By UA Staff on October 10, 2018 By Tom Carney An excerpt from A Big Time on the Prairie…In 1932, on the first of several autumn hunting trips to Huron, South Dakota, Chicago Tribune Outdoors Editor Bob Becker became enchanted. He described “cornfields so crowded with pheasants that they were elbowing each other out of […]

By UA Staff on October 10, 2018 By John Pollmann An excerpt from At Home in Wisconsin’s Grouse Woods…It is one thing to read of the thick, tangled coverts that ruffed grouse call home and the difficulty this cover makes for gunning after the famed game bird; it is quite another thing to experience the […]

By UA Staff on October 10, 2018 By Glen Blackwood An excerpt from Road Trip – Wild Buckeye Birds…I hit the road in November. But the trip had actually begun in October. Allow me to explain. At the American Woodcock Symposium in Roscommon, Michigan, last year, I met Mark Wiley, a wildlife biologist with the […]

Inside the Upland Almanac Autumn 2018 issue, enjoy a collection of art and personal stories in our Day’s End section with contributions from Jerry Dennis and Paul Tunkis. With this issue Timothy C. Flanigan, John N. Felsher, Jeff Nedwick and David Books provide the 2018 Scout Report. John N. Felsher shares what Alabama is doing […]

Home   >   Autumn 2018 Issue   >   Autumn 2018 UA Kitchen: Crispy Panko-Crusted Grouse and Wild Mushrooms Spiked with Cognac By UA Staff on July 5, 2018 An excerpt from the UA Kitchen…I’m a terrible grouse shot, so amazingly, I hit the first partridge of the season I saw. The springer and […]

By UA Staff on July 5, 2018 An excerpt from The Scout 2018…It’s time for our annual preseason look at the habitat conditions, weather phenomena and bird populations across the Lower 48 states that will probably play a major role in the situations you face when you step into your favorite upland bird hunting spot […]

An excerpt from John C. Gosselin’s Publisher Note…Welcome to our 20th Anniversary issue of The Upland Almanac! I hope you have been enjoying the journey we’ve taken together and that you, like me, still after 20 years find little nuggets of surprise and joy in our magazine. One of the things that amazes me and […]

Upland Almanac – Bird Hunting | Dogs & Dog Training | Shotgun Enthusiasts Inside the Upland Almanac Summer 2018 issue, enjoy a collection of art and personal stories in our Day’s End section with contributions from Kelly Knee and Jim Turlington. With this issue Brad Fitzpatrick writes about Fausti at 70. Tim Flanigan gives us […]

Upland Almanac – Bird Hunting | Dogs & Dog Training | Shotgun Enthusiasts An excerpt from the UA Kitchen…Humidity and heat do nothing for this antsy bird hunter apart from making me check the calendar often and hope that the weather isn’t going to be too warm this year for early season doves. Even the […]

Upland Almanac – Bird Hunting | Dogs & Dog Training | Shotgun Enthusiasts By John Pollmann An excerpt from A South Dakota Pheasant Mecca…Just outside the back door of the main lodge at Brown’s Hunting Ranch near Gettysburg in north central South Dakota, rugged ravines give way to a breathtaking stretch of the Missouri River, […]

Upland Almanac – Bird Hunting | Dogs & Dog Training | Shotgun Enthusiasts An excerpt from Fausti at 70…When Stefano Fausti started his company, his tools were basic, and much of the work on his shotguns was done by hand. The new state-of-the-art Fausti factory is far removed from the original shop and features row […]

By Tim Flanigan An excerpt from Learning to See…When I hunt ruffed grouse, I choose to kill only male grouse. When I hunt woodcock, I choose to kill only male woodcock.” My personal hero, the late Roger Latham, Ph.D., made this bold statement to the Sixteenth Class of Pennsylvania Wildlife Conservation Officers at the Ross Leffler […]