One of the dogs that attended our summer wild bird program was Jagger, Justin Evan’s young setter.  Jag got a lot of exposure on wild birds and settled into a good hard hunting, forward pattern.  Justin messaged me that Jagger placed third in the Derby at West Branch today.  I’m sure that this will be […]

The season is just screaming along and has left very little time for keeping up with the blog.  Have hunted at least part of everyday so far with the exception of yesterday when I was driving back from New Brunswick.  To date we have moved 82 grouse and 153 woodcock.  Some of the highlights have […]

Rich Claxton and Maggie had the honors of being the first brace of the new season and Rich killed the first grouse with his first shot.  They were also my first guiding clients.  We had a good day although we had to quit early in the afternoon as it started to get too hot for […]

In 2011 I judged the North American Woodcock Championship and got to see Tim run Annie and Rigby in the event.  I liked Annie a lot and encouraged Tim to keep trying with her.  She is fast and stylish over the ground and hit all the right places. That next summer he sent her down […]