Following the Dogs to High Places in Search of Ptarmigan, Season is Open
After a night of brutal storms, 8 hours of rain and snow, we awake to bluebird conditions. Can we get enough coffee and calories…
Colorado Hunting
Way Upland Season IV Episode 2
Battling unseasonably high temperature approaching 80º while trying to get everyone accustomed to low oxygen at high altitude. The bird dogs are managing, even…
Way Upland Season IV Episode 1
The season has arrived, time for legs and lungs to start firing. Doing a few acclimation and scouting hikes, looking for flat ground, verifying…
Way Upland
It’s the second day of the upland season and I am in a pre-dawn traffic jam. I’m following a string of crimson taillights up…
Two Mountains Offer Different Views
Sitting here in camp staring at these two peaks in Arapaho National Forest. In the last week the dogs and I have visited both….
On the Eve
I’ve been accused in the past of trying to make every bird hunt a “religious experience.” I laughed it off when first cast. But…
To the Edge with Friends and Dogs
We all have limits. But that edge is never static. It’s a river that rages perilously close or meanders docile and aimless in the…