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![Luigi Franchi Imperial Monte Carlo Extra: One of Italy's "Best" SxS Doubles](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/0SAiBgwJa1690522419485/LUIGI-FRANCHI-IMPERIAL-MONTE-CARLO-EXTRA-ONE-OF-ITALYS-BEST-SXS-DOUBLES.jpg)
Luigi Franchi Imperial Monte Carlo Extra: One of Italy's "Best" SxS Doubles
As on London’s gun-maker’s row, Italians had skilled craftsmen who made “Best” guns of superb quality
![An Upland Bird Hunter's Equipment in Need and Equipment Indeed...](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/0h6ZDlgeW1690522171927/AN-UPLAND-BIRD-HUNTERS-EQUIPMENT-IN-NEED-AND-EQUIPMENT-INDEED.jpg)
An Upland Bird Hunter's Equipment in Need and Equipment Indeed...
From the first year I discovered upland bird hunting in my early teens, my search for the right clothing and equipment began in earnest. All you need to see to support this reality is to look at all the upland clothing and equipment I have stored from ceiling to floor in my garage and sportsman’s closet downstairs
![Day's End - Making memories](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/EeU72KbeV1690521830955/DAYS-END-MAKING-MEMORIES.jpg)
Day's End - Making memories
Has there ever been a bird dog man or woman with a soul so dead that he or she has not been re-energized by the first cool days of September, by the first forecast of frost, by noting the opening days marked on the calendar so many months before?
![A SIMPLE PLEASURE: THE HUNT LUNCH](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/4Mz1sXXwx1690521511022/A-SIMPLE-PLEASURE-THE-HUNT-LUNCH.jpg)
A SIMPLE PLEASURE: THE HUNT LUNCH
In William Harnden Foster’s classic book, New England Grouse Shooting (1942), for which he wrote the text and provided numerous black-and-white sketches, he includes a wide-ranging catch-all chapter called “Grouse Shooting Outfits
![PACKING for Success](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/l4XBowtsD1690520861758/PACKING-FOR-SUCCESS.jpg)
PACKING for Success
I spend a lot of time these days chasing game birds. But it hasn’t always been this way
![Shooting FAST and SLOW](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/gjwqXIrYF1690520647592/SHOOTING-FAST-AND-SLOW.jpg)
Shooting FAST and SLOW
Scientists have recently discovered that human brains operate in two settings – a fast, reactionary “fight or flight” mode (System 1) and a slow, considered, contemplative mode (System 2)
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Private Lands, Public Access
“Just what lies behind that fence?”
![Early Season - GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN HUNTING](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/ZoKkc9gSo1690520053991/EARLY-SEASON-GREATER-PRAIRIE-CHICKEN-HUNTING.jpg)
Early Season - GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN HUNTING
Greater prairie chickens are tailor-made for early fall gunning. Young birds hatch early enough to be nearly full-grown by September, offering lots of potential targets in good habitat
![QUAIL Struggle to Survive a Multitude of KILLERS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/-l8cK61yV1690519328990/QUAIL-STRUGGLE-TO-SURVIVE-A-MULTITUDE-OF-KILLERS.jpg)
QUAIL Struggle to Survive a Multitude of KILLERS
By some estimates, the wild bobwhite population in the U.S. has declined 70 to 80% since the 1960s
![Journeys Shared: A Worcester Letter](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/LVBmlYdlV1690519046706/JOURNEYS-SHARED-A-WORCESTER-LETTER.jpg)
Journeys Shared: A Worcester Letter
Hi Bob, Just finished the sensational roller coaster “memoir-style” essays of man and bird dog(s) that you and Dave Smith assembled and put into print
![Hunting, Fishing and Camping Maine](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1351870/eDnmpEsDf1690518778573/HUNTING-FISHING-AND-CAMPING-MAINE.jpg)
Hunting, Fishing and Camping Maine
From LLBean.com: In 1942, with a parade of customers seeking his advice on pursuing big game, waterfowl and fish, L.L. wrote a book to share his nearly 50 years of experience
![Upland Chef](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1258966/-murtsoFC1679921195878/UPLAND-CHEF.jpg)
Upland Chef
CULINARY CREATIONS FROM GORDON HAMERSLEY
![SEASON'S END: A RETROSPECT AND BENEDICTION](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1258966/nFG31NRgv1679904661547/SEASONS-END-A-RETROSPECT-AND-BENEDICTION.jpg)
SEASON'S END: A RETROSPECT AND BENEDICTION
The close of bird season – no matter where it occurs or what species you consider your favorite game or primary wing shooting obsession – always brings a corresponding period of emotional downturn.
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Sixty-some Years Later
I began hunting birds as a sophomore in high school in 1961. I’m still at it, concentrating mostly now on pheasants and quail. A couple years back, I attempted another chukar hunt in the Snake River canyons of Washington State, “for old time’s sake,” but sadly noted afterwards that while stepping on my tongue as I plodded uphill with an arthritic, reconstructed hip was painful, the agony in my knees on the downhill run to my vehicle was worse. The greatest pain came from having to admit that hunting wild chukars was something I would never do again.
![A Good Dog Is Necessary to Hunt Maine Pheasants](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1258966/1ECdjLXMg1679904002878/A-GOOD-DOG-IS-NECESSARY-TO-HUNT-MAINE-PHEASANTS.jpg)
A Good Dog Is Necessary to Hunt Maine Pheasants
Some Are Tame and Some Are Wild
![Along the Trail of the Swamp Fox: Hunting Woodcock in South Carolina](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1258966/hutfZpKNc1679903513672/ALONG-THE-TRAIL-OF-THE-SWAMP-FOX-HUNTING-WOODCOCK-IN-SOUTH-CAROLINA.jpg)
Along the Trail of the Swamp Fox: Hunting Woodcock in South Carolina
In the movie The Patriot starring Mel Gibson, the lead character retreats to the swamps of South Carolina to avoid the pursuing redcoats. These swamps are a veritable no man’s land full of palmetto, cane and greenbrier that will test any man’s mettle. If someone wanted to elude his adversaries, there’s no better place.
![Birds from a Blind: Another Way to "Hunt"](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1258966/4goDojmJ41679902912068/BIRDS-FROM-A-BLIND-ANOTHER-WAY-TO-HUNT.jpg)
Birds from a Blind: Another Way to "Hunt"
As a wildlife photographer, I can often get some frame-filling images simply by slowly walking in a wildlife area or even slowly driving the back roads and taking images out of my vehicle, but many times it is better to be in a photo blind in areas I expect the birds to be. Sometimes I will set up my own blind, but in certain areas, you can reserve one from a wildlife organization or state/federal agencies that have set them up on leks.
![Bird Dogs Health Matters](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/EKJyKY9Yv1665043478247/BIRD-DOGS-HEALTH-MATTERS.jpg)
Bird Dogs Health Matters
Dr. SHAWN WAYMENT
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Flushes & Noteworthy Points
Pending Legislation Threatens "World-leading and Highly Successful Wildlife Conservation Model"
![GOODBYE TO ALL THAT: LAST OHIO GROUSE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/9AjjhZLeY1665042780784/GOODBYE-TO-ALL-THAT-LAST-OHIO-GROUSE.jpg)
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT: LAST OHIO GROUSE
Sometimes what flies around the bend comes back again. In this magazine's Autumn 2022 issue, my subject was keeping a hunting journal, which I had done religiously for the previous 50 years.
![Tailfeathers](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/Jb83micc01665042602411/TAILFEATHERS.jpg)
Tailfeathers
Circling
![Day's End](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/X75PnXjTX1665042433541/DAYS-END.jpg)
Day's End
Bewitched by Woodcock
![A Lone Way For CHICKENS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/DDDyC4Jkh1665042287375/A-LONE-WAY-FOR-CHICKENS.jpg)
A Lone Way For CHICKENS
It happened again last September what my father used to call Getting a hair.” And while Dad and I had never really discussed the phrase’s origin or implications, its definition lay somewhere between profane and esoteric, an action without much input from the mind the way he said I had always performed as a child.
![Chasing Sasquatch](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/BW67CIxO-1665041803638/CHASING-SASQUATCH.jpg)
Chasing Sasquatch
I m pretty sure Sasquatch is a mythical creature, but I aim to find him anyway. Thanks to a hunting buddy, one opening weekend I learned that on a certain mobile mapping app, the mythical beast is an icon to mark places you drive past but want to get to someday.
![San Andres Meditations](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/ch13O604W1665041086680/SAN-ANDRES-MEDITATIONS.jpg)
San Andres Meditations
Scaled quail live a hardscrabble existence.
![A Love Affair in Plain Sight](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/ayaC2rkK61665040864955/A-LOVE-AFFAIR-IN-PLAIN-SIGHT.jpg)
A Love Affair in Plain Sight
We'd walked about 200 yards, intensely scanning the dense cover She’s on point!”
![— Gunning for Ruffed Grouse in October Is Real Sport —](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/onVS_Z4Ro1665040052886/-GUNNING-FOR-RUFFED-GROUSE-IN-OCTOBER-IS-REAL-SPORT-.jpg)
— Gunning for Ruffed Grouse in October Is Real Sport —
Nora Knows Her Thunder-wings
![— Gunning for Ruffed Grouse in October Is Real Sport —](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/1079422/q9Uq3JYK51665038537529/-GUNNING-FOR-RUFFED-GROUSE-IN-OCTOBER-IS-REAL-SPORT-.jpg)
— Gunning for Ruffed Grouse in October Is Real Sport —
Nora Knows Her Thunder-wings
![Just Dovey](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/571554/5feae7da1847f/crp_Just-Dovey.jpg)
Just Dovey
The birds came in a rush, like a scatterbrained phalanx of fighter jets on low-elevation maneuvers.
![Make Your Adventure – and Your Dog's – Easier, Interesting and Fun](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/7434/571554/5feadfbb7eae4/crp_Make-Your-Adventure-and-Your-Dogs-Easier-Interesting-and-Fun.jpg)
Make Your Adventure – and Your Dog's – Easier, Interesting and Fun
The devil is in the details” is an axiom for a reason: It’s easy to say. It’s infinitely harder to actually do.