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Dreams
When I dream at night, it’s setters in black and white with shadows on the grasslands, a gentle breeze, and the chaotic whir from the mass exodus of a cubby-30-birder-covey of scaled quail on the Colorado cholla-choked prairie. Spring’s not far. She’ll bring love-struck gobbling turkeys and freestone bred Salmo trutta gulping caddis…but until then…I’ll…
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!
As most of you wind down your hunting seasons, or have already been snowed out, I am looking forward to several months of high desert adventuring with Pride and Joanne. BUT, The Grinch has entered the picture here too. Not cold enough last weekend to bring snow to the 3400 ft elevation the valley where…
Opening Day for Pride and Digby has been promoted!
It was a grand day at our game club in the high desert valley north of San Bernardino. Breezy, cool and sunny, a fine day for some chukar shooting. Pride worked four chukar and my shooting was up to her good work since all are now in the freezer awaiting some culinary magic. We also…
Where Has The Old Man Been All Summer?
Much to Pride the Wonder Dog’s disgust I have spent the spare moments all Spring and Summer of 2010 indulging in the new passion. After ending a brief return to skeet due to that danged arthritis, last December I took up trap shooting. Where has this little diversion been all my life? I shot a…
"ROADSIDE REVELATIONS" IN THE UPLAND ALMANAC
Today, I was on facebook and saw a post by The Upland Almanac regarding the forthcoming Autumn issue. The post had a beautiful picture of the magazine cover with a painting by Jim Killen. Upon closer inspection, I noticed at the very bottom, “Roadside Revelations” which is my article that I submitted last year. ….
"EDEN DAWN" TO BE PUBLISHED IN "GETTIN’ OUT"
Last fall I wrote a story about my daughter Eden’s first hunt entitled, “Eden Dawn.” I recently submitted this story for publication in a new magazine in Idaho entitled, “Gettin’ Out” and it was accepted. I have attached a link to the new magazine, http://www.jaredscottoutdoors.com/. If you have not read the piece, it is still…
A FEW QUAIL AND A CRAZY CHUKAR: PRIDE TEAMS UP WITH DIGBY THE GREAT!
This was probably our last chance as a family to hunt some birds at old EGA for this season. Next week promises to be very warm and the rattlesnakes aren’t going to stay down forever. We just don’t want to risk Pride under those conditions and even though the official season runs into May in…
"PHEASANT HUNTING" by John Hightower: First Modern American Book on Pheasant Shooting, and still one of the best!
Alfred A. Knopf made the Borzoi label famous in the 20th century publishing world. Especially interesting was the series of books on hunting and fishing that came out under that imprint over several decades. The back dust jacket of my copy of “Pheasant Hunting” by John Hightower, 1st ed., 1946 looks like this: (Double Click…
THE MAKING OF A "BIRD-DACHSHUND": DIGBY FLUSHES AND RETRIEVES A CHUKAR PARTRIDGE! THE LEGEND GROWS.
When last we left Digby, the intrepid 7 month old Dachshund who thinks he is a bird dog, he was retrieving a shot bobwhite quail at the game club. ( See last photo in this blog entry: http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5542804987486451793 ) Hmm. Not bad. But yesterday’s performance was in the realm of surreal. At the end of…
Upland Ways 