>If you haven’t ever read any of Havilah Babcock’s stories, you should include them on your bucket list! He was a master storyteller and professor of English by trade–eventually the head of the English Department at the University of South Carolina. Havilah was a transplant to South Carolina by way of Virginia…which suited him well…
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.
>Waiting on Chickens
>It’s always coldest just before the chickens arrive…behold, a slice of lesser prairie chicken heaven somewhere in southern Kansas sand sage country. Unfortunately, this 40,000 acre ranch was recently lost due to the economy. I just hope that the new owners are stewards of the chickens on their land as the previous tenants were.
Rim’s Semblance # 2
Ask any fly fisherman in Colorado what fly consistently produces fish, and you’ll hear repeatedly the RS2…created by a heck of a fly fisherman and a real gentleman…Rim Chung. The RS2 resembles an emerging Mayfly, and I’ve been lucky enough to fish with Rim and see it work in the hands of its creator. Rim…
>Grandson, Great Reads and Awaited Painful Anticipation
>Yesterday I was in the office examining a client’s nice setter-dogs and getting them ready for the up and coming bird dog season. The first thing out of his mouth as I entered the exam room was “Only 90 more days”…that exact thought occupied my mind yesterday (01 June 2009) as I bounced into work!…
In Loving Memory of Bodhi 07/29/1997 to 05/17/2009
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>In Loving Memory of Bodhi 07/29/1997 to 05/17/2009
>Shawn: Today was a story you may need to tell, as an author, veterinarian and storyteller. If anyone is going to tell it, you should, as I cannot. In fact, I am unlikely to write about or, even, discuss any of this again, as I cried more today than any day in my life, which…
>Confessions of an Addict: Part the Spring
>I’m starting the 12 steps today! I’m new to turkey hunting…I saw my first wild turkey in southern Idaho in the early 1980’s while my brother Scott and I were mule deer hunting. It was a hen, and she flushed out of some scrub oak. Scott and I looked at each other and wondered what…
>The Ultimate Challenge…Turkey with Traditional Archery Equipment
>I’ve spent the past month and a half chasing long beards with a stick and a string in Colorado and Kansas. What a blast, but I have come to realize that it is by and far one of the most difficult challenges I’ve ever perused period! My hat is off to those of you out…
The Buck stops here!.
“When that second Buck stops moving – kill it” – I instructed in a horse whisper. This was my friend Jame’s second outing Stalking, ( hunting) Roe deer this week, and already he had one carcass hanging in the barn. This second Buck however, was a much better animal, and showing the full 6 points,…
>Dottie’s Bird
>Colorado’s weather can be crazy…to say the least. Yesterday was beautiful Spring weather the kind that’s made for chasing wild turkeys in the high country! Today is the exact opposite! It’s cold and rainy…could even snow! It’s been awhile since my last blog post…work has been extremely nuts which I’m grateful for in this crazy,…
The Rain Goose.
Gently, I dug the tip of the Spruce paddle into the gravel, and pushed the Canoe out into open water. The glass 16 footer, glided, with almost effortless ease, out over the gravel shelf and onto the dark, glaciated waters of the Highland Loch. This high lake, I had known and fished since childhood –…
Upland Ways 