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 [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Preserve hunts: What’s GOOD about ‘em?
Posted in News, tagged bird dog, bird hunting, chukar, dog training, German wirehaired pointer, gun dog, hunting lodges, pheasant, Preserve bird hunting, upland bird hunting, versatile hunting dog on March 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Your turn: design the ultimate wingshooting TV show
Posted in News, tagged bird dogs, bird hunting TV shows, gun dog, hunting dogs, making television shows, quail, shotguns, TV series, upland bird hunting on March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
The glamorous life …
Posted in News, tagged Cabela's, outdoor tips, survival kit, tv production, video outdoor tips on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Ditch parrot, mudbat & X&*%$! bobwhite
Posted in News, tagged bird names, bobwhite quail, bogsucker, burd hunting, chukar, ditch parrot, duck, game bird nicknames, hungarian partridge, merganser, mudbat, pheasant, pheasant hunting, quail, timberdoodle, woodcock on March 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
Awesome Upland Road Trip vidblog: We’re not in Kansas anymore … or are we?
Posted in News, tagged Awesome Upland Road Trip, bird dog, bird hunting, bird hunting video, German wirehaired pointer, gun dog, hunting dogs, Irish Setter, Kansas bird hunting, pheasant hunting, road trip, TriTronics, upland bird hunting, versatile hunting dogs on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Got your non-resident license? Plenty of ammo? Join me at the next stop on the Awesome Upland Road Trip, in this slide show with audio and still images recorded in the field at Ravenwood Lodge near Topeka, KS. Thanks, Ken, Bev, and Little Ken, for your hospitality! And thanks sponsors:
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