features ~ 10 ~ The Perfect Preserve Dog If the majority of your wing shooting occurs on preserves, then you need a dog that maximizes your opportunities. by Brad Fitzpatrick ~ 20 ~ Best Shots from SHOT 2011 by Josef Riekers ~ 34 ~ Opening Day by Steve E. Faber. Illustration by Vicki Schon ~ 48 ~ Grouseketeers Story & photos by Andrew Wayment ~ 70 ~ Of Vice and Men by Alan Liere

DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 6 ~ The Healthy Dog SAMeASMOMGOACN = Code for Comfort Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 8 ~ From Our Mailbox ~ 14 ~ Conservation Viewpoint My Family Home Steve Sherrod ~ 15 ~ For the Birds ~ 28 ~ Classic Upland Guns Joseph Lang: Pioneer of Breech-loading Sporting Firearms in Great Britain Ernie Foster ~ 30 & 31 ~ The Check Cord You are Being Watched - Part I Dave Hughes Memories that Linger John McGonigle ~ 32 ~ In The Swing The Theory of Wing Shooting: The Leading Hand - Part II Bryan Bilinski ~ 38, 43, & 44 ~ Tailgate Review Polywad's Latest Joe Riekers The GPS Revolution in Dog Tracking Collars John C. Gosselin ~ 50 ~ Both Barrels High Road? Low Road? Technology Paves the Way Nancy Anisfield & Tom Keer ~ 54~ Lock, Stock & Barrel Ribs Josef Riekers ~ 56 ~ New Traditions Being Open to New Opportunities Scott Winston ~ 62 ~ The Upland Kitchen Just For Starters Nancy Adams ~ 64 ~ Upland Almanac Classified ~ 72 ~ Tailfeathers God ... Quickly Tom Carney

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