If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again; if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a free man; then you are ready for a walk.--Henry David Thoreau, "Walking" (1862) …
Cambridge
I moved to Cambridge, Idaho in August to start a new career as a high school English teacher. For me, one of the draws to this place was its proximity to Brownlee Reservoir, the hills near which are famous for chukar. I pictured endless days of nothing but hiking up and down the cheatgrass and …
Great early-season upland pants
It's hot, but it's also chukar season, so I managed to get out for the first time this year just a few days ago. I donned the pants I got a couple months ago at Cabela's - their Early Season Upland Pants. If you've seen my video "Chukar Hunting in January," you'll notice that my …
2011-2012 Chukar Highlights
Been meaning to put together a highlight reel of our season last year. Took me a while. There's something about the turn in the weather that makes me begin to feel like it won't be too long before we can start another cycle. The one major distraction from thinking about next bird season is the …
Wild Chukar Risotto with Peppered Bacon and Fresh Sage
Now that most chukar seasons are over, one of the things we can do to bide the long months ahead before next season opens is to come up with some good dishes using the birds we have waiting for us in the freezer. I like making risotto but had never done it with birds before. …
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The Last Week
One more day left. Yesterday, Leslie and I joined Angus for a "quick" afternoon hunt not far from home (how lucky are we?). He and I had been to the same area last week and found a nice covey of chukar but I missed my three shots at them. That's another story. Yesterday was unseasonably …
Eating Road Kill
At the risk of alienating half of my three readers, I have a confession to make: last night I ate my first road kill. It might or might not be what you're thinking. Our neighborhood is lousy with California valley quail, which - in Idaho for obvious reasons - they refer to as valley quail. …
Snow Birds
Made it out yesterday for the first time since spraining my ankle on December 2. Leslie came along for the hike and to take video and photos. We decided to try a place I hunted a decade ago in the Owyhees. Long drive, but it was nice to revisit some of that terrain, and we …
Cabela’s Ripstop Chest Protector review
Serious bird hunters: how many minutes of your life have you spent pulling and cutting cockle-burrs out of your partner's hair (I'm talking about your dog)? As a Brittany fan, I can say I've spent my share of time getting my dogs back to Ground Zero after a day in the weeds. Angus is a …
Benelli Ultra Light 12-Gauge Shotgun review
I'm not a spring chicken but I'm not dead yet, either. Still, I find lugging a heavy over-under up 2,000 feet of 60% slopes all day a pain in the butt. And the arm, and shoulder. I lift weights and try to keep a little strength going on in this aging body, but my gun …
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