Here’s a link (click here) to Andy’s article Shotgun Life about finding the perfect grouse gun and his newly acquired Ithaca NID 20 bore. Great read Andy!!
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THE ROYAL FLUSH
One of my all-time favorite outdoor stories has to be “The Royal MacBob” by Robert F. Jones. The story begins with a description of a challenge from James Buchan’s 1925 novel, John Macnab, called the “Royal Macnab” which is to catch an Atlantic Salmon, shoot a red stag, and bag a brace of grouse, all…
Upland & Downstream Field Collars
A few weeks ago I was pouring through the September/October (2015) issue of the Shooting Sportsman magazine getting mentally psyched for my annual trek west to Idaho to bird hunt with my best friend and hunting partner…my brother Andy. I stumbled on a review by David Draper about dog collars for the hardcore bird hunter…darn!…
GROUSIN’ AROUND
Well, the grouse hunting season is in full swing for me here in Idaho and I am loving life (except when work gets in the way of my grouse hunting!). I’ve been busy writing and wanted to share a few things with the followers of the blog. My friend Giuseppi Papandrea has a great grouse hunting blog…
JOHN ADAMS: A GROUSE HUNTER?
I apologize the followers of Upland Ways for not posting on the blog lately. I have been engaged in starting up a law practice with a partner. Things have been hectic, but good. Lately, I’ve been reading some great books on U.S. Presidents including, John Adams, by David McCullough. I have been amazed at the…
Love the Simple Things in Life: RST Classic Shotshell Co
My dear friend Walter gave me a biography on John M. Browning that sat on the shelf unopened…a few months ago, I dusted it off and read it. I grew up in the Ogden, Utah area and was familiar with the Browning Arms company name and knew that my ex-wife was a descendant of the…
“GROUSE AND APPLES” AND OTHER ODDS AND ENDS
Brother Shawn and I apologize for the neglect of the blog as of late. I spent the first part of the year working hard on a manuscript for a book about ruffed grouse hunting in the west, which is entitled, Drummer in the West. I’m still looking for a publisher for this book and will…
TWENTY-FIVE THINGS DAD TAUGHT ME ABOUT FISHING & HUNTING
TWENTY-FIVE THINGS DAD TAUGHT ME ABOUT FISHING & HUNTING Author’s Note: Today is my Dad’s birthday. For those of you who have followed the blog for a while, you may remember that he passed away last year. To remember and honor him today, I decided to share twenty-five things (among myriad others) that my Dad…
Upland Ways 2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 35,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances for that many…
SportDOG Blog Post on Essential Omega-3 FA’s in Sporting Dogs
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Sporting Dogs
Cranberry-Honey Crisp Apple Jalapeño Jam
Brother Andy double-dog-dared me the other day to make a cranberry jalapeño jam which I enthusiastically accepted. I think he was trying to confuse me so that he could get out of our planned Black Friday chukar hunt. Well brother, it didn’t work and we’re still going to chase those cantankerous phookars come Friday next!…
TWENTY REASONS WHY I HATE CHUKAR HUNTING
[Author’s Note: Before any of you diehards get upset, this post is written all in good fun]. Chukars live in the most inhospitable no-man’s land you can imagine, where no other game bird with half a brain would live. To sum it up, their country is impossibly steep, rocky, slick, or all of the above….
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