Here’s a link to my brother Andy’s (the poet who’s about to release his very first book–can’t wait!) article on The Backcountry Journal about one of our incredible days this past October 2011 in Idaho chasing valley quail and huns. Not to steal Andy’s thunder, but it was a very special day for me too…Gretchen…
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Good Friends Are Hard To Come By
By Ryan C. Dearing The other day as I was packing for the 500 mile trip to hunt with my friend, Jake for the weekend, I couldn’t help but ask myself, why do I do it? You see, hunting with Jake almost never goes smoothly. Our trips together usually include a variety of hardships such…
Gadabout
Gadabout is a person that travels for personal pleasure…which is what I’ve been fortunate enough to be doing the past 10 days in southern Idaho in search of birds with dogs! Below are a few preview photos from Idaho….much more to follow when I return to Colorado next week. Setter Feathers…
Sangre de Thomas
Greenbacks have been on retired veterinarian Tom’s mind for the past 5 years. Greenbacks on brush-choked-dead-fall-log-jammed backcountry streams like described in John Gierach‘s books. Bushwhacking his way to find those secretive Colorado gems and taking them stealthily on delicately placed dries tied by his own hands. Easy? Not if you have multiple sclerosis (MS). Tom…
Canine Reproduction Part III: Parturition
My river is blown with the snow-melt runoff. It’s gonna be a helluva runoff season too with the snow base at 130 percent of normal. Grouse season is a mere three LONG months away. It’s time to renew auld acquaintances and do my do-diligence’s at work so that I get enough attaboy’s for the Fall….
Freethought or Possibly Opening Up a Can of Worms for Bait Fishing
I have received several emails from bird hunters asking of my opinion on certain bird dog immunizations including the Rattlesnake vaccine by Red Rock Biologics. I have not vaccinated my dogs with this vaccine because of the USDA conditional license status this vaccine carries (If you read the bottom line on the photo which reads,…
DAY TWO: STAY THE COURSE
Author’s Note: A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Post Register in Eastern Idaho in the fall of 2010. Shawn gets Ellie, a firey fieldbred Cocker and Gretchen, an English Setter, ready for the day’s hunt. DAY TWO: STAY THE COURSE After going to church and spending time with family on Sunday,…
Two Flies to Live & Die For!
Parachute Adams Kaufmann’s Classic
William Harnden Foster Painting
Here’s another William Harnden Foster painting for your blog: Sport’s Peerless Pride, the 1939 National Champion. My old friend Earl Crangle, the legendary professional trainer, rode Pride’s brace that year (Earl was 19 at the time) and even helped scout for Pride’s handler, Dewey English. I remember Earl telling me “I saw every jump Sport’s…
Upland Ways 