Gratuitous Bird and Dog Photos

[AlaskaHunter]

Sept 1 is opening day up here in Alaska

 

[802flyfish]

September 1st here in Montana.

 

[rlurbey]

Watches for birds, gets in his blind, retrieves, oversees the mornings catch...

 

[Salmonchaser]

Sept 1 is opening day up here in Alaska
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Did you get out after Ptarmagin?

 

[AlaskaHunter]

Did you get out after Ptarmagin?

Yes, willow ptarmigan was good as both the Nelchina and Fourty-Mile caribou hunts closed down so no crowds like past years.

 

[Salmonchaser]

hard to imagine the caribou hunting being shut down like that. A sad and frustrating story. There were so many when I was a kid their demise just leaves me shaking my head.
That being said I always thought ptarmigan were the finest eating upland game. I really enjoyed hunting them out on the peninsula While guiding out there. I won’t be making it up this year, been hard on me.

 

[AlaskaHunter]

hard to imagine the caribou hunting being shut down like that. A sad and frustrating story. There were so many when I was a kid their demise just leaves me shaking my head.
That being said I always thought ptarmigan were the finest eating upland game. I really enjoyed hunting them out on the peninsula While guiding out there. I won’t be making it up this year, been hard on me.

August ptarmigan eating lingonberries and blueberries are fine eating. March ptarmigan that have been chewing on willow buds all winter long, not so much. I like to start pups on ptarmigan as they are easy to see and mark and just the right size.

 

[Salmonchaser]

My shorthairs all started on fall ptarmigan. Don’t recall hunting them in the late winter as a kid, perhaps Dad thought the same as you. We always waited for the berries.

 

[JDubb]

 

[BrentD]

 

[300stw]

numerous sharpies and huns in the bag over these 3,,,

 

[exponentialpi]

First hunt of the year.

 

[utah400elk]

Great pictures! I miss my pointing lab. He was a pheasant machine. Now I have glorified couch cushions (two chocolate labs). One did just go dove hunting and she did amazing!

 

[JEL]

Ridge

 

[Steelsearchin]

 

[nastynate]

Old dogs can still lead from the front and don't have much patience with dawdlers.

One year later, still no patience for dawdlers

 

[Hunting Wife]

Forgot we have a thread for this. First duck.

 

[BrentD]

More gratuitous dog photos. Nasty Nate himself...

 

[BrentD]

How about dogs and mushrooms?

 

[Hem]

Let's get back to dogs that hunt @BrentD .