Tomorrow starts the Dove Hunting season.

Mourning Dove, originally uploaded by Mangesh Bhide – Z612.   I’ll be heading to Millard County, UT with my Daughter Camryn.  On this hunt I won’t bring all the dogs.  Just Spooner this time.  I want to get him some experience retrieving birds.  Hopefully he’ll get a few chances.   The Upland Bird Season is [...]

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Pigeon babies day sixteen.

Still growing. The feathers are coming in better. Looks like we’ll have a blue bar or a grey bar.

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Pigeon babies day fourteen.

I missed a few days due to the vacation. He’s still growing. Specifically his wings grew a lot during the past few days. Looks like he is already testing them out a bit. I also ended up with 7 other squabs that are just one week behind this guy. Should make for a fine crew [...]

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Checking out.

I’ll be away for a few days.  Headed up to beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming.  We’ll probably visit Jackson Hole and might even make a quick run for Yellowstone.  Hope to get some fishing in with the kids and some serious relaxation.  Were going to hit some geocaches along the way.  I’ll cook some dutch oven [...]

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Here We Are. – Jimmy Buffett

I located a great clip.  This video was played at the 2006 “Party at the End of the World” Tour.  I really enjoyed this one.  I hope you will too.

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Pigeon baby day eight.

The as yet unnamed baby pigeon keep growing every day. Getting uglier too. There’s a reason you don’t see pigeon babies. They have to hide their ugliness. I am really amazed at how fast they grow. Here’s some more pictures. This one gives you a view of the band I place on his leg a [...]

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More Geocaching.

We knocked out 5 more Geocache spots tonight. The kids had a great time and so did I. What a great adventurous pastime. We’re headed on a trip to Star Valley, WY. This weekend. I’ll plan for some geocache spots along the way.  All these caches are located around South Weber.  You can find the [...]

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Pigeon baby day six.

Notice this will now be the “Pigeon Baby” post. I gave up on the other egg. I decided to crack it open and see what happened. Looked just like a regular egg inside. It must not have been fertilized. The one that did hatch, that we have been tracking is growing fast. He is at [...]

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Geocaching.

My buddy Chris won a Garmin Etrex Legend GPS unit at an event over the weekend.  He already has a really nice one, so he let me have his new legend.  I have never played with a GPS before.  We checked out www.geocaching.com and found a nearby cache.  It was a great adventure. The cache [...]

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Dove Hunting.

Looks like it should be a good year for Doves. I have been seeing them everywhere. Hopefully we’ll get a few. Just a couple more weeks. 8) Here’s a picture of Cooper doing his best Gene Simmons impression after retrieving a dove on a previous hunt.

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