Duel On Tabernacle Mountain

Duel On Tabernacle Mountain

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...
Oklahoma Quail Numbers Increase Statewide

Oklahoma Quail Numbers Increase Statewide

This year’s Quail Roadside Surveys across Oklahoma show a statewide population index of observed birds that is up 23.6 percent over 2018. Heavy spring rains led to a delayed start to the nesting season for Oklahoma’s upland game birds but brought on an excellent forb...
Perfect Pairings At Wing & Barrel Ranch

Perfect Pairings At Wing & Barrel Ranch

Seldom do hunters pair superlative upland gunning – pheasants, chukar and quail – with Sonoma County or the Napa Valley. The region’s reputation seems reserved for wines, but around 1900, about 50 years after the first commercial vintners were established, ringnecks...
Great Lakes Ruffed Grouse West Nile Virus Study

Great Lakes Ruffed Grouse West Nile Virus Study

First-year results from a multi-state West Nile virus study show that while the virus is present in some ruffed grouse in the Great Lakes region, some birds exposed to the virus survive. More than 700 hunter-provided samples from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin were...
2019-20 Arizona Quail Hunt Forecast Looks Good

2019-20 Arizona Quail Hunt Forecast Looks Good

Arizona’s quail hunters are also weather wonks — always checking the forecasts, particularly during the winter months, their fingers crossed that the wet stuff is on the way.  After all, good doses of timely precipitation that time of year are what give the state’s...
Grouse In The Heather

Grouse In The Heather

Gordon, my loader, was a strong-looking older man of upright bearing, with full, florid cheeks and a friendly smile. He was responsible for me, my safety, my shotgun and shells. Gordon guided me to and from the butts and, although carrying my gun and shells, still had...