Field Ethos stories that hit hardest. What stuck with you?

[Shane Limbeck]

We’ve told a lot of stories over the years. Some made you laugh, some probably hit a little closer to home.

Which ones stuck with you?
Could be a hunt, a trip, a piece of writing, or a single line that’s still rattling around in your head.

Drop the title or the issue and tell us why it hit the way it did.

 

[Ron Dan]

We just recently published this story from Edgar Castillo.

It took me back to walking through a Sports Authority with my late father to pick out and buy my first ever gun, a Winchester 1300 Black Shadow. The article was a great reminder of the early days in my firearms journey when you could walk into a K-Mart and pick up everything you needed for a day of shooting clays.

 

[Alexandra]

Echoes Over the Vlei: https://fieldethos.com/echoes-over-the-vlei/

 

[Mike Z]

When describing FE to people who've never heard of it, I often reference this one: https://fieldethos.com/making-the-best-of-it/

 

[Michael Sullivan]

An all time classic from Pat Hemingway https://fieldethos.com/german-shorthaired-pointer-vs-brown-bear/

 

[ognolan1]

We just recently published this story from Edgar Castillo.

It took me back to walking through a Sports Authority with my late father to pick out and buy my first ever gun, a Winchester 1300 Black Shadow. The article was a great reminder of the early days in my firearms journey when you could walk into a K-Mart and pick up everything you needed for a day of shooting clays.

Agreed. It was like a missive from some long lost, more innocent society. I bought my first firearm, a Remington 870 pump that I still have, at a local Army Navy store like that. doc

 

[Rob Thompson]

“Does Simplicity Equal Happiness” by Nick Muckerman. A lot of truth in that one. https://fieldethos.com/does-simplicity-equal-happiness/

 

[lmetesh]

The Veteran's Beach - though I may be a bit biased.

 

[spalind]

Doug Patteson's recent work on his wife. Perhaps the most meaningful item I've seen from FE: https://fieldethos.com/remarkably-ordinary/

 

[Wade Burns]

The story about the guy training at an ex kgb training facility and his teachers dog story he learns about after dinner where he guy secretly buried it in a park after it died.

 

[rigriffin91]

Dead Dog Whiskey by Pat Hemingway Adams. https://fieldethos.com/dead-dog-whiskey/

 

[Mike Z]

Dead Dog Whiskey by Pat Hemingway Adams. https://fieldethos.com/dead-dog-whiskey/

Good one

 

[Zach Smith]

We just recently published this story from Edgar Castillo.

It took me back to walking through a Sports Authority with my late father to pick out and buy my first ever gun, a Winchester 1300 Black Shadow. The article was a great reminder of the early days in my firearms journey when you could walk into a K-Mart and pick up everything you needed for a day of shooting clays.

Was this the Sports Authority on Brainerd Rd? So many core memories that started with a trip there.

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

We’ve told a lot of stories over the years. Some made you laugh, some probably hit a little closer to home.

Which ones stuck with you?
Could be a hunt, a trip, a piece of writing, or a single line that’s still rattling around in your head.

Drop the title or the issue and tell us why it hit the way it did.

I have to tell you, I love the content of your magazines, but there's been a few that really hooked me deep for a variety of reasons..

Here's a short list of some of my favorites (keep in mind I've enjoyed everything so far, but these reached me deep:

1.) "Going Full Congo" by Scott Longman
2 .) "The Joy, the Bog, and the Bold" by Ed Schoppman
3.) "Flatdog Sunroof" by Jason Vincent.. (I came so damn close to purchasing a 8.6 Q rifle after just reading that article!.. still on the fence, but I need another 100 yard rifle like I need another orifice!)

 

[Ron Dan]

Was this the Sports Authority on Brainerd Rd? So many core memories that started with a trip there.

In Palm Beach?

 

[Zach Smith]

In Palm Beach?

lol Chattanooga. East brainerd

 

[Ron Dan]

lol Chattanooga. East brainerd

No, I didn’t move to Chattanooga until my early twenties. Unfortunately I never had a really good gun shop in Chattanooga. I believe that’s one thing the city really needs.

 

[Zach Smith]

No, I didn’t move to Chattanooga until my early twenties. Unfortunately I never had a really good gun shop in Chattanooga. I believe that’s one thing the city really needs.

those closest thing to a good gun shop we ever had was Feather and Fly downtown, the guy that ran it was a retired Unum exec and he had Holland, Purdey, and Boss on the walls alot from his personal collection, but it was mostly a fly shop.