The Good Life

The Good Life

Crisp, clear air and cold water are the sources of life. It is a life implemented with guns and flyrods, populated by beautiful birds and dogs and fish stippled with rose-moles bright as neon. It is a life of vast grassy space where dogs can run to their heart's...

Eyes On the Sky

Eyes On the Sky

I am very focused on the skies overhead. While a majority of the hunting I am involved in requires looking ahead at eye level or on the ground for pheasants, grouse and such, there are periods when I need to look up. Eyes on the sky, if you will, when waterfowl...

The Cameron House

The Cameron House

As Mike explained who he was and pointed up the hill to our home, the woman then exclaimed “oh, you live with Cameron!” I have written several times in the past about how dogs have plans to move in and take over your house and life — just as I have done at Mike’s...

Maybe You Do Some Fetching

Maybe You Do Some Fetching

If a dog goes on point or keeps moving away from where you are, take note... Once Mike and I were hunting a huge field where soybeans had been grown but had been harvested. OK, I was hunting and Mike was dragging along behind. He needs to keep up, hunting is a...

The Perfect Fetch-Point

The Perfect Fetch-Point

Hunting and birds are the things that make life enjoyable. I'll make it easier on Mike, har har! Once while on a dove hunt, Mike made two quick shots with his over-under shotgun and two doves fell from the sky. Any historians reading here, this needs to be included in...