>Roadside Revelations is a term coined by my younger brother Andy…meaning that good upland bird habitat that might have been over looked is found by birds being sighted near a road. Today…we found birds in a deserted area cause there were fresh tracts in the snow on an old logging road. Andy and I decided…
Author: Andrew Wayment
Andrew M. Wayment (Andy) is an attorney by profession and an outdoorsman by passion. Andy is a partner with the law firm, Tolson & Wayment, PLLC in Idaho Falls Idaho where he helps clients in and out of Court. Andy’s family includes his beautiful wife Kristin, four daughters, two sons, and two bird dogs. In his free time, Andy enjoys writing and has published numerous articles on upland bird hunting and fly fishing in various magazines and the local newspaper. His first book is Heaven on Earth Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith. When Andy is not at work or with his family, you may find him at the river waving a fly rod or in the field toting a shotgun and following his bird dogs.
ANCIENT PROVERB ABOUT DREAM CRUSHERS
For those of you who have followed the blog for a while, last March, I wrote a funny blog entry called, “Dream Crushers” about the spouses in our lives (or our hunting companion’s) who sometimes put the kibosh on our collective sporting pursuits. While many readers loved the story, some people (they who must not…
QUOTE OF THE DAY ON PHEASANT HUNTING
Today, I’m home spending time with the family. So Sunny-girl and I will not be out chasing pheasants until Thanksgiving break next week. However, since the soreness and pain (physical and emotional) from last week’s difficult hunt have subsided (see “Hunting the Hell Hole” below), I’m ready to get after those roughneck roosters once more….
HUNTING THE HELL HOLE
Anytime someone tells me they have just killed a limit of pheasants in Idaho, I have to call into question their honesty. Are they hunting the same birds and places that I am hunting? I guess this could happen occasionally on opening day with naive birds-of-the-year or on a WMA, but I am willing to…
NOVEMBER
November. The kindlier months have come and gone and Ol’ Man Winter grows stronger each day, eager to rule his kingdom with his icy grip.Little Sunny’s first rooster, which she backed Farley on. The harvest is over, the leaves have long since bloomed with color, wilted, and trickled to the ground where they are tossed…
SWITCH IT UP!
Last Saturday morning, I only had a few hours to hunt as I needed to be home for my son’s 11:00 a.m. soccer game. Even though it is sharptail season in Idaho, I decided to try and chase some blues at my favorite blue grouse covert, Grouseketeer Ridge. As I drove towards my destination, I…
SHARPIES WITH NESSY
The older my kids get, the more I enjoy spending time with them in the great outdoors. Earlier this year, I wrote in this blog about an awesome day my daughter, Nessy, and I spent fly-fishing on one of our favorite little creeks beneath a diamond shaped granite peak. This was definitely one of my…
TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD . . .
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go hunting together with my father and my only son, six year old Tommy, for the first time. Also, for the first time in fourteen years, I drew an antelope tag in an area that happens to be one of my family’s favorite areas to go fishing….
SEPTEMBER
When it comes to the seasons of the year, I unabashedly proclaim that fall is my favorite! Although it’s not technically fall, the cooler weather and the changing colors begin in Idaho right around the first of September. I love September! September has so much to offer, from the garderner’s harvest to the opening of…
TAKE A KID HUNTING: YOU WON’T REGRET IT!
Last Saturday, I had the priceless opportunity to take a good friend, Scott, and his ten year old son, Brigham, blue grouse hunting. They hunted the day before, but did not find any birds. I offered to take them to one of my favorite spots, Grouse Ridge. Brigham had just received his hunter’s safey but…
DO BIRDDOGS HAVE SOULS?
With the birdhunting season quickly approaching and it being Sunday and all, I thought I would share a “spiritual” thought. To my understanding, there is a fairly common belief that animals do not have souls. A few months ago, Walter Bruning, another contributor to this blog, sent me an intriguing email with pictures showing a…
Upland Ways 