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  1. AlaskaHunter

    Picking up Cold Game

    ECS = English Cocker Spaniel? With pheasants there could be lots of scent from several birds and the rooster may have run, who knows. Each time you shoot a bird, try throwing the fresh shot bird into cover while pup is out quartering and does not see. Then bring pup in and have him "hunt dead"...
  2. AlaskaHunter

    Gloves - Best for late season pheasants.

    I winter in Montana and hunt Montana and North Dakota until the bitter end. I wear polar fleece gloves with a chemical hand warmer inside on each palm. That works for me and I hunt with a flushing lab.
  3. AlaskaHunter

    MT opener

    I am also going bird hunting (roosters) and hoping that the casual pheasant hunters now switch to MT big game. I usually only hunt weekdays since I'm retired but missed one weekday this week so headed out this morning.
  4. AlaskaHunter

    Grouse! Let’s See Them

    9-month old pup from early Sept. After shooting my limit of forest grouse,instead of quartering in front, she was popping wheelies behind me since there were birds in the backpack. Now at 10-months, pretty experienced chasing rooster pheasants and quartering out front.
  5. AlaskaHunter

    Hunt Talker 2023 Fitness Goals

    My goal is to hunt upland birds every weekday until the season ends in January. My long term goal is to be able to climb the hills and chase birds into my 80s. I'm 66 now, so far no aches and pains.
  6. AlaskaHunter

    Not just bears

    Otters too.
  7. AlaskaHunter

    Sunday Pic of the Day

    So far its been a fun fall chasing roosters with my 10 month old pup.
  8. AlaskaHunter

    Upland 2023

    A good morning with my 10-month old pup. The last rooster was about a 100 yard swim into the middle of a lake.
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    camp pics

    Tanana Uplands August 40-mile caribou hunt The tent is 30 years old (Eureka Summit).
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    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Duck/Moose Camp back in Alaska
  11. AlaskaHunter

    upland strap vest recommendations?

    I hunt with a backpack. Not the one in my avatar, but a Granite Gear Crown2 60 liter capacity and weighs 2.2 lbs. I use it from hot Sept hunts through cold December hunts.
  12. AlaskaHunter

    Unconventional Water Blind

    Pup also caught 2 birds...very strange since each flew about 200 yards first. First was a hun that flushed and flew low in front of her so I could not shoot safely. I think it was a late hatch bird as the area I hunt does not get much hunting pressure. Hun flew low a couple hundred yards and...
  13. AlaskaHunter

    Unconventional Water Blind

    Shot a double here in MT with 9-month old pup. She retrieved the first mallard, so I figure I would send her on the second she did not see fall for her first water blind. Square entry, easy open water swim, what could go wrong? Fortunately pup learned the value of persistence and after about...
  14. AlaskaHunter

    Morning Fog

    Living on a ridge at 1,000 feet elevation, we always appreciated being above the famous Fairbanks ice fog. I always hated morning fog hunting...cold and unable to stay upwind since no wind. Ducks not flying and if they are, I can't see them flying. The only time I got lost was duck hunting in...
  15. AlaskaHunter

    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Northern lights at duck camp
  16. AlaskaHunter

    Upland 2023

    Shot my limit of grouse in alpine mountain ash berries yesterday morning here in Montana 9-month old pup hunted nicely and flushed each grouse. I was surprised the see no bear scat in the berry patches. Nice cool morning for humping the hills to alpine country. Saw no other hunters which was...
  17. AlaskaHunter

    Upland 2023

    Nice finds. Must have been quite the pack getting them down the mountain. In Alaska it is common to put the house address on a shed antler and screw it to a tree at the driveway entrance. You can use paint or a router to put the house address on the antler.
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    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Glassing for caribou
  19. AlaskaHunter

    2023 Garden!

    We had a warm sunny summer and the top bolted to 7 feet. Roots but no bulb...my guess is the climate was not cool enough and 24 hours of sunlight in June triggered bolting. Guess I'll stick to brocolli, beets, peas, zuchinni, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes.
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    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Tiny bull in our backyard eating rose hips

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