DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 14 ~ From Our Mailbox ~ 14 ~ Classic Upland Guns Atkin's guns: Hard to find, Nice to Keep Ernie Foster ~ 18 ~ The Healthy Dog Ticks Pose More Problems Than Lyme Disease Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 28 ~ For the Birds National Program to Benefit America's Public Lands Launched ~ 40 ~ In The Swing Calling Your Shots Chris Batha ~ 50 ~ The Check Cord Keep the Habits High All Season Long Dave Hughes with Ryan Frame ~ 51 ~ Easing Into Fall With Your Flushing Dog John McGonigle ~ 54 ~ Lock, Stock & Barrel You and the .410 Bill Hanus ~ 64 ~ Wild Bird Trails The Fall Slate of Grouse and Woodcock Trials Lloyd B. Murray ~ 80 ~ Tailgate Review Two Good Beepers and Something For Bad Buzzers Matt Crawford ~ 86 ~ The Upland Kitchen Persimmon Stuffed Pheasant Breast Karalyn Webber ~ 88 ~ Tailfeathers Simple Matters Tom Carney ~ 104 ~ Upland Almanac Classified The Source for the Upland Hunter & Dog Handler

features ~ 8 ~ The Upland Almanac's Season Outlook 2003 Full Forecasts & Predictions by Larry Brown, Mark Coleman, Chuck Johnson, & Lawrence Pyne ~ 22 ~ Mexican Quail Beat the Mid-Winter Blues Chasing Bobs in the Sun South of the Border by Matt Crawford ~ 32 ~ A Tale of Two Grouse Covers: Lessons for Improving Your Success by Dan Small ~ 44 ~ Reconnaissance by William G. Tapply ~ 56 ~ Dove Hunting 101 Basic Strategies for Successful Dove Hunts by Jerry Parkerson ~ 62 ~ Harvest Your Crops A Little Detective Work Will Lead You to a Full Bag by Steve Gaspar ~ 66 ~ A Sharptail Pilgrimage by John D. Taylor ~ 74 ~ Animal Rights and Bird Hunters The Threat to Our Sport is Much Greater Than You Think! by Lawrence Pyne ~ 76 ~ Iowa and Pheasants Those Folks Aren't Coming Here to See the World's Largest Strawberry... by Phil Bourjaily ~ 82 ~ The Collection by Alan Liere

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