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Hunting prairie birds requires dedication and perseverance. The seas of endless swailie grass and yucca. Miles logged under your boot soles. Hours of nothing. Your mind wanders. Miscellaneous thoughts roll through your mind. Your attention is drawn to the horizon the vast distances the few farm...

Hunting sage grouse is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. A great sea of sage lies before both man and dog. Sage grouse hunting is a matter of boot leather. You cover miles upon miles of desolate sage looking for a covey of birds and in a heartbeat it’s over. We started just at...

Well the 2018-2019 season has begun. For myself and my hunting partner that means grouse. We headed up Saturday morning to our annual spot West if the divide. We were a little apprehensive about getting into the area due to possible rain showers. The road gets a bit sporty when wet. When we...

Just drove back on Hwy 36.. Snow was slight but there was a layer of ice below. Roads are slicker than may seem. So if you're headed that way take caution or just go tomorrow... FYI: There was a rooster walking on the highway in Joes...

Sorry for the length of the post but I have been neglecting my weekly posts and observations. Well it has been an interesting season. The weather has been warm with the birds spaced out. Opening day was fairly good but the bird numbers didn’t seem to be there. We hunted hard in the cold...

Well weekend 2 in Nebraska was similar to the experiences we had last weekend. The temps stayed below 60 so it was comfortable for the dogs. First field we hit was very quiet. No roosters cackling, crowing and didn’t flush a bird so we headed to the next spot. Here the dogs put up a covey of...

2017 was the year it was my turn to be the guide for my hunting partner. After accumulating 8 points he drew in a prime area. We arrived on Friday and set up camp. We were the only guys on the mountain and as the sun set a bull started to bugle then another and another. In short order there were...

Hit one of my close to home spots on Saturday. Put some miles in before flushing a single male in the oak scrub. He thundered off the ground and began weaving hard through the scrub when the shotgun boomed and he crashed to the ground. My Springer made a great retrieve in the dense scrub...

This weekend started the prairie chicken season in KS. We always go out for the opener. The weather was great and after walking a couple of field we ran into a covey that held and flushed in a staggered manner. It was a beautiful sight birds flushing, dogs running, shotguns booming. In...

September 1st is rapidly approaching. Are you ready? For me September 1st will be West to the mountains to chase the elusive blue grouse. It has become a tradition. Work calendar gets penciled in as soon as it comes out. It will be nice to walk the edges of the aspens and evergreens with...

Saturday started out with the wind blowing at 20mph minimum with gusts to 40mph. The temperature was mild and quickly rose to the low forties. At least this fact dried out the roads and made travel less hazardous. Unfortunately didn?t help hold the birds any better. The birds seemed to be up...

Well this weekend was day 32 and 33 of the 2016-2017 season. It was really pleasant weekend weather wise. 52 degrees on Saturday and 46 on Sunday. We started out on Friday night by kissing a deer outside of Joes with my Ford Escape. He leapt out of the dark on a collision course with us in...

This weekend we invited my hunting partners 12 y/o grandson out on a hunt. He has never been on something like this but was eager to go. He did great all weekend. We covered about 17 miles, saw a lot of wildlife, and he got to almost step on a rooster that I promptly put on the ground. Spent...

Took a break over the Christmas holiday (forced:)) from the pursuit of pheasants. Finally got back in the field on Sunday afternoon and Monday. Sunday was hot and sunny. Hit 50 by mid day and the pheasants had gone back to being split up and running instead of flying. Saw a few birds but...

Wind chill hit -25 where we were hunting on Saturday. Just did what we call hit and runs. Heavy cover and short walks. We didn't start until 1 pm on Saturday. Hunted until about 3pm. Birds were bunched up and exploded like quail coveys when we found them. Managed to bag 5 in spite of the...

After a long hiatus due to life?s interesting and always fascinating occurrences I decided to return to the forum? Not that anybody really missed me anyways. Least not my big black dog hovering over downed birds?. He has gone grey but not slowed any. We still pursue birds as hard as ever...

I keep getting this nagging feeling... Is grouse season that close???? [/IMG]

Well we jumped off on Friday to catch opening day of sage grouse and the last weekend of mountain Sharptail. Bones, his son Jacob and his hunting partner Jim joined me and my hunting partner Dan. We were unsure how the weather would bring but you don't kill birds sitting on the couch wondering...

As I sit sipping Scotch I reflect on today's events. It was a tough but rewarding hunt... Today I was joined by men I can now call friends. We trudged through the open sage, across the steep slopes, and the dense aspen groves. We stretched high upon the hills the sun beating down. The dogs...

We have been hunting quail these last few weeks on the South Platte. My hunting partner is not a big quail hunter and has managed to shoot a few on covey breaks. I have tried to hunt singles with him but just moves along to fast. Well this Saturday he figured it out. We busted a covey and...