A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

Dog Den 2 My Dogden2. Easy to put together and the dogs appreciate it. It took me about 30 minutes to put this one together, and that was...

After my next hunt in New Mexico, I will be attending and speaking at a seminar at Pheasant Fest 2011 in Omaha, NE.  Two friends and I (spon...

Ace and Roosters

ACE has a covey nailed! Every January/February I get the itch to head out to the high desert and chase some blue quail.  The place is  a...

A Cold Day in Georgia UPDATE-  (11/26/2013) I just ordered my 4th Dog Den 2!  Those that follow this BLOG know I had 11 puppies and ke...

Ruby and her 5 quail Two covey finds and numerous singles on the follow up. She was too excited to retrieve the first one, but settled do...

Cap- 6 mos old in Kansas The dogs were eager and the land was perfect for quail and pheasant.  I had some pre-mission Intel on the area ...

My co-pilot is on a rest break. Can't get good help anymore.

Having a few of my NSTRA friends over for a field trial in the back pasture is an awesome thing.  I thank God that we can still enjoy this w...

Caught Rooster! That's Dad (Ace) and son (Bandit) on a Rooster Pheasant.  It was that bad boy's end of the road.

So, I'm sitting around the estate, you know, all the workers are off cleaning the stables or stocking the fishing ponds, or counting the...

Want to see a dog lock up? Click This!

James Rutland I call these "Shooting Balls"  Let me say this about that......This course is exactly what it is purported to...

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...