Category Archives: Hunts

For fifty some years I have been quail hunting on opening day in Missouri. I wish I remembered when I started. I got my first bird dog, an English setter, in about 1967 or 1968. I think I have hunted … Continue reading →

I always feel bad about any of the quail killed in late January. A lot of the birds shot in January would have made it until spring, maybe. And this year more than ever. We had a long period of … Continue reading →

This has been a winter to sit by the fire. Not that, that is what we want to do. Hunting seasons are never long enough and with some of the nights getting down to 12 below zero, it’s too cold … Continue reading →

The snow has chased me into the house. My neighbors must think I’m senile at the very least. Before the snow got really heavy, I was mowing the leaves in my front yard. My neighbors can’t see what I was … Continue reading →