Gratuitous Bird and Dog Photos

[dye7barrel]

Hot, dusty, and smoky

 

[Foldem]

Sort of glad it’s over but also missing it.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Listening to music, Luckenback Texas

 

[jrabq]

Listening to music, Luckenback Texas

Dogs named Waylon and Willie?

 

[Salmonchaser]

Dogs named Waylon and Willie?

That would have been appropriate

 

[AlaskaHunter]

Headed home from 14-days of duck camp.

 

[AlaskaHunter]

Hunting rock ptarmigan in early August

 

[Salmonchaser]

Hunting rock ptarmigan in early August
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Couldn't wait for August 10 every year. Loved hunting ptarmigan. They are in my mind the finest eating game bird.

 

[TheJason]

Couldn't wait for August 10 every year. Loved hunting ptarmigan. They are in my mind the finest eating game bird.

Ever hunted them in the lower 48?

 

[AlaskaHunter]

Ever hunted them in the lower 48?

Never. When I lived in Utah, there was a population of white-tailed ptarmigan planted in the mid 1970s,
but I never went after them (I did shoot many blue grouse at high elevations back then).

I like rock ptarmigan because I can hunt them on steep slopes, letting the dog range above me and
when flushed they fly down slope for safe shots.

One thing I do not like about ptarmigan on level ground is they
sometimes flush and fly 3 feet off the ground (low flushes).

 

[Salmonchaser]

The low flushes really caused me concern when I was guiding but the clients paid attention. Tended to hunt them on windy days as we had the 185 pretty well loaded with dogs, guns, ammo, clients. Wind made getting on and off the sand blows easier.
Ptarmigan are not sophisticated like tough old roosters, two or three wing beats and turn down wind.
Never have hunted them down south

 

[nastynate]

Who else sits in the front row of the movies??!?!?

It's 100 degrees out there today, so we're stuck hiding in the coldest corner of the house, AC full tilt, marking those roosters as they tumble out of the sky. I think this is my favorite thread. Ready to contribute some more pics this fall. 1 month til our first trip this season

 

[BrentD]

Who else sits in the front row of the movies??!?!?

It's 100 degrees out there today, so we're stuck hiding in the coldest corner of the house, AC full tilt, marking those roosters as they tumble out of the sky. I think this is my favorite thread. Ready to contribute some more pics this fall. 1 month til our first trip this season




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That's hilarious!!!

Go NATE!!!!

 

[tops911]

Bianca v.d. Berge after passing the blood track on her VGP (German finished dog test)

 

[tops911]

Tara the Teckel (wirehair dachshund) retrieving a duck. She's quite the swimmer and a decent retriever but will start plucking the birds if you dont get to her quickly. She is the real blood tracker in the house, she's recovered 2 elk and 2 deer so far.

 

[tops911]

This is my first Draht, Ursula, man I miss her. She taught me a lot.

 

[tops911]

Alma on a swan hunt.

 

[tops911]

-27 and scanning the skies for geese.

 

[Don Fischer]

I had to have our big white Lab put down this summer and swore I wouldn't go through that again. Now, seeing your pictures has me re-thinking that decision.

Best thing for a broken heart is a new puppy!

My new puppy!

 

[OntarioHunter]

Packing for Africa and Puppy wants to make sure she's not left behind.

She had a cancer scare while I was gone but it resolved by the time I returned. Vet gave her the official green light yesterday. Recall that she had an internal cancerous tumor the size of a softball removed from next to her liver back in January. Tough little bugger.