A stunningly beautiful male valley quail from the Miracle Half-Mile. I was recently contacted by Ben Smith, who blogs at Arizona Wanderings. For those of you who do not know, Ben’s blog is great and we’ve included it on the Upland Equations blog role to get the word out. For your convenience, here is the…
The Backcountry Journal
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…
SHIN DEEP: A FLY FISHER’S LOVE FOR LIVING WATER by CHRIS HUNT
I’ve known about Chris Hunt and his writing since law school. I first happened across one of his articles on the internet back in early 2001, which, with the hints he dropped (i.e. a horseshoe-shaped lake filled with arctic grayling next to a trailhead into a deep canyon creek containing five kinds of salmonid), sent…
Scaled Quail in a Gale
Today was the opening of Colorado’s quail and pheasant season. It was a beautiful day on the eastern prairies…minus the 50 mph wind. The dogs performed near flawless…Gary’s Lilly had a great find which was her first point on wild birds. The prairies are dry and it was very evident today…the southeast is parched. …
Coccygeal Muscle Injury: (AKA)Limber Tail Syndrome
I arrived the first afternoon in southeastern Idaho to chase sharp-tailed grouse and gray partridge after an 11 hour white-knuckled drive…I left Colorado at O’dark-30 so that Andy and I could get in a half day’s hunt before heading to our folks home. We were told of a place where our brother Scott and his…
Upland Idaho 2011
Here’s some of my favorite photos from my recent trip to South Eastern Idaho. I’ll post some specifics later this week… Setter Feathers…
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…
Upland Ways 