A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

It's a great time when my lovely wife wants to come up and see what I do on these hunting trips! We had a good day today and the weat...

Lots of birds up here, even though they are saying the bird numbers are down 60%.

For some reason, the antenna on my Tritronics Classic 70 G3 EXP disappeared.  I admit it had been some time since I checked the security o...

Randy and Ace in ND with limit of Pheasant Another great day. The pups are hunting like experienced dogs and  Ace is his usual business-as...

We worked hard all morning and finally hit the jackpot. Lots of birds and some great dog work from my top dog! It was the ...

That's Bobby Ferris (top picture) and Ace and me in the lower picture. This was the first day on the ground in Southwest North ...

Next pic at 300,000 miles! 40 degrees and rain. Can't wait to put a dog on the ground!  Not long now- maybe 2 hours.

The very best time to drive in Atlanta.  By the time the sun comes up, I will be close to Nashville. Roosters, let me introduce Ace, Cap, ...

Two young dogs and one experienced campaigner and I will tackle however many birds are left in the SW North Dakota wheat fields.  Reports va...

The Old Ball and Chain Her First Quail on a Covey Rise We have a little family secret down here.  And since this is just between us, ...

That's Cap and me in the top two photos.  The top one celebrates his first Hungarian Partridge- notice it was taken after the sun ...

I evaluate gear and have two new, short youtube videos describing the WingWorks Vest and Turtleskin Snake Chaps.  There is no polish here- j...

This is Ace with the limit of three roosters in North Dakota.  For the past, lets see, 15 years at least, I've been hunting North Dakota...

I finally made it home after 1 1/2 days on the road. Funny, how it seems so much shorter going than coming. Even after stopping at the No...

This kind of says it all.

We are hunting the Superior National Forest near Hoyt Lakes, MN. Scenes above show typical cover and the bottom pic is typical food, plus...

Secret Minnesota Grouse Trail Every year, it's the same thing.  For the first few days, those wiley grouse kick my butt.  Ace, Ruby...

A herd of horses comes over to see what bird hunting is all about. Cotton, a young pointer, is getting in to her stride on Sharpies. Bob...

Five covies huns, five covies sharptails, 20 pheasant and some darn fine dogwork marked this perfect day!  My puppies are handling the birds...

PSR, it's what we all strive for.  Point, Shoot, Retrieve.  As I was on a 3 hour cast today, with my pup Cap, I got to pondering that.  ...