Stephen Wallace

“There should be a law against leaving a shotgun in its case all summer. The thing loses all sense of direction and has no more pointing instinct than a St. Bernard pup.”
― Burton L Spiller, DRUMMER IN THE WOODS. Twenty-One Wonderful Stories About Grouse Shooting

“I've been keeping a hunting diary since 1985 and wish I had started sooner. I frequently go back into my scribbled entries, and relive outings I've had, some alone and others with partners. Some of those partners, human and canine, are now among the departed, though theit memories are preserved in my diary entries. My diary holds many memories; days of golden aspens and blue skies, a dog’s first grouse, pheasants in a snowstorm. Many days, however, more than I like to admit, I summed up, simply, as, “A long walk.”
― Paul F. Vang, Sweeter Than Candy - A Hunter's Journal

“Skiing behind a team of dogs allowed me to study them for hours, and my understanding of their personalities blossomed as I saw them perform under stress or face new challenges on the trail. I saw who was brave all the time and who put up a good bluff. I saw them working hard to ignore a pest or boost the spirits of their running mate. I saw them being lazy or holding back until just when they chose—and then giving over their whole heart and soul to pulling. I learned who ran best in wheel and who was most content just being somewhere in the middle of the group. I learned that coaching a troupe of dogs, to work them as a team, was much mor complex, delightfully complex, then I had ever imagined.”
― Lisa Frederic, Running With Champions: A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail

“Any normal man who will shoot a weekly round at skeet during the summer can learn the fundamentals of wing shooting, and can acquire a skill sufficient to kill a fair percentage of his good shots at birds within the range to which he has become accustomed; but if he wishes to hold his own with a seasoned grouse hunter he must serve a long apprenticeship in the woods. He will find innumerable angles there that can never be duplicated on a skeet range.”
― Burton L Spiller, DRUMMER IN THE WOODS. Twenty-One Wonderful Stories About Grouse Shooting