Travel

by Tom Keer The entrance to the national forest looked like an ordinary suburban thoroughfare. The roadways on either side of the guard house were wide, freshly paved, and painted with lines [...]

by Dave Smith This update to our 2025 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland gamebird population surveys conducted by state fish and wildlife agencies. [...]

This update to our 2023 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland bird population surveys conducted by state fish and wildlife agencies. This data measures [...]

by Dave Smith The upward trajectory of upland gamebird populations in many states may make this a magical season for bird hunters. It was on a splendid autumn day more than 20 years ago, [...]

This update to our 2022 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland bird population surveys. This data measures recruitment of birds into the fall population, [...]

Editor’s Note: This article was published in the January/February 2022 issue of The Pointing Dog Journal, but under the incorrect byline of Don Thomas. Chasing California quail in California was [...]

The three Cs of chukar country. By eight years old, Jake had pointed and retrieved about three lifetimes worth of chukars, the beneficiary of boom years and lots of time engaged in the pursuit. [...]

by Steve Smith You may have noticed over the years that we don’t run a lot of articles in this magazine about lodges, pay-to-play spots that other magazines focus on. We do now and then, maybe [...]

By Steve Smith Question: What’s black and  yellow. Goes, “Bang!” and you sleep on it? Answer: A school bus, a firecracker, and a bed. When something bad happens, the chances are that there is [...]