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Layne
Two more weeks and we’ll be picking her up to start her new life away from her family. Looks like she is already learning what will be expected of her. I’m looking forward to watching one more pup turn into a hunting machine. We’ll have to see how excited Grady will be. Also, the breeder…
March outing
Got out having a good time with Grady again and got a few entertaining videos. In this first one, how many times have you emptied your gun and then a gimme flies up next to you? The GoPro shows everything much further than it looks. I shoot an over and under, and I could imagine…
Hearing help
This is going out mainly to you old farts that have lost your hearing, but I’m thinking that some of you younger guys have shot at so many chukars you have blown your ears. I didn’t think I was having any hearing problems until today. I took Barbara up on the mountain with Grady and…
The value of tracking devices.
I got out the last couple of days with Grady, having some fun with chukars. As I’ve mentioned, birds are pretty much paired up. I got a couple of videos that show how much the GPS collars help us today. For this first one, I didn’t know where Grady was. The remote said he was…
Grady’s tricks
I mentioned in an earlier blog about Grady seeing birds on the next ridge, waiting for me to get there, and then going over and pointing them. Here’s a quick video of him doing so. My Alpha said he was on point for about two minutes before I shot this short video. I’m sure most…
Waterfowl
Every once in a while, I venture off the chukar path and try something different. When my grandson, Conner, invites me along, I know it’s going to be fun. He’s a lot like Dustin Stevenson and does it all. And at the age of 23 he’s already good at everything. Waterfowl hunting is probably what…
Old dogs
Grady turned 8 years old ten days ago. I don’t consider him an old dog yet, but some of his actions have already become old dog habits. Not in his hunting abilities, but in his closeness to me around the house. Since Jake left us on Oct. 27th last year, Grady is always by my…
Old hunters
A question on another upland bird site was posted this morning. It was phrased in a way to find out how many hunters still upland hunted after age 70. I was tickled to see how many of us there are. And the coolest part of it was how many answered that they were still hunting…
Puppy Time
I made the mistake of going up and looking at the prospects of puppies to be Grady’s and my hunting partner today. Big mistake. I started counting the days until the opener this year. But what an education I got. I had no idea they would be that small. It’s hard to believe that by…
And away we go
The saga of GSP number 6 began yesterday. My new puppy has arrived. As luck would have it, one of the three males is going to have darker markings, and hopefully that’s what I’ll be bringing home in 7 or so weeks. There were seven pups in all, and all have been spoken for for…
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