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Holland & Holland ‘Royal,’
Holland & Holland ‘Royal,’ freshly finished, borrowed for the occasion, and not (quite) disgraced.

Dawns & Departures

One frosty morning in December of 1998, I was standing on a hillside in Wales…
Alphlexo Crab

Tying for the Moon

I still remember, with a vividness I appreciate more each year, the first time I…
The Ruger Blackhawk came along in 1956, chambered in .357 Magnum, and has been with us ever since. The holster is by George Lawrence, from the 1960s.

Everyone’s a Cowboy.  Some More, Some Less.

Thirty years ago, the editor-in-chief of Gray’s Sporting Journal, David Foster, summoned me down to…
roy mason
Roy Martell Mason (1886–1972)

The Ever-Disappearing Roy M. Mason

I can think of no sadder words for an artist, whether living or dead, in…
J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Model 52 “Schuetzen Jr.” in .22 Long Rifle, probably made just before the Great War. Note the unusual configuration of the Monte Carlo comb and pronounced perch-belly stock. This is reminiscent of the work of George Schoyen of Denver.

Yet Another Stevens (Yay!)

Stevens devotees are lucky:  No matter how many you own, you can never claim to…
Photo by Gary Bulla

For the Birds

Leeson again.  On birds, from The Habit of Rivers.  Not surprising, he says, “that so…

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The Habit of Fall

Nothing reminds me of just how lucky I am to find myself calling Oregon home…
Brian O’Keefe, cutthroat trout

Secret Weapons

The two books I reach for to help me concoct some sort of Water Boatmen…
Your obedient correspondent in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska in 1990, hunting Dall sheep. After a while, you feel naked when you’re not wearing your pack.

An Unpopular Topic. (Read it anyway, dammit)

Except for the demented few, physical fitness is not the favorite topic either of hunters…
Miss Barbara showing how it’s done, with her beloved Kolar shotgun on the trap field. She calls herself the “shooting Barbie,” but we wouldn’t dare.

Just DON’T Do It! (Sorry, Nike)

So, you’re a man thinking of teaching your wife to shoot clays? Hooray! Good for…
Robert Ruark and his two most enduring books: Horn of the Hunter and The Old Man and the Boy, and anthology of his eponymous Field & Stream columns.

Robert Ruark — An Appreciation

On July 1, 1965, I was listening to the AM radio in the kitchen when…