A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

 The patience of a bird dog.  Occasionally, I ponder the life of a dog on the road.  We think of all the running and smelling and retriev...

This is Flyboy Ace's Ruby Deux (Ruby). Last year, she was pointing, backing and retrieving at 8 mos. old in Montana and Minnnesota. S...

This lanyard is made from Kangaroo Leather.  Bob Bertram, the artist, talked with me several times to determine the colors I wanted.  It ...

Momma's out of town and the boys are watching Braves baseball and talking hunting! Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

Rocket and Pheasant 2001 ND Here's an old picture of my Brittany, Rocket.  He's long gone now, but he was a good hunting buddy...

Here is a link to a blog that describes a great first aid kit for in the field:  http://setterfeathers.com/2008/06/07/bird-dog-field-first-a...

I drive a 2001 Ford F-250 Super Cab Diesel.  It's got 290,000 miles on it now and I'm looking toward the 400,000 mile mark.  I'v...

It was a warm one last September in Montana! Ace was giving Bandit a few lessons in the fine art of Hungarian Partridge hunting. We stumbl...

A Great Day on Blues in Texas I came across this picture of me, self-taken, after a day hunting blues in the TX panhandle. You can'...

I saw the covey leave, but he didn't chase them, so I took a few minutes and shot a some pictures!  Nine months old.  I think he'l...

I figured "How in the world can anybody miss a bird with a shotgun? ". I mean you are shooting a pattern 30" across at 25 yar...

I just vaccinated my pup, CAP.  He was too young last year to administer the vaccine, made by Red Rock Biologic.  He, along with the rest of...

This is my Brit, "Ruby", relaxing inside.  It's 95 outside and once a day I go out and grab one of the dogs to come in and hav...

This picture was taken in 2003.  That fence is south of Tucson.  Mexico is on the other side.  Bo'd been hunting the other side of that...

I test every product I take into the field. Probably, you do the same thing. You learn about an item, you think it may help you in your hunt...

This all began about 6 months ago, when I decided to try and find the best way to feed my dogs. I wanted them to get the best nutrition they...

It's that time of year when it's time to start thinking about getting the dogs and my legs in shape for the hunting and trialing y...

Randy's Red Hot Rocket

The things you see looking out the window. The photo is poor quality, due to the light and camera, but the deer is real. He was one of four...