A Bird Hunter's Thoughts

Baron Some pretty good dogs I have known   By Scott Linden   I am the luckiest guy on the planet. I get to hang around bird dogs. Some are m...

  It’s the eternal problem of bird hunters all over the country from September to February.  Not only can you not expect good roads, you sho...

Jade (JD) 10 mos.    JD and me- AZ Desert Maybe it's just me, but puppies seem to be getting smarter.  OR, I suppose I'm not. This l...

I came across this picture of my Brit, Cap, from NM 4 years ago. We were hunting Gambel’s Quail around an old corral. The initial cast was a...

  The Book When I was growing up, my father would regale me with stories of coon hunting in the swamps of southern Mississippi.  He would te...

Blue injured his right rear leg after a run about a month ago.  The vet diagnosed CCL tear (equivalent to an ACL tear in humans).   I am a h...

    The old dog and I put out on a day that was cool, as the sun was about an hour above the Montana horizon.  This was a special spot.  Las...

  Texas   I’d like to hunt Texas more. The reason I don’t is simple.  I can’t afford it. That’s not a reflection on the folks in Texas, it’s...

It's been over a half-century since this boy spent any time in a tent.  This hunting trip, I decided to revert to the basics in order to...

Unfortunately,  Blue tore his CCL a few months ago.  One month before we were due to leave for Wyoming and Montana. Throughout the process o...

I loaded the dogs and drove to meet friends, first in Wyoming, then in Montana. I waited a little later in September to try and avoid the st...