Grouse!!!! Grouse can do some pretty amazing things.  Over the years, I thought I had seen and heard it all.  Drummers in the spring, clucking birds in the brush, and hens whine so loud to attract you away from chicks that they sound like a cat about to get in a fight.  I’ve also seen […]

It’s probably going to be a couple weeks before we start going into the woods full-time for training but Tony and I check out  few of our regular covers and a couple new ones.  It seems that every summer the birds are hard to find in June as the grouse hens keep their broods in […]

Fiona on a “COVEY” find at the end of her run this morning. Right now I have the five puppies (Molly, Dot, and the 3 Bud Bros) plus 5 dogs that are 15 months old to just about a year.  What is most amazing about all these young dogs is how fast they learn things. […]

Grouse nest Tony and I found a couple years ago. The woodcock should be all hatched out and the chicks should be flying soon (it only takes them a few weeks to get airborne) and the grouse should be hatching now.  So, to avoid disturbing nests and having puppies chasing chicks I limit my training […]