Not just for the birds
Unmerited favor. I've gotten out quite a bit so far this season. The weather's been good. We recently took a trip to what -- in years past -- had been the best place I'd ever hunted chukar, for many reasons. We'd looked forward to it for nearly a year. But for whatever reason the hunting …
I was lucky enough to guest on Scott Linden's excellent podcast "Upland Nation" this week. He asked great questions, and I think it went well (I didn't hate the sound of my voice more than I normally do). Unfortunately, I think the pressure got to me and I really shorted talking about our dogs and …
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 …