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…
MISTY . . . HEAVEN HELP US!!!!
Run for you life, the Perro del Diablo is on the Loose! This week marks a huge change in my family. We brought home Misty, our new Brittany pup, on Monday and let’s just say it has been interesting ever since. After eight years with no puppies, I have forgotten what a challenge they really…
MARK TWAIN: BIRD HUNTER EXTRAORDINAIRE?
Hello all. I am up in the early morning with my rambunctious puppy. One of my ties just fell victim to her crazy puppy ways. Argghh!!! Such is the lot of new puppy owners. Oh, how easily we forget! Since I’m up, I thought I would share a quote from H. L. Betten’s Upland Game…
MEET "MISTY MORNING SUNRISE"
In my mind, there is nothing better than starting a morning in the uplands while watching the sunrise. You never know what the day will bring, but you always hope for the best. That is not unlike the anticipation and hope you feel when you get a new puppy. With that thought in mind, meet…
>Purple Bombers of the Western Plains
>March 5th 2010 News Release US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE Interior Expands Common-Sense Efforts to Conserve Sage Grouse Habitat in the West News Releases Home Page Search the News ReleasesU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Home ContactsSharon Rose (FWS) 303-236-4580Melodie Lloyd (BLM) 202-912-7412Hugh Vickery (DOI) 202-208-6416 ——————————————————————————– Western Bird Found ‘Warranted but Precluded’ from Endangered Species…
"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…
THE UPLAND GAME HUNTER’S BIBLE by DAN HOLLAND
If you don’t already know by now, I absolutely love books on hunting and fishing. It’s hard to beat a good book by Burton Spiller, Havilah Babcock, Corey Ford, E. Donnall Thomas, Jr., Robert Traver, William G. Tapply, Grandpa Grouse and the likes. My brother Shawn and I collect as many books on bird hunting…
>Scaled Partridge
>Ross B. Young The very first time I ever saw a scaled quail was on a friends 40,000 acre ranch in southwestern Kansas. We were invited to his ranch to evaluate the incredible whitetail and mule deer hunting. Of course, I was there to sample the lesser prairie chickens that were said to inhabit the…
WILL THE REAL BLUE GROUSE PLEASE RISE UP?
Fellow Grouseketeer Tommy and three big blues. Over the years, much has been written by various outdoor writers on hunting the blue grouse of the Rocky Mountains–some negative and some positive. The moniker of “fool hen” has often been applied to this game bird. In this post, I want to share some quotes on the…
THE WISDOM OF THE AGES
My wife’s grandma Christine Nelson with Grandpa Nelson’s pointer, Dan. As with my own dogs, it’s good to know that Grandpa’s birddogs were part of his family. For bird hunters and dog trainers, things are definitely different today than they were half a century ago. With technology we have many conveniences that have made things…
>Friendships…
>Over the past 2 years, I’ve been fortunate to make some great friendships. I’ve even spent a few days afield with some of you. I appreciate the friendships, and I’m grateful that their are like minded people out there in this world. Here’s to your friendship and another great year! May we’ll all live to…
Upland Ways 