July/August 2021

ON THE COVER:
Detail from The Gift, an original oil painting by Robert Griffing.

CONTENTS:
3 Letters from Our Readers
7 Doin’ It Yourself - A Kentucky Bag Pistol — T. C. Albert
15 Shooting the Bull - Ol’ Carson — Mike Nesbitt
25 Cache of the Hollow Tree - The Remarkable Life of Sam Houston, Part III — Tony Hunter
31 Dispatches from New England - Fog of Greater or Lesser Uncertainty—Gia Joins The British Army — Vincent C. Spiotti
39 Portals in Time - Tales that Bear Telling, Part IV—One Very Strange Bear Hunt — Mark Sage
45 On the Game Trail - Wallowa County Thunder Chickens — Juan Martinez
54 Charles Stratton Brown — 21st Century Longhunter — Bob Plott
67 Huzzah to The Gunmakers’ Fair at Dixon’s! — Vic Nathan Barkin
81 The 1832 Battle of Pierre’s Hole — Jim Hardee
92 25th Anniversary Contemporary Longrifle Association Fund Raising Auction — Joshua Shepherd
109 Classified Ads
111 Index of Display Advertisers
112 For the Bookshelf