Not just for the birds
Are the gullible dumb? I've hunted chukar for two decades now, and once in a while I'll have a hunt that causes some kind of fundamental reevaluation of my identity. I earned an Ivy League Ph.D., and even I'm proud of that and view it as an accomplishment. At times, I've even thought it meant …
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Stellar ("star" in Latin) Stellar weather blessed us for a visit from out-of-town family and friends last weekend. My brother, who introduced me to bird hunting many years ago (thanks, dude), joined me and Leslie in a couple of my favorite birdspots. The next day, friends of his (and now ours) joined us for a …
I've raved about him before, many times, often regaling his retrieving prowess. Well, Angus amazed me once again on Sunday with his pursuit of a Hungarian partridge. After a nice point at the beginning of our day, a small covey of Huns took off and I lucked out by knocking one down. A split second …
Angus, Leslie, and I sucked it up yesterday in the crappy weather to look for birds in a spot we hadn't explored before. It was lousy with chukar, and so was I. I shot two-thirds of a box and brought home two birds. Still, despite both Leslie and I being a bit under-the-weather and hiking …