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I’ll know more this Tuesday. I meet with the orthopedic surgeon then. Who knows, with a little luck, I might get out one more weekend before the season ends.

Well, I believe I’m done for the year. A life time of hard use has used up the miniscus in my left knee. I’ve had my right knee done a couple of years ago. So, surgery later this month and 10 months to dream of next season. This is not the way I wanted to end my hunting season, but everyone...

In my opinion, all the comments in this thread have some merit and all have a hand in struggling upland bird hunting in Utah. I would add urbanization to the list as a reason for struggling upland bird issues in Utah. You add urbanization with the increasing competition for water in the second...

I have a friend who seems to have two requirements for his dogs. 1. It has to be as large as possible 2. It must be a male I never understood it, from my experience larger dogs seem to wear out (hips, eyes etc) sooner.

Perhaps we will all be hunting Newfoundlands one day.

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I had a lab once that was impossible to slow down once she got on a hot pheasant smell. It all would happen so quickly that I didn't really have time to know or understand what was going on before it was over. I learned to keep an eye on her at all times and pace myself to her all the time...

I hunted with a guy who ran one. It was a tall lanky dog with an extremely long tail and ranged like nothing I’ve ever seen. I thought the dog hunted for itself and was not the friendliest dog. Perhaps they are one person dogs because this one wanted no part of me or my dog. Additionally, I...

These are all Brownlee Reservoir birds. All public (BLM) land, wild birds and more coveys than could be counted. If you’ve never tried this country…..you should do it one time in your life.

It was busy for sure.

I just wanted to share a picture of a days effort in Eastern Oregon.

This is Oakley. She is the only Golden Retriever that I have ever hunted around and she was incredible. Her and my Griffon were one hell of a team on upland birds. She got cancer this last fall and died quickly. She was a remarkable retriever and one hell of a brush pounder on upland birds.

I guess lastly they only fly down hill, usually going faster than any other game bird that I have ever hunted. They are a pretty amazing bird to hunt. After every day hunting them, I feel like I’ve run a marathon

They like to live in as steep and rocky country as they can find and would rather run then fly and they only run in one direction, straight up and they don’t stop until they get to the very top of wherever they are. They then fly down…….all the way down, sometimes miles down. You really don’t...

Just let me know when your coming.

Well hell! I sincerely hope all of the loud hunters on this site are hunting just adjacent to where I’m hunting. I need all the help I can get and a few extra birds pushed my way by folks coaxing their dogs and BSing with each other doesn’t hurt my chances.

Well, all the easy hunting is behind me for the year and I’m reduced to chasing chukar for the next two months. It’s the only hunting that I do that truly pisses me off. However, it keeps me out of my wife’s hair, so I do it.

Lots of great advice, I agree that being silent and hunting at your dogs pace are critical to being successful when your alone. I never hunt the same place twice using the same approach, ever. Pheasants seem to learn quickly.

lol. We hunt mostly BLM land. I grew up in the area so I have a little advantage. There was one spot that I hunted with my Dad in the 70s and 80s we stopped by this last weekend and it was just as good as it was then.