December 2018 / January 2019
Features Hot and Cold By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Fixing a Gunshy Dog By Charles Jurney The Traveling Wingshooter Did You Get the Most From That Trip? By Steve Smith Training [...]
Chukar 2018 Traveling Wingshooter
The last few years have offered some of the finest chukar hunting in the last three decades. The 2016 chukar harvest in Nevada was the sixth best since 1992, Utah boasted stellar numbers for [...]
Prairie Grouse and Huns 2018 Traveling Wingshooter
The big news for prairie grouse is the breaking of the drought in the northern Great Plains. The drought resulted in lower populations coming into the spring of 2018, but the weather has been [...]
Desert Quail 2018 Traveling Wingshooter
The bulls-eye of the U.S. Drought Monitor this summer covered some of New Mexico and Arizona’s better scaled, Mearns’, and, Gambel’s quail country. At first glance, it looks like a tough year for [...]
Bobwhite Quail 2018 Traveling Wingshooter
The last three years have collectively provided the best bobwhite quail hunting of a generation in the states that account for the bulk of the wild bobwhite harvest, including Texas, Oklahoma, [...]
Pheasants 2018 Traveling Wingshooter
The pheasant picture is one of long-term (CRP decline) and short-term (weather) storylines. The shrinking CRP footprint has been well-documented, perhaps to the point of exhaustion, but the [...]
2018 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast: E-Blast Updates
by Dave Smith This update to our 2018 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland bird population surveys. This final piece of data measures recruitment of [...]
August September 2018, Vol.23, No.6
Features The Curse of a Great Dog By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Good Years, Bad Years By Steve Smith Season’s Dawn A Photo Essay Whistle Refusals By Charles Jurney West [...]