I’ve been in Kentucky for a week and a half and finally got the dogs out yesterday.  Took them over to the Miller-Welch Central KY WMA for a workout.  Sam, Glo, and Jack all got to stretch their legs.  The Miller-Welch WMA is 1800+ acres and is the site of numerous field trials.  The public […]

Katie and Jason (mostly) found a side benefit to the rising temperature here at the kennel, the snow was perfect for rolling a snowman.  The snow, extremely cold temperatures (-23 F. the other morning) have pretty much put an end to the grouse hunting here in Northern New Hampshire although the actual season doesn’t end […]

In summer and early fall of 2011 Tony Bly and I were working a bunch of dogs trying to get them ready for the fall wild bird trials.  I had Wild Apple Jack and Wild Apple Deuce.  Tony had Stokely’s Ginger B,  Stokely’s Kir B, and John Bilodeau’s Mr. Ted Stokely.  It was a pretty […]

In the 26 years I’ve bird hunting here in Northern New Hampshire, I have always considered any days we could run dogs in December as bonus days.  The earliest we’ve been shut of the woods was one year when it snowed about 10″ on Veteran’s Day and we didn’t see bare ground again until well […]