Recent content by smdmz

Being self-taught I watched way too many YouTube videos claiming to describe “the way you need to shoot.” I would go to the gun range, follow their advice and eventually found it lacking. Then I started completely ignoring all that advice and went either skeet or trap shooting every weekend for...

Had a few "encounters" this year that I've never had in years past. Two were on opening day, one being less egregious, and one last Saturday. Situation 1: I park at a crop circle corner, and usually I walk all 4 as often running birds will run into the other corners as we're hunting them. Thus...

I moved to Evergreen a few months ago, and in looking around for Blue Grouse spots to hunt this fall, I found a couple SWAs right outside Evergreen. Question is - does anyone know if this is a worthwhile spot to hunt? This year will be me & my dog's first for blues, and I'd like to get him in...

I'm looking for a quality red setter pup for around summer-winter of 2017. This will be my first red setter, as I've only owned Brittanys up to this point, and I'd like to find a breeder that breeds specifically for hunting. Seems like there are too many Irish setter breeders out there breeding...

Hi guys. I've been completely inactive on this forum since posting a few times last year after getting frustrated with the pheasant season. But I'm back with new optimism (however unfounded that may be) and new questions. Last Wednesday I was taking my Brittany out to swim at Boulder Reservoir...

Hi people. I just joined this forum, and hope to glean any bit of knowledge I can from yall. I'm going to try and contribute just in case someone finds my advice/reviews valuable. I just posted in the "Introduction" forum, so see link at the bottom of this post if you're interested. Long story...

Hi everyone, A short history of my pheasant hunting experience: I grew up in Waukesha County, Wisconsin and hunted pheasant with my dad up on his old stomping grounds in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Went to college in NW Iowa where the roosters were plentiful, then moved to Colorado a couple...