The Connecticut River Valley has been home to several easily recognizable firearms companies such as Winchester, Parker, Colt, and Marlin. It’s also a stone’s throw from Tony Galazan’s Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company.
Located in North Carolina’s Sandhills region, The Webb Farm provides a traditional quail hunting experience for wild and “Surrogated” birds.
While Ruffed grouse hunting in New York State opens on Oct. 1, resourceful hunters can get a jump on the season in the northern tier, particularly at Jerry Bottcher’s Hungry Trout Resort.
Debbie and Dale Norton’s Upper Oxbow Outdoor Adventures offers an outstanding wild bird hunt for ruffed grouse and woodcock. With excellent guides, great dog work, good numbers of birds and expansive coverts with primary and secondary, the hunt is reminiscent of those chronicled by John Alden Knight, William Hamden Foster and Burt Spiller.
Since the BHR’s most recent report on the High Lonesome Ranch in January 2008, the wing shooting program has been completely overhauled and tremendous expanded.
The Clinton House Plantation is perhaps one of the best values in quail hunting. The sporting facility caters to avid bird hunters by offering quality services at affordable costs.