I’ve been bird hunting ever since I was a little boy, roaming the hills near Cordoba with my brothers and shooting doves with our slingshots. Those early experiences ultimately led me to begin working here at FlyWays as a loader. . .
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Brian Kraft and the Movement That Stopped the Pebble Mine
Brian Kraft first arrived in Alaska in 1988 as a wide-eyed 21-year-old from Chicago, recruited by the University of Alaska to play division 1 hockey. “I wasn’t even a fisherman when I arrived,” he told me, “but it was so wide open. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Michael Browning (Maine)
As a young boy, I was exposed to upland hunting early in life by my father and grandfather, who would bring me along as they hunted Ruffed grouse and Woodcock up here in the North Maine woods. In those days, I would hunt. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Cole Stewart (Virginia)
I began hunting birds at a young age. Growing up in Northwestern North Carolina, inspiration wasn’t hard to find. My first experience was going for doves with my dad in big corn fields. Watching them come in kept me on the edge. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Ed McCoy (Virginia)
My family inherited a mountain farm in western Virginia when I was in fifth grade, and from then on, I wanted to spend as much time up there as I could. Grouse were plentiful, and my two brothers and I spent countless. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Durrell Smith (Georgia)
Durrell Smith started hunting birds in 2016 with his labrador retriever on public lands in the Red Hills region of Georgia. He quickly fell in love, as he says, with “…the fine art in it all: from the dogs, to the guns, to the stories. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Karen Syron (Idaho)
I was 18 when I started ruffed grouse hunting in Northern Idaho near where I grew up in Coeur d’Alene, and to this day, it’s still my favorite place to hunt. I came to work here at the Flying B Ranch 17 years ago as a temporary. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Dave Brown (AZ, MT, and Saskatchewan)
I started hunting birds–namely Ruffed grouse–many years ago in Ontario, Canada. At that time, I owned a yellow Labrador named Molson. He and I would fumble around the woods, but we rarely accomplished more than. . .
Read MoreGuide Profiles: Jon Hubble (Central Texas)
Jon Hubble began his hunting career at 9 years old, chasing quail on his family’s pastures in West Texas with a BB gun. He had free reign of the property at that age, so long as he stayed within earshot of his mom. Today, Jon is owner. . .
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