Excellently article today in Sporting Classics Daily by my friend and cover dog enthusiast Tom Keer.
Ron Boehme’s The Hunting Dog Podcast
I was recently interviewed for Ron’s hunting dog podcast…if you haven’t heard any of these, I strongly recommend them! Below is a link to my recent podcast interview. birddogdoc’s Podcast Interview
Finale…The Land Of Enchantment
The final trip of the year I found myself in the land of the enchantment with Matt Lucia and Dave Kruger chasing scaled quail on some of the most gorgeous short grass prairie I’ve strolled upon chasing bird dogs. Matt and I met Dave in southern New Mexico to finish the…
ANDY’S NEW BLOG TENKARA WANDERINGS
I’ve decided to take on a new project. Not because I need another one-mind you-but rather because I’ve grown fond of tenkara fishing. My new blog is Tenkara Wandering and I put up the first post New Frontiers yesterday. Of course, I still plan to write regularly for Upland Ways about bird hunting and traditional western fly…
Birds and Dogs and Good Country
What a bird season we experienced here in Colorado and surrounding states…been a long time coming with 10 years of thirst throughout our bird country. The final weekend in Kansas was surreal. A quick recap of last weekend…it was kicked off with a speeding ticket in the thriving metropolis of Springfield, Colorado for going…
Cover Dogs: Makings of Great Quail Dogs
Grouse River Gretchen was 4 months old when she arrived to DIA from Pinkney MI. My first impression was “Where’s the other half of my dog?”. At 16 weeks she was scrawny…smallest setter puppy I’d ever seen. She was a juvenile hellion on wheels around the house. Several times I recall her jumping the…
Scaled Quail Country—Happy Holidays
Originally posted on Upland Ways:
Here’s some of my favorite photos from scaled quail country that I’ve collected over the years. Merry Christmas to all my family and friends out there in blogger land. See ya on the prairie! Setter Feathers… http://youtu.be/en_9_fwexJs
Counting Quail & Quail Dogs: A Photo Essay
This has been one of the best seasons on quail I’ve seen since the early 2000’s. Perfect weather conditions and good habitat are by far the most important factors in producing birds. I love to chase scaled quail on the short grass, high plains of Colorado…it is by far my favorite type of bird hunting….
A Grouse Hunter’s Dream: Finding My Perfect Ithaca Double Gun
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!!
Scaled Quail Photo Essay
Anyone that follows the Upland Ways knows of my affection for chasing scaled quail on the prairies specially in my home state of Colorado. The birds are here and with a little bit of effort, research and good bird dogs the birds can be found in decent numbers…at least enough to keep a couple guys…
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…
PARTNERS
Every bird hunter dreams of the perfect trifecta: A dog that regularly finds, points, and retrieves his birds, a shotgun that shoots where you look, and a hunter that makes good on the shot at the chaotic flush. Unfortunately, as every gunner knows, it doesn’t always work this way. Sometimes it takes time for all…
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