>Wonderful Kansas! Dogs were smiling and having fun! I really like this photo. Not because of the bird, but because of the memory of this hidden corner from the masses! As I was climbing a Jerry-rigged fence, I noticed my setter on point…of course I just about got impaled on the top strand when I…
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.
>All Good Things Must Come To an End…and other Fables
>My last day of blue grouse hunting was last week. A gorgeous autumn day that makes me thankful to be alive and apart of the Colorado Uplands. The dogs and I moved two grouse at 10,000 plus feet, but I was a ways behind and just watched them sail gracefully to the distant canyon floor!…
New Additions
Just thought I’d report the arrival of 10 new Pointer pups born yesterday morning. Big thanks to Dr Shawn for all his help and support over the last couple of months, it was much appreciated! I’ll get some more pictures up but here’s a good one we got yesterday of Daisy and two of the…
>Idaho Mixed Bag and Bird Dog Blessings
>We just returned home from Southern Idaho…it was a wonderful trip! If enjoyment was measured by the weight of the game bag at the end of the day, this trip would have been only fair! This trip was much better than fair…infact, it was awesome! We had a great time visiting with family and life…
>Bloggerland Happenings and Aural Hematomas
>I am headed to Southern Idaho in less than 48 hours to visit family and chase birds with my bird dogs! This is a trip I have been anticipating for 12 months! The girls (four-legged and two) and I are getting up at 0’dark-30 to make the 11 hour drive with one detour to Ogden,…
>Dr. Grouse Dogs Gets Educated or The October Blues
>Yesterday was my final day out in Colorado blue grouse country. It was a beautiful fall day and the weather was perfect for a listening walk with the bird dogs. I started out at 10,500 ft in the dark timber and took a large male grouse over a breath taking point by my tailless Elhew…
>Ragin’ Kate Gets Schooled
> My good friend Rob Warne sent me these photos of Kate being Schooled on the Colorado Prairie! Kate’s gonna be a dandy! Congrats Rob…can’t wait to see her on some quail this Fall!
>Introducing Wild-Eyed Remy
>My friend and hunting partner, Marc, recently added a new bouncing member to the family! Introducing Remy! He’s gonna be a great addition to our team of field dogs! Congrats Marc! I’m already looking forward to next Fall…but there are lots of birds to chase this Fall! No matter what anyone says, Uncle Gary is…
>Sporting Dog Photography
>I recently came across Nancy Whitehead’s Sporting Dog Photography, and I really appreciate her bird dog photographs! The first time I ever saw a photograph of Nancy’s was in a fly shop in Sun Valley, Idaho while I was there doing a cast and blast…fishing the Big Wood River and chasing Chukar Partridge with pointing…
Some Days Chicken…Some Days Feathers
Yesterday was a splendid day to spend in the Uplands of Colorado! Matt Ortiz from An Upland Odyssey and I headed up into the high country to chase ptarmigan and late September blue grouse! Matt has awesome bird dogs . . . Mia and Abby are both FB English Springer Spaniels. They are very biddable…
>Groused Bums!
>Walter and his very darling wife Joanne made the long trek to Colorado to pick up their newest member (and bird dog) of the family! Windtuck Colorado Pride…and did she make us proud out there in a purple sea of sage! Pride is the perfect canine companion for the Bruning family! Karen and I really…
Upland Ways 