Virginia Kraft Payson

Books

• Autumn treasure: Down the banks to Ocracoke
• Book of Shotgun Sports
• Tennis instruction for fun and competition

  ''Sports Illustrated''

• "Joel Barber's Decoys," October 21, 1956
• "The 49th Frontier," August 23, 1959
• "Duck Hunters in Paradise," January 14, 1957
• "Glory Road for Gun Dogs," February 25, 1957
• "Have Rifle, Will Travel," November 4, 1957
• "This Was My Africa," March 10, 1958
• "The Papillons of Peapacton," April 27, 1958
• "The Doberman Pinscher: darling...or devil?" May 11, 1958
• "Discovery: The Tennessee Valley," July 6, 1958
• "Down the Banks to Ocracoke," October 5, 1958
• "Big Dog in a Little Package," October 19, 1958
• "A Man, a Dog and a Crusade," November 17, 1958
• "Yes, Poodles as Retrievers," December 8, 1958
• "New Look at a First Lady," January 19, 1959
• "Adventure on the Serpent River," January 26, 1959
• "Light Touch in the Duckblind," October 11, 1959
• "The Ladies and the Sailfish," February 1, 1960
• "The Westminster: Road to Ruin," February 8, 1960
• "In Search of Snowbirds," February 8, 1960
• "A New Lead to Superdogs," June 12, 1960
• "Shocked Shell Case," July 3, 1960
• "Family-style Field Trial," March 20, 1961
• "Almost Instant Gun Dogs," April 24, 1961
• "Family Campground on Wheels," June 18, 1961
• "'Keep that damned kid away from me!'," August 13, 1961
• "Good for Deer, Bad for Ducks," September 10, 1961
• "Fair Game for the Whole Family," October 22, 1961
• "Right Bird on the Right Prairie," October 30, 1961
• "Return of a Native," November 13, 1961
• "Look Where the Big Game Turned Up," September 23, 1962
• "The Top Springer at the Spring," December 17, 1962
• "A Lady Huns with the Shah," December 24, 1962
• "One Lady Who Gives a Continental," February 18, 1963
• "Upland Shooting down on Florida's Gold Coast," March 4, 1963
• "Smart Dogs Keep on the Right Track," April 8, 1963
• "Finding New Fun in the Fields," June 9, 1963
• "She Started at the Top," August 4, 1963
• "A New Sport: Captain-Fishing," September 1, 1963
• "Biggest Loudest Show in U.S. Sport," September 8, 1963
• "The Life-Giving Spray," November 18, 1963
• "Casey and his Cougar run over California," November 25, 1963
• "A Capricious Asian is a Citizen at Last," December 9, 1963
• "Hippity Hop and Away We Go," September 27, 1964
• "A High Time on a Low Tide," December 14, 1964
• "An oil-rich Texan asks the whole U.S. to visit," December 21, 1964
• "A Meeting in the Mato Grosso," February 22, 1965
• "Some Western Amateurs Fight Back against the Top Pros," April 25, 1965
• "Goodby, Kangaroos," May 30, 1965
• "Shotguns in the Field," October 17, 1965
• "The Little Battle of the Bighorn," October 10, 1965
• "Steelheads on a Rough River," November 15, 1965
• "In the Land of the Tiger," December 20, 1965
• "The Public Joins Winchester in a Shotgun Revolution," January 17, 1966
• "The Ducks Are Flying Again," October 2, 1966
• "Shooting on Mr. Bud's Place," November 21, 1966
• "Reindeer Find a Santa Claus," December 12, 1966
• "The Imp of Southern Texas," January 30, 1967
• "His Majesty, the Leadfoot," May 7, 1967
• "Thanksgiving Comes Twice a Year out West," June 4, 1967
• "Scourge of the Seven Seas," July 9, 1967
• "Revival of a Grand Old Name," August 6, 1967
• "Florida's Plunderin' Cowboy," October 30, 1967
• "A Hunt in the North Kaibab," November 20, 1967
• "Some New Battles Are Boiling in the Coral Sea," December 18, 1967
• "Top Hunt in the Top End," April 8, 1968
• "A Search for Some Bear Facts," August 4, 1968
• "The Cougar Moves Up from Vermin to Trophy," November 6, 1967
• "A Happy Hunting Ground — for Fishermen," November 25, 1968
• "Natural Enemy of Wild Cats," July 13, 1969
• "A Bang-up Time in Mexico," October 5, 1969
• "Sneak Preview from a Happy Hunting Ground," October 27, 1969
• "Meanwhile Back at the Coffield Ranch..." November 10, 1969
• "Plight of the People Bird," November 17, 1969
• "Hot Tips for Cold Days," January 26, 1970
• "All This and Rainbows, Too," March 2, 1970
• "Bucking up the Pakistanis," April 26, 1970
• "Spin-cast Flies — Toothpaste Tubes and Wire," June 7, 1970
• "A Modern Johnny Appleseed," November 30, 1970
• "A Player in the Game of Life," March 27, 1972
• "Black Future for the White-Crown," April 17, 1972
• "On the Horns of a Dilemma," April 25, 1971
• "Haven for Game Hogs," June 18, 1972
• "Wild Sheep in a Woolly Land," June 25, 1972
• "One-Shot Moon Shooters," October 15, 1972
• "Oryx from Unicorns Grow," February 5, 1973
• "Eyeball to Eyeball with Africa," February 26, 1973
• "His Investment Is Going Up," December 16, 1974
• "Flying in the Face of Age," January 13, 1975
• "Clay Birds Soar Like Wild Birds to Baffle Shooters on a Grouse Walk," April 13, 1975
• "Forbes Was Bound to Bomb, Shot Down by an Airplane if Nothing Else," June 15, 1975
• "A Longtime Challenger of Doggy Dogma Goes to Town Once More," July 6, 1975
• "They Hunt to Save the Hunting," November 24, 1975
• "Gunning for a Market," January 12, 1976
• "A Bear in a Bull Market," September 26, 1976
• "Getting a Bang from Whizzing Birds," December 6, 1976
• "Meanwhile, Back at the Hearst Ranch," December 13, 1976
• "The fateful chop, chop, chop, pop, hisssss," February 21, 1977
• "Put a Rotor on the Roof, Sportsmen, and You've Got a Cabin in the Sky," March 21, 1977
• "At Payson's Plae He's Just Plain Charlie," April 18, 1977
• "If You Want to Know How to Get to Lake Scroogie-Woogie, Visit Exxon," May 1, 1977
• "Collectors Are Getting a Bang Out of Inexpensive Antique Firearm Kits," May 22, 1977
• "If You Cal Him Old Folks, Be Prepared to Duck," August 7, 1977
• "A game any number can play," August 21, 1977
• "New tune on a stringed instrument," October 31, 1977
• "Settling down in Texas," November 21, 1977
• "The Beaters Beat and the Guns They Blaze Away," February 27, 1978
• "Jumping to a thrilling conclusion," September 24, 1978
• "The Dakota Goodlands," October 8, 1978
• "You Get a Lot of Racket from the Magnificent Green Tennis Machine," December 11, 1978