Not just for the birds
My morning ritual every day like clockwork is getting roused out of bed much earlier than I want. Usually the culprit for the rude awaking is Peat because his internal clock tells him it's time to get fed. Bloom on the other hand is just an innocent bystander to this stupidness. Believe me, we've tried …
"God gave Noah the rainbow sign,No more water, but the fire next time." --A.P. Carter, "God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign" This summer, chukar country was on fire. All of the places, and more, that we hunt have been burned. North, south, east, and west of us. Like most chukar hunters, I wondered about the …
[I just found this in my "Drafts" folder. It's from two years ago when we were still looking for a place back in chukar country to move to. I thought I'd posted it but for some reason didn't, probably related to a family emergency that, along with the person it centered on, passed about a …
When it comes, the Landscape listens --Shadows -- hold their breath ----Emily Dickinson Like Men and Women Shadows walk --Upon the Hills Today ----Emily Dickinson Every picture has its shadowsAnd it has some source of lightBlindness, blindness and sight--Joni Mitchell Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the …
Just got home from a great week hunting chukar in Oregon. We were blessed with mostly good weather, and my shooting actually seemed to get better. Imagine that. To be honest, I'd switched from the #7 steel Rio shells (1-1/8 ounce, 1350 fps) that were sent to me in error last season (I'd ordered #6, …