DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 8 ~ The Healthy Dog Lyme Disease, Cataracts and Vestibular (Balance) System Diseases Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 10 ~ Classic Upland Guns James Purdey & Sons: The Aristocrat of Fine Gun Making Ernie Foster ~ 18 ~ In The Swing High Flyers Chris Batha ~ 20 ~ Tailgate Review Energize Your Dog, Your Shooting, Your Hunt The Upland Almanac Staff ~ 30 ~ Wild Bird Trials Fall Grouse and Woodcock Trials Lloyd B. Murray Jr. ~ 40 ~ The Check Cord Gunning over a Well-Maintained Dog Is Not Always Easy Dave Hughes ~ 41 ~ Autumn Is Pup's Reason for Living -- and Ours John McGonigle ~ 50 ~ Conservation Fanning the Flames of Forest Activism Lawrence Pyne ~ 58 ~ For the Birds ~ 88 ~ Lock, Stock & Barrel A Modern History of the 16 Gauge Begins Here Bill Hanus ~ 90 ~ The Upland Kitchen Gamebirds with Parmesean and Vermouth ~ 95 ~ Upland Almanac Classified The Source for the Upland Hunter & Dog Handler ~ 104 ~ Tailfeathers Nevada Smith Grouse Tom Carney

features ~ 12 ~ Forward, Ho! by Tom Carney ~ 24 ~ The Upland Almanac's Season Outlook 2004 by Larry Brown, Mark Coleman, Chuck Johnson, and Lawrence Pyne ~ 34 ~ Opportunity Knocks... or at Least I Do! by Steve Gaspar ~ 44 ~ The Art of Being Ready Story and Photos by Tim Flanigan ~ 52 ~ Pheasant! A Photo Essay ~ 62 ~ Scenting Conditions: The Science of Smell by Frank Bronson, Ph.D. ~ 66 ~ Scents and Sensibility by Michael A. Halleran ~ 70 ~ Alabama's Quail Trail Story and Photos by John D. Taylor ~ 76 ~ Mr. Mud by Alan Liere ~ 78 ~ Bird Hunting in Bear Country -- Safely! Story and Photos by James M. McCann ~ 82 ~ Hunting in Snake County by Lawrence Pyne ~ 85 ~ Woodcock Adaptation: Natural Selection? by Gary Adair

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