Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Dec 25th, 2011
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone out there. I hope you’re having a good time and the cheer is spreading. I wish great health and even better luck in 2012. Here at Dogs & Doubles were getting ready to do some upland hunting. I should be in central Maine for the next few days, [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Dec 21st, 2011
Here’s an anthill I came across a couple of weeks ago that looks like it’s pretty popular with grouse. I don’t know if they roost on it, dust themselves on it, or do both.
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Dec 21st, 2011
I don’t know if I would like European-style driven shooting. Standing in place while someone pushes birds towards me doesn’t sound like too much fun. Rough shooting sounds like it would be much more enjoyable. Check out this quick video taken in Scotland to see what I mean. BTW: check out how they’re using ferrets [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Dec 16th, 2011
Came across this little scene a couple weekends ago in central Maine. A red cedar and a barbed-wire fence. Pretty cool.
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Dec 2nd, 2011
October is supposed to be THE month for upland hunting. Glowing leaves, brilliant blue skies, ripe red apples — the 10th month of the year has a lot going for it. But for grouse hunting, I prefer December. That’s when my second season begins. The leaves are done and the days are shorter. Most hunters [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Nov 15th, 2011
As a hunter, I usually don’t get see grouse doing there own thing. Here are few videos of them doing just that. It’s amazing how many berries they can stuff into their crops.
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Nov 14th, 2011
Well, another October came and went. Here are a few shots from my the last day of my trip. Puck retrieved that grouse right to me and then paused for some pics. Looks like the bird was feeding on apples. The color have faded now and leaves are down. Deer season is in full swing [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Nov 8th, 2011
Woodcock cover can be thick. How thick? Like walking through a box packed full of spaghetti. Along with the branches scraping at your clothes and scratching you face, there’s are the slippery rocks and uneven ground beneath your feet. That makes the shooting tough. Or at least that’s my excuse for all the missing. Check [...]
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Oct 29th, 2011
Here’s something you like to see outside one of your grouse covers. Those are some plump looking birds. I think they’re feeding on Rowan, aka mountain ash berries. At first I thought it was Winterberry, but the berries are in clusters made me change my mind. Any botanists out there?
Posted in ENJOYING BOTH on Oct 28th, 2011
I’m back from my week of hunting up in Maine and I have a bunch of pictures to share and tales to tell. Puck and I hit a lot of different covers, everything from the classic apple tree and stone wall stuff to old logging cut overs. It was quite a range. First up are some [...]
