Here’s some of my favorite photos from scaled quail country that I’ve collected over the years. Merry Christmas to all my family and friends out there in blogger land.
See ya on the prairie!
Setter Feathers…
Category Archives: Field Bred English Cocker
Scaled Quail Country—Happy Holidays
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Fetch
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Gadabout
Gadabout is a person that travels for personal pleasure…which is what I’ve been fortunate enough to be doing the past 10 days in southern Idaho in search of birds with dogs!
Below are a few preview photos from Idaho….much more to follow when I return to Colorado next week.
Setter Feathers…
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BLM Nomads
I have an extreme dislike for politicians.
Unfortunately…One of my favorite grouse species is the most political bird in North America.
The Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) or the spiny-tailed pheasant as Lewis and Clark described them in 1806 once inhabited 16 Western states and 3 Canadian providences. Their historic distribution has decreased significantly over the past 100 years due to destruction of the Sea of Sage that once was predominant in the American West. Reports of population reduction as high as 85% in certain regions are blamed by many components such as wild fires, draught, West Nile Virus, Coccidiosis, Giardiasis, loss of habitat (some 80 million acres of sage brush), over grazing of our public lands, roads and fences, urban sprawl, wind power and gas/oil exploration and development…the list goes on ad nausea. Researches, ranchers and politicians will never agree on the status of the Greater Sage Grouse, but their listing on the Endangered Species Act is inevitable.
I could get on a soap box and rant like a heretic about the Bureau of Land Mis-Mangement, piss-poor real-estate deals where subdivisions were placed on known leks, ranchers without range management skills, etc, etc, etc…but that’s not what Setter Feathers adheres to.
The North American Grouse Partnership is a conservation group that I would highly recommend joining to anyone who adores the prairies and grouse species which inhabit them. Please donate today!
Greater Sage Grouse season opened in Colorado on Saturday September 10th 2011. Sterling and I migrated north to pursue these glorious bombers out on their Sea of Sage…with two minor stops in route. We chased blue grouse at 8,500 ft for first part of the morning in typical Colorado September weather. Gretchen had a very nice find on a covey of blue grouse on a ridge way above Sterling and I.
Our Second detour was for mountain sharp-tails (aka Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse)…when we reached the covert, it was 80 degrees and too hot for the dogs…our success here was one wild flushing sharp-tailed grouse and plenty of exercise.
We arrived at our destination in time for a wonderful dinner and hotel happy hour…
Saturday morning was picture perfect. Gep had a nice point on two male sage grouse, and Sterling was able to accomplish a goal on his bucket list by harvesting a trophy male that was shipped today to his taxidermist. The dog work was splendid and the company can’t get much better. I love these birds and the environs they reside.
Setter Feathers…
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Grouse Camp
Glorious September has commenced…days of anticipation are over and the gunning season is upon us. The aspen hues of green will soon change to gold…but as the poet penned nothing gold can stay. Nothing gold can stay, so get your bird dogs and take them into the grouse woods of Colorado or wherever for that matter.
September the first, that’s exactly what Gary, Rod, Scott and I did. High above the Grand River we chased coveys of blues in the company of bears and elk and a plethora bird dogs. The grouse were there in full fledge, and we chased them all over the mountains.
Camp was beautiful and the company splendid. See ya in the grouse woods…
Setter Feathers…
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>Glorious September First
>Just got back from Colorado blue grouse country. Glorious day.
More details to follow…
Setter Feathers…
Filed under Bird Dogs, Blue Grouse, Field Bred English Cocker, Upland Bird Hunting
>The Quiet Dog!
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Lil’ Ms Ellie desperately needed her teeth cleaned…so today was the day! This is the quietest we’ll ever see this little gun dog! She’s quickly becoming one of my best friends and companions! Who’d a thunk?
Filed under canine dentistry, Field Bred English Cocker
>FBEC Ellie
>Being afflicted with the pointing dog bug, I never thought that I’d be so enamored with a FBEC like Ellie! She has tons of personality and is a true joy to have around! And…most importantly, she’s heck on birds! I can see a dog like her in the remainder of my upland days!
Ellie With a Kansas Bobwhite Quail
Kansas Rooster
Sage Chicken
Blue Grouse
Filed under Field Bred English Cocker, Upland Birds
