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. I'm also a classic America double gun enthusiast...nothing like carrying a 100+ y/o smooth bore on the short-grass prairie.

Canine Osteoarthritis Sporting Classics Daily Article

So far this has been a great season. My young setter Cinder is finally catching on to the game and has made some spectacular points while we were in New Mexico scaled quail hunting. Below are some photos from this season this far. I recently wrote an article for Sporting Classics Daily online about Canine…

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OnX Maps Blog Post

I recently wrote a blog post for OnX Hunt Maps on bird dog emergency field care. The piece can be found here OnX Hunt Maps Blog. The OnX Hunt Maps App is the most useful application that I have on my phone when it comes to chasing my bird dogs. I use their app daily…it’s…

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Upland Ways Happenings

The Arkansas River basin snow pack is at 140 percent this year and our winter isn’t over just yet.  We’re in that in-between season waiting patiently for the snow to melt and turkey to return to their leks and the caddis to hatch.  Andy was recently featured on the Orvis’ Hunting & Shooting Podcast with…

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The Trout & The Grouse

I recently wrote a guest blog post on The Trout & The Grouse Journal. It’s that transition time of the year.  I’m mourning the loss of the upland gunning season and look forward to chasing gobbling turkeys and rising trout.  Hope you enjoy!   Setter Feathers!

White-tailed Ptarmigan Hunting Colorado Style

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…

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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…

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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!…

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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…

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