Ruffwear Float Coat
Kali is a born and raised Ohio-an, and grew up in a small rural community where hunting was second nature. Entering the hunting industry after college, Kali served as the Communications Specialist for the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, providing communications and marketing assistance to the non-profit, as well as growing her knowledge of hunting and fishing. Her love for writing, design and photography has since lead her to serve as the Managing Editor of Petersen’s Hunting magazine. Prior to her ascension to Editor-in-Chief of Gun Dog Magazine while being mentored by Ultimate Upland, Kali was lead to her first wild pheasant, first wild Bobwhite, first Hun, first Chukar, first Sharptail, first Blue Grouse and first ptarmigan. Kali loves all things upland bird related, but most of all, her silver labrador, Lincoln who was trained by Ultimate Upland contributors.
Even most bird hunters deserve more than a few lumps of coal this holiday season. With help from Contributors Kali Parmley and Andrea Haas we’ve assembled a list of gift ideas that should simplify shopping for the uplanders in your life. When we came off the mountain from ptarmigan hunting in Colorado I surprised my hunting partners by…
When you’re headed into the backcountry bird hunting, it’s always a balancing act between how much gear you can carry yet still have enough legs left once camped to follow dogs in pursuit of birds. I was able to easily pack four days and three nights worth of gear and food in Eddie Bauer’s Alchemist….
One of the most prevalent upland social media threads running is, “Which e-collar and why?” I had the same question, did some research and made a choice. I went with the Dogtra Pathfinder Mini which is expandable up to 21 dogs, has a 4-mile range, includes an inundating number of stimulation and tracking adjustments, and…
100% vegan boots. Let that sink in for a bit…….a hunter wearing vegan boots. Now what does that really mean? One thing I know for sure is when leather gets wet it gets heavy. And heavy feet aren’t good when covering lots of miles. Whether shale slides, gnarly grouse woods or prairie grasses, upland…
My bird dogs rarely just plunk down on a bed. It’s a whole process where they turn circles, try digging a hole completely through it, turn a few more circles the opposite direction and then settle in once they have verified the legitimacy of a sleeping spot. Orvis constructs their ComfortFill-Eco Softshell Dog Bed with…
It’s easy to get overwhelmed with training collars that seem to be adding more and more features. But sometimes the classics are just hard to beat. The SportDOG FieldTrainer® 425 was the first collar I ever purchased for training my very first dog. It still works flawlessly. And though I’ve added new collars with added…
I use it in and out of water in certain areas even if it’s just a quail day. Provides protection in my case from the barbed wire fences! The handle is fantastic.