Tim K. and I went out to Kansas to hunt the last three days of the season with Cal Robinson of http://kansasquailhunts.com. We had 11 dogs with us including the new puppy Wild Apple Guinevere. The weather was perfect except for Saturday afternoon when it was really a little too hot to run the setters […]
I arrived in Kentucky last Friday with six dogs for our winter training. Ten minutes into the first run on Saturday Spot and Sam were into a wild covey that was out feeding in one of the many vegetable plots on the farm I train on. The farm is 450 acres that is used primarily […]
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a bird snob. How could I not be. I can hear woodcock singing and grouse drumming just by stepping out the door of the house. I’ve been working dogs on wild birds in this area for almost 30 years and have had some very accomplished grouse and woodcock dogs during that time. […]
It’s supposed to be spring here in Northern New Hampshire but this is what I woke up to this morning. April 24th and it’s still snowing. Spit snow all day yesterday as well but didn’t stick. Once again, like last year, the mating and nesting season of the woodcock and especially the grouse is being […]