F. Philip Rice

IntroductionThe time was 10 A.M., one hour after the opening of the pheasant season in North Dakota. One of the authors was hunting with his teenage son and several friends. The group had already shot three birds and now was preparing to tramp through a large uncut soil bank field. Three Labrador...

DucksOf all the birds we hunt on the North American continent, ducks probably provide the most sport for the most hunters. The sport of duck hunting is also the most diverse, and can be the most complicated of all our shotgun-ning sports. This, of course, is not true in all areas of the country. In...