As Covid-19 restrictions have begun to lift around the country, Orvis Shooting Grounds at Sandanona, Pursell Farms, and Hill Country have reopened to limited shooting experiences. To celebrate, we’re launching a new social-media giveaway. . . .
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The Birth of a Great Wingshooting Partnership in Western Colorado
Written by: Karen Mann, The High Lonesome Ranch
The diversity of terrain at HLR puts a lot of demands on a hunting dog.
Photos courtesy The High Lonesome Ranch
The High Lonesome Ranch is known for its fly-fishing for five species of trout and upland-bird hunting for pheasants, chukar, and quail in pristine coverts—all sitting along the spine of. . .
Read MorePhotos and Facts: Texas Bobwhite Quail
Written by: Jennifer Miller, Greystone Castle
Do you know there are over 45 different genera of Quail? Most people are familiar with the bobwhite quail, named for its unique call. This bird is native to North America, including. . .
Read MoreOrvis Hunt Book Instagram Photographer V: Joelle Rickard
Here’s the winners’ spread from the Orvis Fall Hunting Book
As we were putting together our new digital hunting book a few months ago, we realized it was missing something – the photos and stories of our fans and customers in the field. So we. . .
Read MoreOrvis Hunt Book Instagram Photographer IV: Mark Coleman
Here’s the winners’ spread from the Orvis Fall Hunting Book
As we were putting together our new digital hunting book a few months ago, we realized it was missing something – the photos and stories of our fans and customers in the field. So we. . .
Read MorePhoto: A Flag of Honor
The folks at paul Nelson Farm are pround of this recent gift from a guest.
Photo courtesy Paul Nelson Farm
[Editor’s note: The folks at Paul Nelson Farm recently shared with us a very meaningful gift that was presented by a special guest in appreciation for a great hunting adventure.]
This flag was flown on a US Army Chinook helicopter during a Special Operations Command mission. Captain Jason Burton led his crew into a “hot” valley in Helmend Province, Afghanistan. . .
Read MorePhoto Essay: Habitat Maintenance at Greystone Castle
Written by: Jennifer Miller, Greystone Castle
Greystone Castle started burning the hunt fields as soon as the 2014-15 season wrapped up.
Photos courtesy Greystone Castle
Editor’s note: Jennifer Miller—who works at Greystone Castle Sporting Club, in Mingus, Texas—sent in these cool photos that show how such an operation maintains its habitat in the. . .
Read MoreFlushing and Retrieving School 101
Written by: Jennifer Miller, Greystone Castle
PeeWee, Ruger and Merlin on the stake-out learning patience and to submit to a lead.
All photos courtesy Greystone Castle
At Greystone Castle, we use several different breeds of dogs for flushing and retrieving birds. While Labs are the most well-known, hands down the crowd favorites are the spunky. . .
Read MorePhotos: A Christmas Day Hunt
Reid and Collins take a break below a good piece of cover.
Photos by Phil Monahan
I’m lucky enough to live in a spot where I can gear up and walk right out my back door and into the grouse woods, and it’s become my tradition over the past few years to spend an hour or. . .
Read MorePhotos: A Lunch Date with Some Woodcock in Vermont
Written by: Scott McEnaney, Orvis Eastern ELOG Director
Diesel (left) and Ghillie are all smiles after their first time out for woodcock this year.
Photos by Scott McEnaney
The dogs were looking at me with eager eyes on Monday morning. They watched me head to the field a couple of times over the weekend…but I wasn’t bringing them along. It was opening of archery season here in Vermont, and it wasn’t anything. . .
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