A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

Hunting: Columbia Ptarmigan II Parka My sense is that most folks following this blog are experienced hunters.  There may be some out there...

Well, this ought to be an interesting event!  Tomorrow, my good friend invited me to be his "scout" for a horseback trial his Brit...

Read this book.  Amazingly, when I got into it, I realized he and I hunt the same areas.  I, too, am back to being a Brittany man, after yea...

A tough time of year for me and the dogs!  The hunting is done.....and now we need to get back in to the NSTRA game.  Ace is ready and so i...

A Comfortable Range - When I started reading this book, I knew exactly what this guy felt. Then, I thought it was too lightwe...

We had a good week in New Mexico.  Specific areas to be unnamed, however, the Sand Dunes area of NM in the South East corner of the state ...

Yesterday was a little warm for bird hunting, about 60 degrees.  Around here, some locals won't hunt over 60 for fear of snakes.  We d...

This is one hard working dog.  We named this area Porky Flats, for the porcupines we've been finding up here.  It was warm today, and w...

But only if you want fast, good and cheap (err, less expensive, I mean.).

We found the "Porcupine Flats" when Bo took off and I found him locked down on a covey. Yesterday we went back and had shooting al...

Every once in a while, just when you think the situation has gone to hell in a handbasket, it turns out to be a really good thing.  Today,...

Place B1- Bo and Daisy. Lots of tracks no birds. Dead Tree- Patch and Daisy. Lots of tracks. One flush. No bagged. North Honey- Ace and Ban...

This is Bo, Ace and me.  It's a hard year this year in NM.  Road hunters will likely have no to very little luck.  We are finding birds...

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7 coveys today. A marked increase over yesterday. Actually, we may have worked 9 separate coveys. All the dogs are sore with sand spurs. Loo...

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Great point and a fine retrieve. Patch looked super on his first wild bird. What a gentleman to compliment the shooter, as well!!  This dog...

Glen and Bandit (left) and Daisy, Bandit's mom.  All of them rookies at NM hunting, but they are catching on fast! 

In birds all day.......but none near the roads. Just like work but a lot more fun. The birds are surely down, but it's still a great pal...