I have been wanting to post this for a while. Better late than never….
Myself, Shane, Darrin, and our kids headed out for a fun Pheasant Opener. Thanks for coming along Gentlemen (and Ladies), I enjoyed the day. A day to remember for sure.
We rolled into our spot at about 7:30 the temperature reading on [...]
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Phantastic Pheasant Opener
Posted in bird dogs, dogs, gun dogs, pheasant, upland, utah on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My Dove Opener.
Posted in bird dogs, dogs, gun dogs, hunting, labrador, labs, mourning doves, nature, photography, photos, upland, utah on September 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I got up early on Saturday to make the 2.5 hour drive to my favorite spot. Camryn, my 6 year old had decided that she wanted to come along. After hitting the Wal Mart in Payson for some supplies we were running a little late. It was getting light and I could hear shots from [...]
Dove Hunt though the eyes of a 6 year old.
Posted in bird dogs, dogs, gun dogs, labrador, labs, mourning doves, upland, utah on September 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Camryn went out on the Dove opener with me. She wanted to take some pictures. I let her use my little Pentax WPi. I showed her how to turn it on and how to take a picture. These photos are unedited just as she took them. Not bad for a [...]
Tomorrow starts the Dove Hunting season.
Posted in bird dogs, dogs, labrador, labs, mourning doves, upland, utah on August 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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 here!
Dove Hunting.
Posted in bird dogs, dogs, gun dogs, hunting, mourning doves, photography, photos, upland on August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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.
Here’s a picture of Cooper doing his best Gene Simmons impression after retrieving a dove on a previous hunt.
Sage Grouse photo
Posted in bird dogs, photography, photos, upland, utah on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A very nice example of a Sage Grouse struttin’ his stuff. The hunt is getting closer.
SageGrouseHoDaddy, originally uploaded by Steven Ford /snowbasinbumps.
Sage Grouse Hunt Planned
Posted in bird dogs, dogs, photography, photos, sage grouse, upland, utah on August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was able to get a hold of two Sage Grouse tags here in Utah. They are for the Parker Mountain range. It’s going to be a fun hunt. I am looking forward to it. It will be the weekend of Sept. 15th. With coaching the soccer team this fall, the hunts [...]
California Quail
Posted in California Quail, photography, photos, quail, upland on August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I snapped this picture in the yard this afternoon. The California Quail, or Valley Quail as it is also known.
Sage Grouse Research
Posted in bird dogs, dog training, gun dogs, hunting, photography, photos, sage grouse, upland, utah on August 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today I had the great opportunity came up to help with Sage Grouse Counts. What a great time all in the name of research. These counts are done in areas not currently opened to Sage Grouse Hunting within the state of Utah. Efforts are being made to increase the populations. We were [...]
Good Times Training Bird Dogs
Posted in bird dogs, dog training, dogs, gun dogs, upland on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since I just started this blog, I put together some pictures from various training trips during this year. These include my dogs as well as dogs owned by friends. I hope you enjoy it.


