Since I started bird hunting over fourteen years ago, I have naturally gravitated towards grouse—any kind of grouse. In Idaho we have five species, Ruffed, Dusky, Sharp-tailed, Sage, and Spruce grouse. I love every one of them. I love everything about grouse: their environs, their beauty, their thunderous flushes, and the thrill of taking one on…
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TOMMY’S COVEY
TOMMY’S COVEY Every October, Brother Shawn and I get together for a week of hunting in the Idaho uplands. To say we look forward to this every year is an understatement; we live for it! We have less than two weeks before the Holy Jihaud on the Gallinations begins this year. In contemplation of this…
To Spay or Not…
The Society for Theriogenology just recently released their opinion on early spaying and neutering of our dogs…of course that means bird dogs! Here’s their opinion and it’s worth a reading! Have a great Fall and be safe! Setter Feathers…
DUSTY’S NUB
On the backside of my favorite blue grouse covert that I christened, “Grouseketeer Ridge,” is an open hill above the timberline where blue grouse are often found in the sagebrush and berry bushes hunting grasshoppers, ants, and other insects. It is consistently a great place to find birds. I call this particular part of the…
Upland Ways: Red Letter Days and Upland Ways
My brother Andy and I decided to start a new blog together and concentrate on the uplands and streams of the American West…we’re excited to collaborate together, and we hope in return our readers will have a greater appreciation of the uplands here in the West. We’re not advocating that people (become Nimrods) take up…
TENDER MERCIES ON TRICKLE CREEK
~Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. Psalms 40:11. As we drove towards our destination, my younger brother, Jacob, vented about the heartache and frustration he felt from going through a bitter divorce. Our objective that night was to fish a tiny creek full…
HEAVEN ON EARTH IS NOW AVAILABLE IN KINDLE, NOOK, AND GOOGLE E-BOOKS
This summer is flying by on wings of lighting. I cannot believe that it is the last day of July. I’m happy to report that the fly fishing this past month has been simply phenomenal. I am truly blessed blessed to live in Idaho, in the heart of some of the best fishing available. The…
THE WHITE WONDER: GOING OUT WITH A BANG!
By Andrew M. Wayment [Author’s Note: I have been working hard on finishing the manuscript for my forthcoming second book: Roadside Revelations: Tales of Bird Dogs, Family & Other Upland Equations. I have one or two more chapters to finish and then its ready for submission to a publisher. This piece, which I wrote yesterday, is actually Part Three…
CHECK OUT ANDY WAYMENT’S ARTICLE, "TEN FLIES FOR IDAHO GUYS . . . AND GALS."
I wanted to share with the followers of Upland Equations my latest writing endeavor. I was approached last month by an online magazine called, Southern Idaho Living, to write articles on hunting and fishing. Excited to branch out, I contributed an article for the May issue on good flies for Idaho waters entitled, “Ten Flies for Idaho Guys…
THE WEBSITE FOR HEAVEN ON EARTH HAS BEEN UPDATED
If you are a follower of Upland Equations, you may already heard about my new book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith, which was officially released on April 1, 2012. In the archives you will find several posts with links to the numerous reviews the book has already received. To date, I have…
CHASING WILD TROUT: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FLY FISHING SMALL STREAMS BY BEN SMITH
“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” ― Woody Guthrie In my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith, in the chapter, “Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work,” I wrote about my struggles to learn how to fly fish. It took three years of…
Focus on real threats to sage grouse
Here’s an article that a friend of mine forwarded to me today. Here’s the direct link to Erik Molvar’s article. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced a plan to shut down all sage grouse hunting in the eastern portion of the state this year. At Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, we view this as a…
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