by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Feature Articles, Gray's Sporting Journal, Sporting Real Estate, Sporting Travel, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
In the sun-drenched days of my youth, I had to prove that I was a safe and responsible hunter before my parents would let me hunt alone. But once I earned their trust, I would grab a 20 gauge from the gun rack, fill a pocket with shells, and call our Irish setter....
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 | Feature Articles, Gray's Sporting Journal, Sporting Real Estate, Sporting Travel, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
A FEW YEARS AGO, MY WIFE surprised me with a copy of Partridge Shortenin’, by Gorham “Grampa Grouse” Cross. In 1949, Grampa Grouse printed only 100 copies for his friends, thereby making an original copy about as scarce as hen’s teeth. Two...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Feature Articles, Sporting Classics, Sporting Destination Reviews, Sporting Travel, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
At High Lonesome Ranch, after a few busy days of gunning birds and catching trout, you’ll probably need a vacation from your vacation. Dinner at the High Lonesome Ranch in Debeque, Colorado, is typically served following a brief wine-tasting. Lucky for me, I arrived...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Feature Articles, Fly Fish America, Fly Fishing, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
Fall beach fishing is like a good short story you can’t put down. There is the rising action, the climax, the falling action and the end. Some times it’s fast, other times it’s measured, but at all times it’s a page-turner. When fall actually...
by Angela Keer | Feb 27, 2013 | Feature Articles, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing In Salt Waters, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Writing By Content, Writing by Magazine, Writing By Style
Migratory fish get under your skin. They follow a lot of rules, but they break almost as many as they follow. That makes them a lot like an outstanding novel, with a beginning, a peak and an end. The story line comes together on a beach in the fall. Fishing conditions...
