Why chase roosters with anything less than a great pheasant gun? You can’t go wrong with any of the shotguns on this list of new shooters and old classics
Author: Phil Bourjaily
Phil Bourjaily
Phil Bourjaily sold his very first outdoor story—a feature about snipe hunting—to Field & Stream in 1987. He became the brand’s Midwest regional editor in 1995, and the shotgun columnist shortly thereafter. Highlights Education Bourjaily graduated from the University of Virginia with a major in Art History. He also met his wife, Pamela, at college, so his years in Charlottesville weren’t entirely wasted. Experience Bourjaily has written for numerous shotgunning and wingshooting publications, and appeared on Field & Stream’s Gun Nuts TV show, as well as on DUTV and Clay Target Shootout, which received a Telly Award.He enjoys writing about shotguns and all forms of wing and clay target shooting and has traveled widely to hunt upland birds, waterfowl, doves, and wild turkeys. He also enjoys teaching people to shoot, and has coached scholastic sporting clays and trapshooting. FS Lightning Round Last Meal Request: Whole roast Canada goose,Items of Clothing Without GSP Hair on Them: Very few,Walk-up Song: “Burning Down the House” (live version),Wishes he Had Invented: Texas rigged decoys,Dream Job (after F&S Shotgun Editor): Postal carrier with a walking route Notable Work
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