Improved Cylinder or Screw-In Chokes?

Improved Cylinder or Screw-In Chokes?

I generally regard screw-in choke tubes to be one of the greatest inventions since sliced bread. They lend a degree of versatility to shotguns that we could only dream of “back in the day.” I usually shun them on classic side-bys, but that’s probably just for...
Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast.

Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast.

A while back, I was quail hunting with a young friend who was struggling mightily with the little brown bullets. We were finding plenty of bobwhites in the piney woods of South Georgia, but my pal just couldn’t seem to get the hang of it. It wasn’t that he was a bad...
The Working Man’s Dangerous Game Gun

The Working Man’s Dangerous Game Gun

John Hill was frozen in his tracks. He got busted trying to sneak across a narrow opening to the spot where I was carefully setting up my shot on a very old and very large Cape buffalo bull.  The two were now in a staring contest and John stood statue-still with his...
Alabama Sets First Sandhill Crane Season in Century

Alabama Sets First Sandhill Crane Season in Century

“They fall out of the sky like a lawn chair,” my co-worker told me after he returned from his first sandhill crane hunt. “What do you do with a crane?” I asked. “They’re called the ‘ribeye of the sky,’” he replied, and that was all I needed to know. I was up for...
Read More, Spend Less

Read More, Spend Less

Great American Hunting Stories A superb collection of stories that captures the very soul of hunting. Here, are some of the best hunting tales ever written, stories that sweep from charging lions in the African bush to mountain goats in the mountain crags of the...
Tim Hall Woodcarvings

Tim Hall Woodcarvings

Tim Hall, the seventh generation of his family to live along the Kentucky River from the days of Daniel Boone, has always been close to nature. Hunting and fishing have been life long pursuits as well as trying to capture the beauty he sees in the outdoors. Tim has...
A Day with Rachel Carrie

A Day with Rachel Carrie

If you’ve ever seen a carpenter pick up a hammer, then you know what it’s like to watch Rachel Carrie pick up her shotgun. It’s hard to describe exactly, but there is a familiarity and nonchalance with tools that only comes from a lifetime of work. Like greeting an...