DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 6 ~ The Healthy Dog Chipped Teeth, Colitis, and Energy Supplements Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 10 ~ From Our Mailbox ~ 18 ~ For the Birds ~ 26 ~ The Check Cord Starting a Puppy in the Field Dave Hughes ~ 27 ~ Train in the Cover You Plan to Hunt John McGonigle ~ 30 ~ Tailgate Review Upland Gear Steps Forward The Upland Almanac Staff ~ 36 ~ Lock, Stock & Barrel You and the 12-Yard Bird-Part II Bill Hanus ~ 50 ~ In The Swing Tracking Targets Chris Batha ~ 52 ~ Classic Upland Guns W.R. Pape - Inventor of Choke Boring Ernie Foster ~ 66 ~ Conservation Fields of Pheasants Lawrence Pyne ~ 70 ~ The Upland Kitchen Partridge with Bacon, Cider-Glazed Cabbage and Sautéed Apples ~ 76 ~ Upland Almanac Classified The Source for the Upland Hunter & Dog Handler ~ 84 ~ Tailfeathers Work Out! Tom Carney

features ~ 12 ~ Upland Shooters on Target for the New Season Story & Photos by Stan Trzoniec ~ 22 ~ Tweed Redeemed by Bunch Hoyt ~ 38 ~ Black Smoke and Feathers: Muzzleloading for Upland Birds by Wm. Hovey Smith ~ 42 ~ Aloha Birds by Nancy Anisfield ~ 46 ~ Frank Woolner: A Love Affair with Grouse by William G. Tapply ~ 56 ~ Bear Attack in the Grouse Woods by Mickey Fancher ~ 60 ~ Ithaca No. 465397 by Don Nickerson ~ 62 ~ Upland on the Alberta Prairie by Conrad LaPierre ~ 68 ~ Band-Aids, Boulders, & Bramble Bush Quail by Alan Liere ~ 72 ~ Head Shots Story & Photos by T.C. Flanigan

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