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Orvis Grand Opening: Plano, TX – Special Offer!

November 14, 2013

Reel Recovery’s Texas State Coordinator Mike Emerson (center) poses with (from left) RR’s Tyler Cloes and Jim Kelly, Orvis’s Paul Range, Jaimie Mercer, Trey Mullen, and Andrea Berumen during last night’s VIP Event.
Photo courtesy Andrea Berumen

We had a wonderful time celebrating our new Orvis Plano retail location at our VIP event last night, but the fun doesn’t stop there – JOIN US THIS WEEKEND for our Grand Opening Event – click “Read More” for details, directions and special offers!

Photo of the Day: A Western Montana Brace of Grouse

November 13, 2013

Northwest Montana grouse hunters have been averaging four flushes per hour. Here’s Linehan Outfitting Company guest Gordon H. of Boston and Gracie with a brace of ruffed grouse.
Photo by Tim Linehan

Photos of the Day: Lower Brule Pheasants

November 11, 2013

Written by: Paul Range, Orvis District Manager-Retail

Orvis District Managers Paul Range (left) and TJ Roy pose with the spoils of a great hunt.
Photo courtesy Paul Range

My fellow District Manager, TJ Roy, and I had a great pheasant hunt on the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota last week. Public land and. . .

Orvis Military Shopping Discount Weekend: November 8th – 11th

November 08, 2013

We are excited to announce our Military Shopping Discount Weekend taking place at all Orvis Retail locations this Veterans Day Weekend, November 8th – 11th. This offer is extended to both active and retired military personnel. See details below, and find your closest location here.

Photo Essay: The Rewards of Hunting for Borderland Blues

November 05, 2013

Written by: Dave Brown, Dave Brown Outfitters

A hunter covers a point in mixed Mearns and scaled quail habitat.
Photo by Dave Brown

The range of the scaled (blue) quail extends from the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua in the south to southern Colorado in the north. From east to west, the population starts in Short Grass Prairie region of the Southern Plains, encompassing western portions of. . .

Photo of the Day: A Tired Dog and the Fruits of Her Labor

October 29, 2013

Cayenne, an English Springer Spaniel, poses proudly with three woodcock she flushed in the Vermont woods.
Photo by Steve Hemkens

Photos of the Day: Hunting Sharptails with PRO Outfitters in Montana

October 23, 2013

John’s client, Jerry, carries a sharptail gouse, which he pointed, flushed, shot, and retrieved himself.
Photo by John Kowalski

Last April, Mitch Kowalski received a lifetime achievement award at the Orvis Guide Rendezvous in Missoula, Montana. But is he resting on his laurels? Of course not. Instead he’s. . .

Photos of the Day: Utah Pheasants at Pleasant Valley Hunting Grounds

October 22, 2013

What every wingshooter hopes to see, a cock pheasant rising from the grass.
Photo courtesy Falcon’s Ledge

Dave Danley of Falcon’s Ledge in Altamont, Utah, sent me these great shots from their Pleasant Valley Hunting Grounds, which are irrigated, cultivated, and managed specifically for Utah pheasant and chukar hunting. With the snowcapped. . .

Orvis Charlottesville, VA – Grand Opening V.I.P Event!

October 16, 2013

We are thrilled to be open in Charlottesville, VA. Come celebrate with us at our V.I.P. Event taking place TOMORROW (Thursday, October, 17th) from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Driving directions.

Orvis Hunting Podcast: Hunting the Northeast

October 15, 2013

This is the first in a five-part series called, “So you have always wanted to hunt for. . .”

Part 1 starts off in the Northeast and Great Lakes region, as Orvis’s Brett Ference’s interviews author and award-winning freelance writer Tom Keer. They discuss NE hunting, game-bird habitat and. . .