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.

>Artist Bob Bertram

>MY NOVEMBER GUEST by: Robert Frost (1874-1963) MY Sorrow, when she’s here with me,Thinks these dark days of autumn rainAre beautiful as days can be;She loves the bare, the withered tree;She walks the sodden pasture lane. Her pleasure will not let me stay.She talks and I am fain to list:She’s glad the birds are gone…

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>Trout Hunting Colorado Style

>One of my favorite upland pursuits is stealthily hunting native/wild trout on small streams in my beloved Sangre De Cristo Mountains here in Colorado with dries. Mayflies, caddis and stoneflies are still hatching in the high country above 10,500 ft…altitude more suitable for white-tailed ptarmigan, but loaded with beautiful natives. While on the lonely Arkansas…

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Gundogs By Tom Davis

Gundogs By Tom Davis…reprinted with permission by Bernard & Associates from July/Aug 2010 Sporting Classics…Tom Davis is one of my heros and a heck of a fine writer! I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I did! Twenty years as a Sporting Classics columnist has enabled the author to share unforgettable moments with…

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>First Light by Mike Gaddis

> This is a reprint with permission from Bernard & Associates from the August 2010 issue of Sporting Classics‘ First Light by Mike Gaddis…I hope you enjoy Mike’s writing as much as I do! Among the many stones in my country canine cemetery are a select few which stand to their own. Apart, as the…

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>September 1st Address Change

> 29 more days to glorious grouse season…time to begin the begin. September 1st is the opening of blue grouse season. I have lived to see another gunning season, and the aspens will turn to gold. All is good in the world of setters and pointers! I will be in the grouse woods the next…

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>Can’t Tellya Creek

>My daughter and her husband Kevin have been escaping the Arizona heat by hanging out at my place in the Wet Mountains of southern Colorado. The Arkansas has been a little slow because of the 90 plus degree weather. We’ve seen lots of bugs on the Ark from PMDs to yellow sallies and larger stone…

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>Bella the Bracco Italiano

>Here’s a link to a story of hunting Bracco Italianos in Colorado. Bella is my friend Paul’s dog…she’s a bird dog for sure! Click here to get to the story!

>Red, White, Blue & Greenbacks!

> What a day with blue bird skies. It started with some bird dog conditioning on rocky terrain trying to get them (and their feet) in shape (& me!) for our 2 week trip to Idaho this October to chase grouse, chukars, huns and valley quail. Followed by a trip to Barry’s Den at Texas…

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UPLAND EQUATIONS IS NOW ON FACEBOOK

For those of you socialites on facebook, check out our Upland Equations wall on facebook. For your convenience, we have installed a facebook badge on the right side of this blog for you to click on. We will be sharing hunting stories, pictures, game bird recipes, favorite quotes and sporting books, etc. We will continue…

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