August 2007

Volume Thirty-Two Issue 4 6 My Father's Dogs The best dogs teach you to hunt. You just have to let them do it. by H. William Rice 10 Nobody's Hero Forty and fifty had been laughers. But sixty? That was something else again. by E. Donnall Thomas Jr. 14 Aristocrat of the Aspens A photographic journal. by Denver Bryan 22 Ishmael And I only am escaped to tell thee. by Ed Dvorak Jr 29 Betting on Ann The pheasant hunt ain't over till the choclate Lab wags. by John Hewitt 36 Lonesome Dove A photographic journal by Dusan Smetana 42 Grouse Corner All the nature one man and his dog can take. by Sam Lucy 48 The Secret Spot A Detective Doublehaul Investigation. by Doublehaul and Fiona 54 Bam! A photographic journal. by Clive Furrows 61 Clyde's Quail Wolfe was wrong: Southerners can go home again, as long as they take their family haints. by O. Victor Miller 71 Traditions: Snipe Shooting on the American Prairies. by Franklin Satterthwaite. Edited by Will Ryan 76 Greetings from Mongolia A photographic journal. by Ben O. Williams 83 Checks and Balances Wherein the judicial meets the executive, and the executive listens to Aretha. by Tosh brown 89 Shooting at Sunrise How to settle a range war with a boy and a pheasant and a dog named Hoover. by Ted C. Jennings 94 Shooting: Long Time Passing Where have all the gentlemen gone? by Terry Wieland 100 Angling: A Tale of Two Rivers. Whether it was the best of times or the worst depends on your perspective. by James R. Babb 104 Art: Thomas Blinks. Victorian master of the foxhound, pointer, and setter. by Brooke Chilvers 109 Recipie: Wild Pig Delicacies. Souse and headcheese, and a call for the revival of hog-killing time. by A.D. Livingston 148 Expeditions: Elusive Darlings In search of bobwhites, wild and free. by Terry Wieland 190 Books: A Little Hard-Won Nostalgia.   by Christopher Camuto 192 Audubon's Passangers A poem by John Quinn 147 People, Places, and Equipment     170 The Listing     To order back issues click HERE