The beauty of upland hunting lies in its simplicity. It’s a walk with a gun. Your goal is to frighten ground-dwelling birds into flight, so you can shoot them. Even if you don’t find anything, you’ve ...

As the mercury drops, game enthusiasts from across the fruited plain trade in their drift boats and fly rods for double barreled breach-break shotguns, some blaze orange, and a Labrador, if they’re ...

The over/under shotgun is iconic in upland bird hunting fields across America. If you close your eyes and imagine yourself following a well-trained bird dog through an autumn field, there’s a good ...

South Dakota matches every bucolic grassland with a blistering wind. It gives fiery sunsets in sub-zero temps. It’s a rugged landscape that’s cajoled into farmland by men and machines that are much ...

Alabama's wild quail season hasn't opened yet but it will be here in a few weeks, which gives you time to do a couple of things. One, get out the shotgun so you can clean it up and maybe head to the ...

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The statewide hunting season for ruffed and blue grouse, as well as mourning doves, opened Sept. 1, and the season for most other upland game birds, including chukar, quail and rooster pheasants, ...

Every state in the U.S. has an upland hunting season. From grouse in Maine to an assortment of non-native pheasants and other birds in Hawaii, America is home to a wide variety of upland birds. While ...