonesboro Squirrel Safari

We both hunched forward in the classic posture endemic to hunters worldwide when stalking dangerous game. And this was truly a dangerous beast. It was a Mahler-Besse Château Biré French Bordeaux Supérieur, vintage 1995, and I had been saving that bottle of wine for...

Granddaddy of Them All: The Sage Grouse

Granddaddy of Them All: The Sage Grouse

A symbol of the iconic West, the sage grouse fed pioneers and homesteaders and now provides challenging sport for hunters. It started with a wisp of a Brittany puppy that didn’t weigh much more than a sage grouse. My go-to bird dog, a wonderful, wacky male Brittany...

The Outdoorsman’s Playground

The Outdoorsman’s Playground

Argentina is famous for its unmatched volume of wingshooting and spectacular trout fishing – an outdoorsman’s playground like no other place on Earth. Argentina is known for its culture, cuisine, wine, tango, and for outdoorsmen Argentina offers what is perhaps the...