This year, we’re hearing promising reports across quail country. Despite some regional challenges, accounts from many states suggest that habitat efforts are paying off and weather has been cooperative. From the lush fields of the Midwest to the rugged deserts of the Southwest, quail populations appear to be holding strong – even bouncing back in some key areas.
There’s something to be said about owning a sporting shotgun from a company that also makes the classic dangerous-game double rifle. Reliability and precision comprise the fabric of the gunmaker. The craftsmen at the bench know that if a cape buffalo charges you at 30 miles per hour, hearing click instead of bang when pulling the trigger could be the last and most unfortunate sound you never want to hear.
Of course the stakes aren’t nearly as fatal when shouldering your side by side for a flushing covey of quail, when you eyeball an individual bird, know it’s yours, pull the trigger and…click. Although it may prove to be a random mishap of the entire day, you lose faith in the shotgun, and second-guessing your shots creeps up on you for the remainder of the hunt.
NAPLES, Fla. – September 20 2024 – Cole Fine Guns and Gunsmithing, leading premium firearms retailer, is excited to announce that the stunning Caesar Guerini Revenant shotgun in is available via their showrooms and website.
The Caesar Guerini Revenant Elite Field includes a round body action and radiused side plates to further enhance the dramatic curved lines of the action. The fore-end is graced with a winged fore-end iron and inlet escutcheon surrounding the push-button release, both hallmarks of the highest quality shotguns. A long trigger guard blends back into a swept back pistol grip, making the profile of the Revenant even more unique. The barrels feature a tapered solid top and mid rib. To further the goal of creating a truly extraordinary firearm, Caesar Guerini turned to world leader in engraving, Bottega C. Giovanelli, and their Director and Master Engraver Dario Cortini. His vision was to create a new and original motif for the Revenant, utilizing organic forms instead of the common scroll variations often seen on popular shotguns. With this goal in mind, Cortini drew a maple leaf and branch design that embodied elegance and celebrated the tradition of hunting.
Come early spring in the forests of the Upper Midwest is when you listen for them.
Through the songs of warblers, loons, blue jays and nuthatches, your ears detect the drumming of male ruffed grouse beating their wings to attract females and repel rivals. It’s breeding season in this part of America, and the low-frequency, rapid-thumping broadcast permeates the hardwood, conifer, jack pine, chestnut and aspen trees of the male’s territory. For wingshooters, scientists and naturalists the intensity of the drumming through the woods foretells of the season’s hunt – and habitat work that still needs to be planned for the to birds thrive.
For the rest of us, the telltale drumming signals that it’s time to clean that side by side, waterproof those boots and stock up on shells.
Big media believes that the youth of America is broken. Our new online magazine “Young Awesome Hunter” aims to prove them wrong.
The first of its kind, Young Awesome Hunter (www.yahunter.com) celebrates the family values earned and gained by youngsters ranging from about age six to college seniors. Our powerful and unique editorial delivers first-hand accounts of boys and girls who have seen their lives expand and mature through participation in hunting, shooting, archery, fishing and conservation.
Unfortunately, all of us can’t afford a custom-fitted shotgun that may triple the price of the original off-the-shelf donor. Of course, every sporting-gun guru will swear that a shotgun fitted to your exact measurements can effectively improve your performance through an optimal sight picture, impeccable gun mount and intuitive trigger control.
But let’s face it, checking out at the supermarket these days or a visit to the gas-station pump might upend your priorities with the harsh financial disappointment that your dreamy beauty of a bespoke over/under may find its way into your gun safe…after the kids graduate college (and dear God don’t move back home)?
NAPLES, Fla. – 01 August 2024 – Cole Fine Guns and Gunsmithing, a leading premium firearms retailer, is excited to announce, in partnership with B. Rizzini, the Rizzini BR240 Cole Special. This new shotgun is a masterpiece that combines exceptional craftsmanship with cutting-edge modern technology.
Working in conjunction with Rich Cole, Rizzini has developed the BR240 Cole Special exclusive to Cole Fine Guns & Gunsmithing. The BR240 Cole Special is more than window dressing. Rich Cole created the stock specifications based upon 40+ years of gunsmithing and stocking experience and are available with or without an adjustable comb. The performance package includes an adjustable length trigger, 5 Cole Precision Chokes, and Speed Wrench. The following configurations will be available in the BR240 Cole Special exclusively offered by Cole Gunsmithing.
RANDOLPH, MA – Ranger Shooting Eyewear is excited to announce the launch of the Derrick Mein Signature Series, a Special Edition Falcon Pro Kit built in collaboration with our newest signed ambassador, champion shooter Derrick Mein. This exclusive kit embodies what makes Derrick a standout in clay target shooting and an Olympian.
The Derrick Mein Signature Series features a tough Navy Cerakote Falcon Pro frame with black nose pads and bayonet temples to cut down on glare. It includes two new Claysight lenses, Dark Amber and Light Amber, specifically chosen by Derrick to match the lighting conditions he encounters while shooting. These lenses come with Hydro-Coat and Anti-Reflective coating, offering the highest optical clarity and the most enhanced target definition in the industry.
The four lanes of U.S. Route 84 cut through rural South Georgia. You’ll pass country churches, body shops, gas stations, convenience stores, farms, agricultural equipment dealers, skirt the downtown Cairo (home of the Syrupmakers high-school football team), before reaching Broad Avenue and the town limits of Whigham – population 428 as of the 2020 census. Having driven through the town several times over the years on my way to someplace else, and with Whigham’s total area of 1.2 miles overshadowed by a few blocks of derelict storefronts, you’d think it would be pretty easy to find a business that is still in operation.
EAST ALTON, IL (July 1, 2024) — Winchester Ammunition introduces a high velocity steel shotshell for waterfowl hunters that live to hear the buzz of early-season teal. Available in 12 gauge 2 ¾ inch and 3 inch, XPERT® Teal features high-velocity payloads that provide increased range and allow for shorter leads on fast-flying teal.
XPERT high velocity steel shotshells have long been considered one of the most dependable and consistent performing shotshells among waterfowl hunters.
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