Smoke and heat was the theme for our annual Colorado grouse camp this year. High above the Colorado river is where I started my day off…but not a single bird was located before the temps hit into the mid 80’s. Surprisingly, this area has been very productive in the past but that day we…
Category: Sharptails
SURE ENOUGH
In bird hunting, there is no such thing as a sure thing. There are no guarantees that you will find birds, and even if you do, sometimes you can’t hit them. There’s just too many variables. But every hunter has a few coverts with prime spots where the odds tip in the hunter’s favor. Since 2003, the Wayment…
Borrowed Dogs
I’ve been known to borrow some dogs. The first offense was in October 2011. Gary Thompson was steelhead’n on the Grande Ronde River in eastern Washington and the plan was to meet up with Andy and I in western Idaho for a few glorious days of bird hunting on his way back to Colorado. I…
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…
IDAHO’S FAB FOUR
IDAHO’ S FAB FOUR Idaho truly is one of the best kept secrets in upland bird hunting. Idaho is home to a variety of upland game birds. We have five species of grouse: Sage, ruffed, dusky (blue), spruce, and sharp-tailed. In addition, we have valley quail, Hungarian partridge, chukar partridge, and pheasants. With this variety,…
YOU MAY BE A DIEHARD SHARPTAIL HUNTER IF . . .
By Andrew M. Wayment You may be diehard sharptail hunter if . . . 1. Come October, you forget about all other game birds and only desire to hike the rolling CRP fields behind hard running pointing dogs in search of the pointy-tailed grouse. Matt Lucia hikes the hills of The Royal MacNab, my…
SHARPIES WITH NESSY
The older my kids get, the more I enjoy spending time with them in the great outdoors. Earlier this year, I wrote in this blog about an awesome day my daughter, Nessy, and I spent fly-fishing on one of our favorite little creeks beneath a diamond shaped granite peak. This was definitely one of my…
Upland Ways 