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 […]

Three Dog Day

Those of you old enough to remember the band “Three Dog Night” probably get the pun intended in today’s title.  FOr the rest of you today I needed some time this afternoon to run a few errands so we only ran three dogs — Little Thuddy, LJ, and Frankie.  Since it was a half day […]