Mychal Wilmes recalls pigeon hunts of old, getting his mom to cook the birds and the fact that he never was able to shoot well enough to hunt. We were reminded about the rules before starting a pigeon ...
If you’re not careful, you’ll use up a whole summer eating barbecue, drinking beer, and fishing. Too much of that stuff will soften your shotgun swing as much as your belly. Next thing you know, it’ll ...
A lot of our hunts can be pretty intense and exhausting. Some elk hunts, by the third day I’m so sore I can hardly crawl out of my sleeping bag. You’ll be up two hours before daylight, hiking hard all ...
Our editors' top picks to read today. Ethical hunters eat what they kill. But pigeons shot at live pigeon shoots rot or get consumed by scavengers, the author writes. Ted Williams shooting skeet, ...
The recent USA Today special edition “Paradise Lost” (Sunday Journal, Sept. 22) laments the loss or decline of America’s bird population. Rhode Island has shared in this avian attrition, the most ...
As the band-tail pigeon swung in over the gravel pit, I shouldered my Remington Wingmaster shotgun, swung my aim through the bird and fired. It folded and came down hard, and my Lab mix quickly ...
A lot of our hunts can be pretty intense and exhausting. Some elk hunts, by the third day I’m so sore I can hardly crawl out of my sleeping bag. You’ll be up two hours before daylight, hiking hard all ...