It’s been a glorious fall so far here in colorful Colorado. We’ve been several times into the grouse woods this September in search of blues and mountain sharptails…we’re seeing birds and getting good dog work but I have yet to fire a shell. My dogs have had some great points and my FB English cocker…
Author: birddogdoc
Have bird dogs...will travel. I enjoy chasing my setters and FB English Cocker in wide open spaces. (Fly fishing is something to get me between the bird dog seasons!)When not chasing my bird dogs, I'm thinking, reading or writing about bird dogs! The perfect day to me is hunting upland birds with my brother Andy in the bird rich Uplands of Idaho! There's nothing better than dogs on point and puppy breath! I love the tradition associated with upland gunning and birddogs.
Front Range Gun Dog: Elevate Your Sporting Dog
Front Range Gun Dog I wanted to share with our readers a new website to get all your gundog and sporting dog supplies. My friend and client Don Skinner started Front Range Gun Dog recently and his website is impressive to say the least. Don is a shorthair affectionado (which we won’t hold against you…
Project Upland Podcast: Featuring Andy Wayment w/ host Nick Larson
Happy birthday to my very best friend! Hope it’s a great day brother! Here’s the link to Andy’s awesome interview with Nick Larson. I’m very excited about Andy’s book coming out next month. Yes…he’s my brother, but I’ve read the manuscript and it’s great grouse literature. Can’t wait to have the book in my hand!…
Orvis Hunting Podcast w/ Reid Bryant
I was recently a guest of the Orvis Hunting podcast with Reid Bryant. You can find the Orvis podcast on iTunes Podcasts. It was an honor to be on with Reid. Enjoy the summer and bring on the Fall! Setter Feathers….
Double Guns and Colorado Merriam’s Turkeys
It was a strange year in the Colorado high country turkey woods. There was very little snow in the high country, so I expected the birds to arrive to their lek earlier than years past. So not true! I learn this year that the birds follow the green-up and not necessarily the snow melt. The…
Sorta-double at Grouse Rock: A Continuation of Day Four in the Idaho Uplands & a Scaled Quail Pictorial Saga
A wise man once stated that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. After hunting the Windy Mills covert on Wednesday, we decided to drive over to Grouse Rock in search of Ron and Andy’s favorite game bird—the ruffed grouse. (I know…they’re both nuts…what more can I…
Colorado Grouse Camp 2017
Smoke and heat was the theme for our annual Colorado grouse camp this year. High above the Colorado river is where I started my day off…but not a single bird was located before the temps hit into the mid 80’s. Surprisingly, this area has been very productive in the past but that day we…
Colorado Mountain Merriam’s Turkeys
One of my favorite outdoor pursuits is chasing turkeys in the high country during their spring breeding season. Merriam’s are Colorado natives and they inhabit some beautiful country…country that also has my greenbacks, another Coloradoan. It’s taken me 12 years of trial and error (& being schooled) but I now know where they’ll be during…
Canine Hip Dysplasia and PennHip
Ron Boehme, the host of the awesome Hunting Dog Podcast, asked if I ‘d contribute some veterinary specific advice to his Blog on the Hunting Dog Podcast…which I gladly accepted the challenge. Here’s the link to my latest contribution http://thehuntingdogpodcast.com/2017/04/canine-hip-dysplasia-and-pennhip/. Spring turkeys here we come! The caddis are hatching on the Ark as well. Setter…
Clays & Birds Podcast Interview
Andrew Schatz from Clays & Birds recently (and graciously) interviewed me for his rapidly growing podcast this past week. Check out Andrew’s podcasts directly at his website and they can also be found on iTunes. The link is below. birddogdoc’s Interview
Muggins by Havilah Babcock on Sporting Classics Daily
Havilah Babcock’s Muggins “First published in the September 1937 issue of Field & Stream under the title “Old Muggins” and subsequently in The Best of Babcock (1974), this wonderful story now appears in The Greatest Quail Hunting Book Ever, new from Sporting Classics.” Sporting Classics Daily posted recently a chapter out of their Greatest Quail Hunting Book…
