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Woodstove Meditations

I’ve read there’s an inverse relationship between years on the planet and the hours of sleep your body allows you to enjoy, an evolutionary holdover from more precarious times buried...

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From the Editor in Chief: New Year's Certainties

Friends Old, New, and Soon to Be, I don’t put a lot of stock in the New Year as a reliable point of overhaul. I tend to believe the habits...

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Hunting

From the Editor in Chief: Counting Coup

Friends Old, New, and Soon to Be, For the Plains Indians of North America, the height of martial skill lay in approaching an enemy as closely as possible before touching...

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Hunting

Tom Beckbe and Ducks Unlimited Partner to Launc...

Tom Beckbe, the renowned purveyor of timeless and functional outdoor gear, is excited to announce a long-term partnership with Ducks Unlimited (DU), the nation’s leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation....

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Food & Drink

On Common Ground

Travel at all and you hope the road ends in a familiar place. What brings on that sense of belonging? Food. Music. Shared interests and passions. Joy. In a word:...

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Tom Beckbe + Pappy & Company

What better way to toast fall’s arrival than limited edition jackets signed by the bourbon maestro himself, Julian Van Winkle III? We’re pleased to renew our partnership with Pappy &...

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Tom Beckbe + Wildrose Kennels

The storied Wildrose Kennels is synonymous with excellence in the field. Trainers of British Labrador Retrievers for over 50 years, the team at Wildrose uses a unique system to produce...

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Lowcountry, High Times

Come Visit With Us at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) in Charleston, South Carolina February 16-18, 2024.For the seventh year in a row we are excited to gather in Charleston for the Southeastern...

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Hunting

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Viva Espana

The kathomp, kathomp, kathomp of my heartbeat in the headphones is getting annoying.   They call them ear defenders in Spain.  One wears them on a driven shoot instead of the foam throw-away earplugs...

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Hunting

Fool’s Errand

This June may well have been God's finest to date. The air was as sweet and crisp as a ripe red apple. Every dew-dropped blade of grass reflected the electric...

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Hunting

Wandering Wilderness

Seger's "Against the Wind" choruses in the background while lazy wipers slap back and forth and tires hum over damp blacktop. "The years rolled slowly pastAnd I found myself aloneSurrounded...

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Hunting

A Hunter's Library

The doe came in quickly, leaping over a small creek and pushing through a narrow trail in the rhododendron, bothered by a small buck sixty yards behind her. He was...

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Fishing

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Driftless

I placed my coffee and honey bun on the counter as she plucked away at the keys on the cash register.  “Will that be all this morning?” she asked. I...

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Fishing

That Dog’ll Hunt, but Will She Fish?: Selecting...

The chaos was overwhelming. I contorted my body to reach the surface and gasped desperately, but only found a rich mix of air and muddy water. Time seemed to slow...

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Fishing

Fishing an Island

The downrigger cable hums an ascending scale as the boat increases speed to a steady three miles per hour. There isn’t enough wind to roll the water, but the occasional...

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Fishing

Fishing the Cotton Hatch

The temperature is high, the bug count is high and spirits are running even higher. I hear hollers up and down the canyon and I know our timing is prefect....

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Food & Drink

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Food & Drink

Bourbon Lore x Heaven Hill Experience

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Food & Drink

Recipe: Cast Iron Chicken with White Wine, Pota...

A simple-yet-delicious roast chicken is the way to anyone’s heart: it’s a classic first date night at home dish, a vivid childhood memory and our staple Monday night dinner here...

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Recipe: Strawberry Rhubarb Galette

There’s nothing we crave more in the fall than the bright, tart, juicy flavors of spring and summer. To savor the bounty of the warmer months for longer, we freeze...

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Food & Drink

From the Editor in Chief: A Recipe for a Giving...

Friends Old, New, and Soon to Be, It takes a long time to close out a life. Three years on, we’re still sorting through the boxes that came out of...

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