A few days ago I wrote a post “Making Grouse Dogs” in which I stated that three factors go into making a grouse dog. They are genetics, shoe leather, and grouse. The shoe leather and the grouse are fairly obvious — you have to spend untold hours in the woods with a dog for it […]
Author Archives: Craig Doherty
Dog on Fire
Every once in a while one of the dogs will have a very special run. Today it was Trash. She started with a pair of grouse, followed by a pair of woodcock, followed by three grouse, followed by a single grouse, and so on and so on until she had racked up ten pointed grouse […]
How Many UJers Does Thudd Know?
Ted Moore and Tim Kisielski part of the endless seeming parade of UJers through our covers this fall. For the third weekend in a row, Big Thudd asked if he could bring another of his Upland Journal buddies up to hunt with us. That makes five in the last three weeks — is there no […]
Perfect Hunting Weather
The Windmills were partially obscured by the low grey sky. Finally a perfect fall day for bird hunting. The temperature hovered in the mid-40s, the sky was angry gray clouds hanging on the mountain tops and it spit snow off and on. We pulled into our first cover followed by a game warden who did […]