A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

Ace is my champion NSTRA ( www.nstra.org ) trial dog.  Once I tune him up after a hunting trip, he makes the transition to the field trial g...

The Grill Meister is ready!  We are having two fresh, cage-free, organically-fed Turkey breasts and one free-range, acorn fed, formerly happ...

I'm not a bad shot. In fact, I do OK in field trials and hunting all the species (except, of course, Ruffed Grouse, where I have about a...

Cap, my 6 mos. old pup, out of Ace, locked down on a Quail! There is a time in the life of a new pup when it comes down to "It's...

Alabama field Trial Video (Click This!) I took a short video of the field trial yesterday in Alabama.  We left that one with our tail betw...

Ace waiting for the start!  We are deep in to the field trial mode now and having a great time.  I run National Shoot to Retrieve field t...

I've written about this previously and I'm a big believer in the capabilities of this unit.  I paid for the tracking feature, also, ...

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You gotta love a woman that loves your dogs. I think that's written somewhere.

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Walking the Grouse Woods   (click to see video) We had a good run over the last few weeks.  We shot Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Gro...

St. Louis River, St. Louis County, MN And it's in St. Louis County, MN! I know one can fly fish this river. I often wonder about sto...

Bo and Randy with 2 Spruce Grouse and 1 Ruffed Grouse One worn out old dog and the two Spruce Grouse he pointed.  I'm having them m...

Meet Roxanne! She's a bird hunter, no doubt! And she has a fine young Wirehair (Jetta). We had a nice walk this morning with 10 flushes ...

"Hey, boss, I know there's another one out there!" As I was departing North Dakota, I talked to the outfitter who arranged ...

Randy and Ace in Minnesota Grouse Country Talk about beautiful habitat!  Although "the score does not reflect the closeness of the g...

After an easy day's drive, we made it to the Superior National Forest in Minnesota.  I thought Wisconsin was way up there!  This is Ruff...

I guess the birds needed to feed after being holed up for 2 days with the bad weather. They are all over the roads and ditches and feeding i...

This place is set up for the bird hunter. Clean, warm, bird-cleaning rooms (inside and out) and only $35/night (plus 6.5% tax). This was a p...

Yeah, it's a bad one today.  Yesterday was bad, too, and I found the birds in any thick cover there was, in the lee of the hill.  If it...