DEPARTMENTS ~ 3 ~ Greetings ~ 4 ~ Flushes ~ 6 ~ The Healthy Dog Uterine Infections, Osteoarthritis and Old Age Walt Cottrell, DVM ~ 8 ~ From Our Mailbox ~ 18 ~ Lock, Stock & Barrel Are You Too Tight Terry M. Boyer ~ 20 ~ For the Birds ~ 26 ~ Tailgate Review The Gift-Giving Season The Upland Almanac Staff ~ 30 ~ The Check Cord Kindergarten "Whoa" Dave Hughes ~ 31 ~ A Trained Dog Is A Valued Gift John McGonigle ~ 40 ~ Classic Upland Guns D.M. Lefever - America's Smoothbore Genius Ernie Foster ~ 58 ~ In The Swing Long Toms and Tiny Tims Chris Batha ~ 64 ~ Conservation Quail Conundrum Lawrence Pyne ~ 80 ~ The Upland Kitchen Wild Game Cooking Made Easy John Schumacher ~ 86 ~ Upland Almanac Classified The Source for the Upland Hunter & Dog Handler ~ 96 ~ Tailfeathers Un-Settled Tom Carney

features ~ 12 ~ Just Shy of a South Dakota Grand Slam Story & Photos by Scott Winston ~ 34 ~ The Quail Wars Story & Photos by Ron Dungan ~ 42 ~ The Pleasure of His Company by Tom Parmelee ~ 46 ~ I'm Not Wired by Alan Liere ~ 48 ~ Through Artists' Eyes ~ 52 ~ A World-Class Event by The Upland Almanac Staff ~ 60 ~ A Covert We Called "The Bottoms" by John L. Rogers ~ 68 ~ A Tale of Tails Story & Photos by Tim Flanigan ~ 70 ~ Beaver State Bandtails Story & Photos by Gary Adair ~ 76 ~ Pheasants Déjà Vu Story & Photos by John D. Taylor ~ 82 ~ Woodcock Slapstick Story & Photos by Nancy Anisfield

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