Henry Chappell

I'm pleased to have made a tiny contribution to this video about my great friend Wyman Meinzer - the finest photographer and outdoorsman I've ever known.

My new essay on cultural appropriation is online at The American Conservative. Having written from the point of view of a Comanche man, a black man, a black woman, a white woman, and numerous white men, I have strong feelings about this subject.

My buddy Gregg Barrow has written a nice review of the video “Old Hemlock Setters: The George Bird Evans Legacy.” Gregg is a very experienced, all-around dog man with a heart to match his pro football player’s frame. When he talks or writes about dogs, I pay attention:

“The heritage and history that comes with an Old Hemlock Setter is a tremendous blessing, and no small responsibility. I have always believed that a breeder’s true strength is in his owners. You cannot keep them all nor would you want to. But Old Hemlock dogs are responsibly placed in the hands of people who understand the investment of time, sweat equity and the years of planning they represent.”

Read the entire review and enjoy the Old Hemlock website.

I read The Upland Shooting Life back in the early 1990s and never got over it. My thanks to Gregg for passing along the video and review. Enjoy!

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I'm pleased that Covey Rise has published my Texas bobwhite hunting piece in its latest issue.

I liked the Turnpike Troubadours before anyone had heard of them. I still like them. This song makes this old man want to go out and get in a fight. At a gun show. I highly recommend it. (Not the fight. The song. And ... hell ... the gun show.)

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