by Angela Keer | Apr 24, 2013 | Bird Hunting, Bird Hunting South of the Mason-Dixon, Covey Rise Magazine, Feature Articles, Sporting Destination Reviews, Sporting Travel, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
I have an unparalleled view from my captain’s chair high up on the quail buggy, but I am captivated by the long skeins of Spanish moss draping from a century-old live oak. The combination of a delicate, flowering plant and strapping tree is profound, and when a...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Bird Dogs, Bird Hunting, Bird Hunting South of the Mason-Dixon, Essays, Ruffed Grouse Society, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
Parts of our country are a natural fit for game birds and bird dogs. Richmond County, North Carolina, is one of them. Robert Ruark, widely known for a career of outstanding writing including The Old Man and the Boy, worked as a newspaper stringer in the town of...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Bird Hunting, Bird Hunting South of the Mason-Dixon, Essays, Ruffed Grouse Society, Upland Bird Hunting New England, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
Of all the activities I do in the outdoors, be it dog training, shooting, trout fishing, turkey hunting, waterfowling, striper fishing, horseback riding, or anything else, grouse and woodcock hunting ranks first. I count down every day until the season begins like a...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Bird Dogs, Bird Hunting, Essays, Ruffed Grouse Society, Upland Bird Hunting Canada, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
Opening day is the one of the days we await all year long. Its the time when we gather family, friends, dogs, favorite shotguns, and trade in our everyday lives for the woods. If we’re lucky the day falls on a weekend and, we don’t need to make special...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Bird Hunting, Bird Hunting South of the Mason-Dixon, Feature Articles, Sporting Classics, Sporting Destination Reviews, Sporting Travel, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
Quail Hunting is a treasured tradition in the Red Hills Somewhere between the morning mist rising from the lake at False Dawn and the skeins of Spanish moss drooping from the cypress trees is a space of air where the quail fly hard. When a covey erupts from the...
by Angela Keer | Dec 31, 2012 | Bird Dogs, Bird Hunting, Bird Hunting South of the Mason-Dixon, Covey Rise Magazine, Essays, Feature Articles, Upland Bird Hunting Canada, Upland Bird Hunting New England, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
My heart skipped a beat when my wife told me she loved Albert. He was a young, muscular, good-looking tricolor setter of North Carolina quail stock, part of the field-dog rotation at The Webb Farm. Bill Webb owned him, Wade Meacham trained him and Kenny Rabb hunted...
