Bird dogs are in my blood. The Colorado prairie, though, has gotten under my skin. The loneliness and endless sea of sand-sage, yucca, saltbush, prickly-pear, and cholla…called home to very few…mangy coyotes, desert tortoises, and horned-larks but also my beloved quail. The incessant wind calms in the eve as the shadows grow longer and the…
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.
Happy New Year 2014
We wanted to thank all our readers and friends out there for following Upland Ways. We hope 2014 is a great year and that you all get to spend time in the fields and on the waters pursuing what we all live for. The season is just getting started here on the Colorado and Kansas…
Winter Wonderful Land & Scaled Quail
Winter has finally descended on Colorado. This past Wednesday, the front range was blanketed in snow with a forecast of clearing the follow morning. I was supposed to be hunting scaled quail that morning, but a cascade of circumstances ended me up at the office seeing sick pets…don’t get me wrong, I love being a…
Over the Rivers and Out on the Prairies: A Pictorial Saga
As I sit here contemplating the holidays and the gunning season upon us, I can’t help but be thankful for the family and friends I have. I spent last weekend with Gary Thompson from Silk Lines & Paper Hulls blog near the Big Horns pursuing sharp-tailed grouse and huns in phenomenal country. Gary recently added…
Idaho Chukar Foundation, INC
History of Idaho Chukar Foundation, Inc. By: Drew Wahlin, President & Professional Chukar Hunter idahochukarfoundation@hotmail.com Facebook: idahochukarfoundation Meridian, ID Fall 2013 Founder Drew Wahlin researched starting an Idaho Chukar Foundation for over 5 years. Currently Idaho has the best chukar/hun hunting/populations in the world! The driving force for his conviction to conserve/preserve/sustain Idaho’s upland…
Mushroom Salsa Recipe
Today was the opening of Colorado and Kansas’s quail and pheasant season. I texted my Kansas quail bum friend to see how it was going this morning because predictions for the season have been dismal. Quail Bum texted me back at noon central time “6 coveys found…total bag thus far 5 phez and 15 quail…
Halloween Fishing and Limber Tail Syndrome for Strideaway.com
Today the children were out enjoying festivities for Halloween while me and my childhood friend, Matt Lucia, enjoyed a great day on the Arkansas river. Our morning started out at Barry’s Den for a delightful breakfast while the sun warmed the river a bit. The fishing for the last day of October was rather surprising!…
Pointing Dogs & Little Olives
Autumn was made for pointing dogs chasing birds of various kinds around the West for us Wayment boys. (Andy with his Crazy Misty) Of course there’s October baseball…but since the Rockies and the Indians are through…we day dream for the short-lived moments when we can be afield with smoothbores and bird dogs taking in the…
Paying it Forward (or Even an 11 Bravo can be Taught to Fly Fish)!
The week of Independence means a great deal to me. We live in the greatest country on planet Earth, and our freedoms are worth any sacrifice in my opinion. On July 3rd, I decided to drive down to my favorite spot on the Arkansas River. I was a little hesitant that morning about going fishing cause…
Cockers & Chukars
This morning I was sitting in my favorite diner on the Arkansas waiting for my heart attack breakfast and hoping for some streamer action on such a glorious Sunday December morning. I started day dreaming of my little black devil dog and how much fun I had following her around in the uplands of Idaho….
Wyoming
Gary Thompson from Silk Lines and Paper Hulls invited me last weekend to come to Sheridan, Wyoming to chase sharp-tailed grouse and huns. I was scheduled to meet Dale Herden from Lo Banks in north-central Kansas, but my friend Sterling called and said it was pretty pathetic…in fact, he never fired a shot opening weekend hunting on private property….
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