Swarming deer flies can drive you out of the woods. Normally at this time of the year it is cool enough in the morning to not only run dogs but to keep the deer flies at bay.  They usually come out as the day warms and Tony and I are headed for the diner for […]

We’re starting to make real progress getting the dogs into birds.  Yesterday we tried a couple of new spots and ended the morning with 12 grouse and 9 woodcock. This morning we started earlier than usual to try and beat the heat.  In three braces of dogs we moved a total of 21 woodcock. The […]

Got soaked again this morning but it was worth it.  In total we moved 15 woodcock and 3 grouse with a number of the dogs involved.  The best brace was Frankie and Lucy as we moved most of the woodcock with them including one find where Lucy pointed a grouse and then flushed three woodcock […]

Boy is it wet.  The other morning we had to wait until 8:30 for the rain to stop and then went down into Red Barn and had some good bird work with the dogs.  We’re also starting to find good numbers of birds in a variety of training covers.  This morning we got caught out […]