“Tag: Birds”

Not all upland boots are born equal.

The Southeast had its glory with Gentleman Bobwhite. Now it’s time for Wild West Bob, the roughest, toughest, meanest quail this side of the Pecos. Yee-haw!

Want to kill more ruffed grouse? Field Editor Frank Miniter has you covered.

When you hunt ruffed grouse the last thing you want is a gun that doesn’t fit. To hunt birds genetically designed to out-motor and outmaneuver hawks, gun mount and reaction time is everything. The Stevens 555 provides one such solution.

Digital Managing Editor Shawn Skipper recently had the opportunity to pursue a bevy of upland birds on a trip to Mexico. Get an inside look at his hunt with this gallery.

Our writer's method for getting ruffed grouse in winter is quiet and tactical.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Gail Sperlich of Parkston, S.D.

A group of pheasant hunters in mid-Michigan banded together to organize a charity hunt in honor of Vietnam veteran Bob Brinker. The proceeds from the event benefitted veterans and children with neuroblastoma.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote that the bald eagle “is a bird of bad moral character” while the wild turkey “is in comparison a much more respectable bird.” Historians like to point to this opinion as an example of Franklin’s original thinking and eccentric rationale, but he was hardly alone in such reasoning. Ben simply paraphrased the feelings of every turkey hunter from Alabama.