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Archive for March, 2009

Alright, I stepped in it now: What do you get when you ask hundreds of bird hunters and gundog owners what they want in a TV show? My new series, Wingshooting USA. You told me how you really feel – I hope we do you justice on the program! I’ve tried to cross “Dog Whisperer” [...]

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Okay, we’ve all been on a BAD lodge/preserve hunt: Dogs that won’t hold or retrieve, pool table smooth “cover,” birds that couldn’t fly themselves out of a paper bag. But what’s wrong with a GOOD preserve hunt? It offers much to the dog owning hunter: more plentiful birds, convenient location, a chance at that rare [...]

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Don’t hold back.  Tell me how you really feel. About wingshooting and hunting dog TV shows, that is. What really, really, makes you mad about the current fare? Anything you wish a producer would include, that isn’t? Places that should be featured? What do you want more of, or less? What trips your trigger, or [...]

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So, you wanna be a TV star? Luxe trailers, makeup girls and lots of free stuff, right? Try shivering, thigh deep in an icy stream dodging snowflakes while trying to sound helpful and imparting a bit of useful information. Or, fighting a gale-force wind while trying to light a campfire on cue (and when the [...]

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Every region has it’s quirky names for critters. Time to compile the ultimate list of those we shoot at as they fly away. What do they call a ringneck pheasant in Montana? Is a timberdoodle in Vermont a bogsucker in New Brunswick? And what the heck is a mudbat? Offer up your upland and waterfowl [...]

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