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That is god telling you to hunt more and do less rose yard work

Got back yesterday from the first Eastern Oregon bird trip of the year and I have to give Oregon’s Upland survey folks….Wow, lots of birds, just like they said. I had a ball, with two exceptions. Had a friend bring a 13 week old pup (poodle pointer) ( spelled incorrectly. His stated approach...

My bucket list is to harvest a limit of Mt. Quail.

Two personal observations. I wing shot a pheasant and I was convinced that it holed up in a tumble weed patch that was fairly extensive. My dog kept wanting to go up hill. After a few minutes, I finally did what I should have done to begin with (trust my dog). She went up this sagebrush...

If you bring a boat you can fish for smallmouth and crappie and when you see some vulnerable chukars on shore you can take a few minutes out of your fishing to kill a few. It is hand down the most fun you’ll ever have.

I had the day off so I went to check out some new country. I ended up a Curlew National Grasslands. It was 84 degrees when we called it good. The dog was too hot to care by then. We ended up with 4 Hungarian Partridge and 2 sharp tailed Grouse. It was much better than yard work

Thank you. Good friends and bird hunting are hard to beat.

Man oh man!! I am so excited that I have already started packing!! All my shells are loaded and my shotgun is clean. My dog is down to her fighting weight.......although I am not quite. This will be my first major hunting trip of the year. According to the forecast there are supposed to be...

I prefer elk. I would rather have elk than beef.

Thanks Rangerman. Great points. I hope that zero general tax $$ ever go into funding state wildlife/fish management. In my opinion it clouds science and politics.

One additional point of clarification. The #1 most significant driver of Pittman-Robertson $$$$ match to state wildlife agencies is non hunting ammo and gun sales not hunting license sales.

Thanks for referencing Pittman-Robertson. I do have a few clarifications though. Pittman-Robertson is not only used to match state "Game" programs and efforts. It is also used to fund "Non-Game" or 'Not Huntable" species within State Wildlife Agencies, although you are correct, more licenses...

Thanks for your service Goose!!

Hey Munster, I am curious what do you see as the relationship between public (Federal) land and license?

I worry about the future of bird hunting for sure. I have gotten my son in law and one of my daughters addicted to hunting......but I worry that they won't have the opportunities that I have ben blessed with. The west that I have enjoyed has been largely public and lots of birds of a multitude...

A friend of mine hunts a golden in areas that have burr dock, sand burrs and cockle burrs (plenty for everyone) and he swears by a “Furrmanator”. All I can say that if he hunts where he does with that dog and his dog still has fur, it must be quite a tool.

Yup, pretty sad! I told myself afterward that I didn't account for the slowness and shot over the top of the bird. Or I just missed. Although I was concerned about snakes, I never saw any. The mornings started out in the mid 30's so perhaps they are already denned up???

My Danners are recurves and the Meindls are the Hunters (uninsulated). The other issue that I’ve had with my Danners is, although they say they are water proof, they are actually water resistant…..at least after a little wear.

I missed a huge male the first day. They are enormous.

I thought I would pass on my experience with these boots on to you all. I bought my first Meindel boots. They are advertised to last forever and feel like broken in right out of the box. They are also sold as being so comfortable that they "walk themselves". The first time out was on an elk...