AUTHOR’S NOTE: “Still Heaven on Earth” is a chapter from my new book, The River of God, which is soon to be published. This chapter is about a few days spent in July of 2012 on the Madison River, which river has become sacred to me. Maybe you can relate. STILL HEAVEN ON EARTH By Andrew M. Wayment On July…
JIM MCCANN’S REVIEW OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
For me, social media is both a blessing and a curse, a curse because I waste so much time dinking around when I could be doing more productive things (like hunting, fishing, writing on this blog or writing another book) and a blessing because I have met some awesome people that I would not have otherwise met. Jim McCann…
DEZ YOUNG’S REVIEW OF WAYMENT’S HEAVEN ON EARTH
If you’ve read my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith, you know that I started bird hunting and fly fishing in earnest around the same time that I entered law school. My favorite show at the time and still one of my all-time favorite bird hunting shows is “Hunting With Hank.” Of course, I appreciated…
Cockers & Chukars
This morning I was sitting in my favorite diner on the Arkansas waiting for my heart attack breakfast and hoping for some streamer action on such a glorious Sunday December morning. I started day dreaming of my little black devil dog and how much fun I had following her around in the uplands of Idaho….
Wyoming
Gary Thompson from Silk Lines and Paper Hulls invited me last weekend to come to Sheridan, Wyoming to chase sharp-tailed grouse and huns. I was scheduled to meet Dale Herden from Lo Banks in north-central Kansas, but my friend Sterling called and said it was pretty pathetic…in fact, he never fired a shot opening weekend hunting on private property….
LATEST REVIEW OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
I wanted to share with the followers of Upland Ways the latest review of my book, Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith. This review was posted by Howard Levitt on his great, fly fishing blog, Windknots & Tangled Lines. I am grateful and honored by his review. For those interested in…
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,…
THAT’S RUFF!: REFLECTIONS FROM GROUSE COUNTRY by GEORGE KING
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…
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…
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