A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

Bunch of Brittanies Cap (left) and Ruby (right) It's extremely difficult for me, and for the dogs, to let go of hunting season...

I was extolling the virtues of the WingWorks vest to a plantation manager and his head guide the other day explaining the well-considered fe...

Coiled King Snake Pasture cut in progress. Snake and Yellar and BJ All kinds of critters come out when we cut the hay in the ...

Diamond Pet Foods makes Taste Of The Wild dog food. I've been feeding TOW and I've been very pleased with the results in my hunting ...

The Judges and Winners Cap, me, Paul (Trial Chairman) Between the beautiful country, vistas that stretched to next week and the we...

Cap My wife and I are on the way to a field trial in Idaho.  I had so much fun hunting out there in January that I was looking through ...

Ace is thrilled with the new rig. This sure beats the old iron bar and rubber bungee cord!

Bob made me lanyard last summer and even patterned it after the color of my Brittanies. But, through the season, I found I really missed the...

I did two things this week, with my dogs, that I've never done before.  First, I took them in to have their teeth cleaned.  Up u...

 (Photo by Nancy Whitehead) This is Bob Welsh and me hunting Valley Quail in Idaho January 2012. We are both wearing the WingWorks...

Click here for YouTube video! Now the season is 100% definitely over.  Only 6 1/2 months to go and we'll be back on the road to Mont...

Glen Bahde and I are building sliding drawers for use in our respective trucks. He has a 2012 Chevy 1500 and I am piloting a 2001 Ford ...

That's the name of a Facebook Group to which I belong. It's a great place to meet and talk about both subjects with like minded fol...

Already the summer is dragging on. Cutting grass has already started!  I'm working through pictures of this season. May...

Ace on Two ND Roosters It only takes a snapshot to remember the day.  It was freezing cold, with bad winds and temps in the low thirtie...

Ace (with me) and Cap (foreground) The Region Championship went very well. My Cap puppy just missed the cut when the judge wou...

The Old Ball and Chain and Cap Apparently, the old Ball and Chain reads Facebook.  Also, apparently, my blog links to Facebook.  So...

 Randy and Ace (Photo take by Nancy Whitehead) So, I'm thinking a big trip may be on the horizon. I don't mean a week or two...

Ace Ruby Cap After a fine hunting season, the pups are ready to finish out the trial season, as well.  Ruby, top, had a first ...

(Photo taken by Nancy Whitehead) They say some dogs are good and they know it.  They also say those dogs have a look and manner that ...