LAFAYETTE, Louisiana–If really a woodcock hunter, you have to hunt Louisiana. As the weather gets colder and the ground freezes, woodcock migrate south, leaving northern states like Pennsylvania for ...
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA — While it's possible to hunt ducks without a dog, and pheasants and even ruffed grouse, chasing woodcock without a pointer out ahead, or even a Labrador or other flushing ...
Silence can be a rather jarring experience. And sounds, with their strong associations, can hurtle us through time and space. I associate silence with wild places, camps of my youth—good memories, to ...
Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their ...
NEAR BRULE, WIS. - The high-pitched tone blaring from Casper's beeper-collar told hunting guide Damian Wilmot all he needed to know. "Casper's on point," Wilmot hollered through the stand of doghair ...
With a long and rich tradition of upland bird hunting, Pennsylvania has been a bird-hunting destination for decades. Even with the population of wild birds declining somewhat over time, there are ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – There was no warning. After 45 minutes of squeezing between, limboing under and stepping over aspen trunks and hearing only the sound of leaves crunching underfoot, the air was ...
NEAR BRULE, WIS. - The high-pitched tone blaring from Casper's beeper-collar told hunting guide Damian Wilmot all he needed to know. "Casper's on point," Wilmot hollered through the stand of doghair ...