DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 6 ~ The Healthy Dog Torn Nails, Mastitis and Mouth Infections Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 8 ~ From Our Mailbox ~ 16 ~ For the Birds ~ 26 ~ Classic Upland Guns A. Francotte Ernie Foster ~ 34 ~ Lock, Stock & Barrel The Lowly, Overlooked Forearm Bryan Bilinski ~ 36 ~ Spring Hatch It Takes One to Know One Dan Small ~ 44 ~ In The Swing Keep It Working by Keeping it Clean Chris Batha ~ 48 ~ Tailgate Review Upland Gear ‘08 The Upland Almanac Staff ~ 54 ~ The Check Cord Timeout Dave Hughes Prepare Pup Properly for His Later Years John McGonigle ~ 66 ~ The Upland Kitchen Pheasant Wraps with Tuscan Summer Spread Pete Stevens ~ 71 ~ Upland Almanac Classified The Source for the Upland Hunter & Dog Handler ~ 80 ~ Tailfeathers Old Dogs Tom Carney

features ~ 10 ~ The Upland Almanac’s 2008 Fall Forecast by Chuck Johnson, Larry Dame, Tim Flanigan and Terry Boyer ~ 22 ~ A Taste for Late Season Sharptails Story and Photos by Scott Winston ~ 28 ~ Save Your Gear: Tips for Bird Hunters by Tom Keer ~ 30 ~ Nine Pheasants by Richard Donnelly ~ 40 ~ Western Huns Story and Photos by Steve Gaspar ~ 58 ~ Remembering Grampa Grouse by William G. Tapply ~ 62 ~ Gnat’s a Fact, Jack by Tom Carney ~ 70 ~ After the Hunt by Alan Liere

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