Top of the Tree :: Photography by Stephen Savage
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- 9th June 2012
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Fair Chase :: By Nancy Anisfield
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- 8th June 2012
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Episode 32: Scott Linden, host of Wingshooting USA, sits atop a Tennessee Walker ambling across the prairie of the Fort Pierre National Grasslands in search of sharptails and prairie chickens. Nothing about the blue sky, steady breeze, and big running English setters would strike a Midwest hunter as out of the norm for a South Dakota hunt.
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The Break :: Pete Fromm
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- 7th June 2012
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The hit, which Cale never saw coming, never saw period, knocked him out of the game, out of the season, and probably, given the way his mom reacted, out of football forever. Once he was back on his feet, crutches anyway, they did the whole hero routine back at school, everybody signing his cast, Brianna Jensen writing something on the back, at the very top, practically brushing his butt as she wrote, that left even Jaydon as close to speechless as he ever got, only one whispered, “Bloody hell.”
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No Last Resort :: By Terry Wieland
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- 6th June 2012
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Elvis is ALIVE! :: By Terry Wieland
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- 29th April 2012
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Gun Room: It’s a Snap :: Story & Photography by Terry Wieland
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- 14th March 2012
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On Becoming Martha Stewart with a Shotgun :: By Rebecca Gray
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- 13th March 2012
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K is for Kansas, K is for Kold :: Story by George Calef, Photography by George & Brodie Calef
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- 12th March 2012
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K is for Kansas. Some would say it is also for King, the new king of pheasant hunting states. While Kansas still ranks second to South Dakota, the perennial leader in the number of pheasants taken by hunters, the gap is small and closing. If Kansas is not yet the King, definitely it is the Krown Prince.
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Spent Shells :: Come Spring Story & Photography by Ron Ellis
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- 11th March 2012
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In February, optimism begins to bloom inside of me, riding on warm thoughts of the coming spring. Maybe it is the same with you when you see the days getting a bit longer and the gray, leaden clouds occasionally opening up to provide a much-needed glimpse of a warm blue sky. Under these conditions, my first thoughts are always of woodcock returning from their southern wintering grounds to nearby brushy fields and clearings, and of the magic and wonder I feel when going to those secret coverts on March evenings to watch the males perform their mating ritual in the thin, fading light. My wife, Debbie, and I go there with old friends and hunting companions—Mark and Lois, Jim and Linda, Billy and Linda—just to be among these little russet migrants that have captured our hearts over these many years and, quite simply, as Mark often says, “to see the woodcock dance.” We thrill to the male’s peenting and his erratic, spiraling flight into the dusky sky and then watch amazed—over and over again—as he plummets to earth, seemingly out of control, only to catch an occasional glimpse of him stopping short and then fluttering softly to earth, at nearly the exact place from which he began this aerial display for a female tucked into the cover somewhere nearby. It is a fine way to welcome spring and the best of excuses to be among old friends with whom I’ve shared the woods and waters for most of my life.
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Artistry in Oak & Leather :: Story by Kelly Boatright, Photography by David Krehl
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- 10th March 2012
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Long before I could ever afford a “Best Quality” gun, I admired the oak and leather cases of Marvin Huey. Each was a finely bound book that was to be opened, a holder of history and a resting place for heirlooms. A fine Huey oak and leather case is the binding which holds an heirloom for generations yet to be.
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