February 13, 2014I just got home from a marathon seven-week desert quail hunt in Arizona. From humble beginnings a dozen or so years ago when hunting buddy, Shawn Jones, and I decided to head down there more or less on a 10-day lark, not knowing much more than “yes, there are three species and yes Continue reading →
June 11, 2013…strap on the ol’ bell collar, call ‘er good and go for it. Yes, you could say the ol’ boy is simply too set in his ways to change and you would be right. Admittedly out here in the land of big hats and pointy-toed boots bird dogs sporting bells are about as rare as Continue reading →
Michael Cassatt May 28, 2013With the “lost and found” e-collar episode fresh on my mind, as soon as I got home from AZ quail expedition ordered the LCS Bird Dog Trainer. Initially thinking the BDT would make a nifty, reasonably priced, reliable back-up unit not withstanding all that bright orange might come in handy should I regress and hang Continue reading →
May 14, 2013Twas a wise man once noted, “a thing cannot be lost if no one knows is missing”…Prime example, whilst hunting quail last January in the Arizona desert, dog whistle and e-collar transmitter suddenly go missing. Only I did not know it for who knows how long so…See what I mean. Anyway one afternoon Annie pointed Continue reading →
Michael Cassatt April 25, 2013Book Reviews: Two of the greatest bird dog books ever penned by Robert Wehle, the mastermind created the Elhew Pointer. I did not know of Bob Wehle or his famous line of Elhew Pointers, when I read a piece in a magazine about a dog named Elhew Jungle being crowned National Pheasant Shooting Champion for Continue reading →
April 10, 2013The day Scooter, a shorthair pup, died senselessly in a trapper’s snare on a steep Idaho chukar mountain my friend, Terry, lost not only a rising star but a considerable investment in time and, of course, money. The day before on the same mountain, in the same drainage (off a county road, public land and Continue reading →
Michael Cassatt April 2, 2013I first met Rick Smith and, dad, Delmar in the then brand spankin’ new Lion Country Supply store. Rick was here for a training seminar to be held next day. Delmar was holding court in the store, signing books, answering questions and so forth. Suddenly the front door burst open and a guy walked in—I Continue reading →
Michael Cassatt March 28, 2013Whoever said “you can’t judge a book by its cover” surely wasn’t speaking of C.W McGill’s Two Shots and Gone, Remembrances of Upland Wandering (Paperback; 198 pages; Main Street Publishing). While a lot of cover shots turn out to be more a tease than anything not this one; not by any stretch. This book really is all Continue reading →
Michael Cassatt March 26, 2013Throughout its range, thanks to politics, habitat loss and dwindling numbers hunting in most places is difficult at best. Not so in Montana, where hunters enjoy a 62 day season, 2-birds daily bag limit, 4-birds in possession and over the counter license. But the best things are public land hunts with little or no competition. Continue reading →