The older my kids get, the more I enjoy spending time with them in the great outdoors. Earlier this year, I wrote in this blog about an awesome day my daughter, Nessy, and I spent fly-fishing on one of our favorite little creeks beneath a diamond shaped granite peak. This was definitely one of my…
Huge Kudos to Scolopax!!
I wanted to congratulate Scolopax on his up and coming article in Gray’s Sporting Journal! We’re proud of you! Looking forward to seeing it on the newsstand!
>Groused Feathers Again!
>October 1st…my favorite day of the year! Of course it would snow on my favorite day to chase grouse…but any day spent in the uplands is a glorious day! Tim and I looked hi and low for birds, but never made contact! Here’s a few photos from the day. The Kansas pheasant opener is just…
TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD . . .
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go hunting together with my father and my only son, six year old Tommy, for the first time. Also, for the first time in fourteen years, I drew an antelope tag in an area that happens to be one of my family’s favorite areas to go fishing….
Sage Grouse on Horseback
I don’t think it can get any better than the experience we had hunting sage grouse here at home in Utah on Saturday. Beautiful weather, stunning landscape, devoted family, lots of wild birds, steady mounts, and enthusiastic (if not experienced in the pup’s case) dogs. We arrived and started saddling the horses before sunrise. Brilliant…
September in Custer County Colorado
I spent today in Greenback cutthroat and blue grouse country in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains outside of Westcliffe, Colorado. It was a glorious day! The dogs and I found some blue grouse, but I messed it up when I was trying to get a photo of my Elhew pointer on point…the grouse blew out,…
>Cel Dor Asado: Traditional Uruguayan Wood Fired Grill
>I spent the day doing what I live for…what keeps me alive and breathing…chasing birds with dogs and tossing a few dries (beetles today) to hungry trout on a very small creek in the Arkansas River Valley and the mountains that I adore more than any…the Sangre De Cristo’s! I ate at a very wonderful…
SEPTEMBER
When it comes to the seasons of the year, I unabashedly proclaim that fall is my favorite! Although it’s not technically fall, the cooler weather and the changing colors begin in Idaho right around the first of September. I love September! September has so much to offer, from the garderner’s harvest to the opening of…
>Colorful Colorado
>Today, I spent the day doing what I’ve been wanting to try all Summer…fishing above the treeline for Colorado cutthroats on a lake not to far from my cabin. It was cold and windy today at > 12,000 ft, but a glorious day to be out! Here’s some photos from the day! To bad every…
>Purple Shadows on the Prairie…Sage Y’hickens, It’s What’s for Dinner!
>Tonight I returned from north central Colorado where Sterling and I had a grand ol’ time chasing greater sage grouse on the wide open prairie. I know I’ve said this many times before, but I love sage grouse and the spaces which they inhabit! To me, they define the American West and what remains truly…
TAKE A KID HUNTING: YOU WON’T REGRET IT!
Last Saturday, I had the priceless opportunity to take a good friend, Scott, and his ten year old son, Brigham, blue grouse hunting. They hunted the day before, but did not find any birds. I offered to take them to one of my favorite spots, Grouse Ridge. Brigham had just received his hunter’s safey but…
>Grousing for Trout!
>Today was my first chance to chase blue grouse in colorful Colorado this season. It was an awesome day. It felt great to be alive in the uplands & listening to that familiar clank-clank of the dogs’ bells and getting reacquainted with my ol’ Spanish love affair…my AYA 453 box lock. We didn’t find the…
Upland Ways 