Time for my annual skunking, maybe appropriate it took place at my nearest quail covert. It’s usually good for a couple coveys, sometimes even a mountain quail. Mother Nature had done her part. The prior day’s weather forecast called for showers until noon, sunshine after. In the early morning, the bunchgrass shed its frosty carapace [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Another tradition: skunking
Posted in News, tagged bird hunting, German wirehaired pointer, hunting dogs, quail on November 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ho-hum, another day in paradise on the Awesome Upland Road Trip
Posted in News, tagged Aberdeen SD, Awesome Upland Road Trip, bird dogs, bird hunting, free hunting gear, free outdoor gear, Irish Setter, Mina SD, National Shooting Sports Foundation, pheasant hunting, Rivett's Refuge Preserve, South Dakota, Wingshooting USA on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Rivett’s Refuge Preserve near Mina, SD: When you hear ringnecks cackling from the front porch, you know it’s just going to be a great day. Founder Ron Rivett brought his high school friends (class of who-knows-when) for a hunt at the refuge and preserve bearing his name. Standing corn can drive a semi-claustrophobe like me [...]
Have you got any traditions?
Posted in News, tagged bird hunting, German wirehaired pointer, Steens Mountain, versatile hunting dog on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not counting dozing after Thanksgiving football games, here in the 21st century, we as a society have very few traditions. But after going through some photos from last season, I discovered a tradition in the making, by accident. Twenty years ago I took a photo of my first wire, Bill, with Steens Mountain in the background. On [...]
Aberdeen SD: Celebrity hunt is the next Road Trip stop
Posted in News, tagged Aberdeen South Dakota; celebrity hunt, Awesome Upland Road Trip, bird dog, bird hunting, free hunting gear, hunting dog, Irish Setter, National Shooting Sports Foundation, pheasant hunting, television show, upland bird hunting, versatile hunting dog, Wingshooting USA on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mother Nature frowned on us this first day of the Celebrity Pheasant Hunt in Aberdeen, South Dakota. We were there to make another episode of Wingshooting USA, chronicling both the good works of the fine folks raising money for kids, and a classic block-and-drive pheasant hunt. Torrential rains had flooded many fields, creating impressive duck habitat [...]
Road trip visits Montana’s High Line
Posted in News, tagged Awesome Upland Road Trip, bird dog, bird hunting, free hunting gear, German wirehaired pointer, Havre Montana, High Line, hunting dog, Irish Setter, National Shooting Sports Foundation, pheasant hunting, Sage Safaris, Tri-Tronics, upland bird hunting, Wingshooting USA on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can see Canada from the deck of your safari-style tent at Sage Safaris, a brand-new hunting operation north of Havre, Montana. Between our neighbors to the north and the tents are more whitetails per square mile than I’ve ever seen, and healthy populations of sharptail grouse and ringneck pheasants. Kind of “roughing it smoothly,” [...]
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