A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

The men of my Sunday School class had a little bird shoot yesterday.  Old Bo made an hour run with me and pointed about 15 birds with retri...

Tomorrow, the boys and I are heading down to Plains, GA (yep, the very same place that Jimmy Carter calls home) to put out some birds and ru...

Positioned prominently over my desk at work is a small sign that reads "Lord, let me be the man my dog thinks I am!".  Oftentimes,...

The things you see when you ease quietly in to your den!

Sixty degrees!  That will be the high this weekend in Zebulon, my home in the local paradise about fifty years south of Atlanta, GA.  In my ...

I know this is a common sight around bird dog homes this time of year, but it still is hard to take.  I wonder if the pundits in D.C. will t...

This is Glen, a hunting friend, and Bandit, my dog Ace's male pup.  Bandit, not quite two, took to the NSTRA fields this weekend and tor...

Right off the bat, I would like to thank Karen Thomason for this information.  She commented on my last posting concerning names, etc.  In t...

Nutrition, training, care, grooming- all these are important in caring for a pup.  But, the one I have the most difficulty with is the name....

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,...