It’s fun to hear from someone so passionate about an outdoor pursuit that it becomes a major part of their life. For some it’s fly fishing. For others, it’s tracking big bucks, trapping furbearers, calling in turkeys, or sitting in a duck blind. Brad Varney’s passion is bird hunting – more specifically, hunting upland birds with dogs. Varney has hunted birds in Maine for … [Read more...] about Mainely Bird Hunting – Brad Varney
Upland Bird Hunting
Sweeter than Candy – A Hunter’s Journal
Most hunters don’t keep journals, but they should. Paul Vang stresses this point in his new book, “Sweeter than Candy, A Hunter’s Journal”, and he sets an example by sharing with us some of his more memorable hunting experiences. For active hunters, our days in the field seem to blend together over time, with only the most memorable coming back to us years down the road. … [Read more...] about Sweeter than Candy – A Hunter’s Journal
Drummer in the Woods
"Drummer in the Woods" is a collection of 21 grouse hunting stories written by Burton L. Spiller and published in 1962. Published well after "Grouse Feathers" and "More Grouse Feathers", the stories included in the book show a marked maturity in Spiller as both a bird hunter and a writer. The majority of the stories in the book were originally published in Field & … [Read more...] about Drummer in the Woods
Grouse Feathers, Again
In 2000, the Grouse Point Almanac (now the Upland Almanac) published a collection of 20 Burton Spiller grouse stories entitled "Grouse Feathers, Again". Of the 20 stories, two were previously unpublished gems provided by Spiller's daughter. The other 18 were published over the years in Field & Stream, The National Sportsman, Hunting & Fishing, and Outdoors. If you … [Read more...] about Grouse Feathers, Again
More Grouse Feathers
Following the widespread popularity of "Grouse Feathers", the collection of Burton L. Spiller's grouse hunting stories in 1934, Spiller put together a sequel, "More Grouse Feathers", which was first published in 1938. The book was an extension of the first, arranged in several numbered chapters, where Spiller wrote freely, far and wide, about grouse hunting topics and others of … [Read more...] about More Grouse Feathers