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” [...]
Archive for March, 2009
400 wingshooters can’t be wrong: New NSSF-sponsored TV series debuts in Sept.
Posted in News, tagged dog training, hunting dog, gun dog, German wirehair, German wirehaired pointer, upland bird hunting, quail, shotguns, pheasant hunting, bird hunting television show, hunting dog tv show, Wingshooting USA, National Shooting Sports Foundation, ICTV, Sportsman Channel on March 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Preserve hunts: What’s GOOD about ‘em?
Posted in News, tagged dog training, bird dog, gun dog, bird hunting, German wirehaired pointer, chukar, upland bird hunting, pheasant, versatile hunting dog, hunting lodges, Preserve bird hunting on March 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Your turn: design the ultimate wingshooting TV show
Posted in News, tagged bird dogs, gun dog, TV series, hunting dogs, upland bird hunting, quail, shotguns, bird hunting TV shows, making television shows 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 | 5 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 [...]
