Hunting Eurasian Collared-Doves for the Table
If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em This article originally appeared in the winter 2024…
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The Forgotten 1920s Fight for Federal Public Hunting Lands
Frederic C. Walcott envisioned federally funded public hunting grounds. What followed was a six-year battle…
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The Art of Escutcheon: Engraving Shotgun Stock Ovals
Do engraved stock ovals diminish value or complete a story half-told? This article was originally…
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An International Affair: What a Trip to Germany Taught Me About German Hunting Dogs and the Deutsch Langhaar
From wild partridge fields to breeding programs, read a firsthand experience about the German hunting…
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The Elusive Legacy of Pennsylvania’s Sawtimber
Pennsylvania’s sawtimber history reveals how shifting forestry practices created, lost, and may yet restore ruffed…
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Is Burton Spiller the Poet Laureate of Woodcock?
Burton Spiller on woodcock hunting and his admiration for the “little russet feller” This article…
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AKC Master Hunter Test: Requirements, Expectations, and Etiquette
What happens during an AKC Master Hunter test? Here’s what handlers and dogs are expected…
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Attwater’s Prairie Chickens: The Last of Texas’s Prairie Chickens
Over-hunting and the destruction of Texas’ coastal prairie have driven a 99.98 percent decline in…
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A Different Approach: The Versatile Deutscher Wachtelhund
The Deutscher Wachtelhund is a rare German hunting dog known for its tracking and big…
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The Hunting Spaniels of New Zealand
In New Zealand, hunting spaniels like English Cockers and Springer Spaniels are used for hunting…
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Islands in the Sky: The Last Holdouts of Southwestern Dusky Grouse
Catastrophic wildfire and increasingly warm, dry climates may eliminate dusky grouse in the southern Rockies…
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Why Cheatgrass Control Matters for Gunnison Sage-grouse Conservation
The spread of cheatgrass increases wildfire risk and threatens the native plant communities the Gunnison…
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Bring on the Bassets: Rabbit Hunting with the Barony Bassets in Scotland
How Daphne Thorne’s pack of bassets keeps traditional hunting alive in modern Scotland This article…
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Early Shotgun Innovations and Patents By English Gunmakers
The English may not have invented the breechloading shotgun, but they certainly perfected it This…
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The Ghost of Dillon Mews
Twelve years after a young man vanished, a grouse hunter returns to the same woods—and…
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.410 Shotgun – Origins, Evolution, and Popularity of the Outlier Gauge
A deep look at the .410 shotgun’s history, ballistics, and enduring appeal This article originally…
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Responsible Recovery: Blood Tracking Big Game with Versatile Dogs
Trained tracking dogs help hunters recover wounded game ethically and effectively This article originally appeared…
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Meet Fin, an Invasive Mussel Detection Dog
How one conservation dog helps the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife combat the spread…
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The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
The Mysterious Disappearance of a Wandering Migrant This article originally appeared in the spring 2025…
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The History of Sporting Clays in America
Sporting clays competitions in England were popularized in 1925. However, it took 60 years for…
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The Death of Nuance – A Letter from the Owners of Project Upland
In this letter from the Summer 2025 issue of Project Upland Magazine, co-owners Jennifer Wapenski…
