DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 6 ~ The Healthy Dog Proteinuria, Geriatric Vestibular Disease, and Pododermetitis Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 8 ~ From Our Mailbox ~ 20 ~ For the Birds ~ 30 ~ Classic Upland Guns A. Chapu, Paris Ernie Foster ~ 44 ~ Lock, Stock & Barrel Our Image and the Images We See Terry M. Boyer ~ 46 ~ In The Swing Double Vision Chris Batha ~ 50 ~ Tailgate Review Upland Gear ‘08 The Upland Almanac Staff ~ 54 ~ The Check Cord Rules of Thumb Dave Hughes Great Expectations, Just be Realistic John McGonigle ~ 64 ~ Spring Hatch Kids and First Birds Scott Winston ~ 66 ~ The Upland Kitchen Burra Sahib Griled Quail Kabobs Michael Halleran ~ 71 ~ Upland Almanac Classified The Source for the Upland Hunter & Dog Handler ~ 80 ~ Tailfeathers Thoreau Had it Easy… Tom Carney

features ~ 12 ~ Shot Show 2008 New Gun Review by Terry M. Boyer ~ 26 ~ Homage to the King: A Midwestern Perspective on Grouse Hunting & the Clinically Insane by Michael A. Halleran ~ 34 ~ We Go to Montana in the Fall by Tom Parmelee ~ 40 ~ Prairie Doves Photos & Poem by Scott Winston ~ 42 ~ Bobwhites on the Margins by Matt Crawford ~ 58 ~ Gregarious George A Tale of a Ruffed Grouse by Nancy Adams with photos by Rick Adams ~ 60 ~ Desert Roosters by Jeff Charmichael ~ 70 ~ Surfing Safari by Alan Liere

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About Our Cover: “BROKEN COVEY -MEARNS’QUAIL” by Eldridge Hardie
For information about well-known sporting painter Eldridge Hardie’s original art, limited edition prints and his book THE PAINTINGS OF ELDRIDGE HARDIE - Art of a Life in Sport, call 303-756-5662 or visit www.eldridgehardie.com.

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