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HOME RANGE: Notes on Literature, Nature, Working Dogs, History, Martial Arts, Other Obsessions and Sundry Annoyances by Henry Chappell

2017 Master National Hunt Test


Here’s my feature on the 2017 Master National Hunt Test in the October edition of Texas Parks & Wildlife. You’ll see more of Earl Nottingham’s great photos in the print edition. Looking over this piece again brings back great memories. I can’t believe a year has passed. Those few days at The Big Woods on the Trinity raised my opinion of what makes a finished retriever.

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Playing Catch-Up: Some Recent Work


Sorry for nonexistent posting the past several months. I’ll try to do a little better now that things have calmed down a bit. Here’s my recent piece on desert bighorn sheep recovery in Texas Wildlife: