Recent content by beartooths

Although there are great pheasant numbers around the gallatin valley, there really is NO public access to these birds. The PF experimental farm up springhill is open but it gets scheduled out, and hammered! Really your only opportunity to get after local pheasants is landowner permission. Canyon...

I have heard other stories where quills do not re-surface for weeks to months later. Its an uneasy waiting game, especially knowing what kind of life threatening damage the quills can cause internally. we are going into week 2 since the encounter....still no resurfaced quills but my wirehair...

Porcupines, skunks, and possibly badgers are three animals I ponder the point of their existence. Besides really messing up hunting dogs of course! So far my pup is still doing good. still no luck with the quills festering or re-surfacing yet. The vet also explained that the body sometimes will...

took a few huns this last weekend again, but unfortunately the hunt did not end well. In the midst of a cut wheat field my young german wirehair pointed a small clump of weeds grown up in the middle. As I approached, almost certain it was a bird, she lunged in and immediately came back out with...

Had a good morning out today. Found several coveys of Huns. Hunted a mixture of dryland agriculture and sage brush. Was hoping to find some sharptails and sage grouse but unfortunately came up empty handed. Got a few huns in the freezer and the dogs had a blast. All in all a very successful day...

Curious how everyones hunting has been now that we have moved past the opener? Ive been out almost every weekend at least one day. Found a few birds in the Bozeman area on the BMA land, but not a lot. Grouse hunting in this area is definitely better. Heading out this weekend in search of some...

Curious how everyone did on opening weekend pheasant for those who got out? Living in Bozeman, I ventured up around Toston to a few BMA plots there. Just a short day half day trip.... and a lot of worthless property for birds. I could see how the land would be okay for birds before they cut the...

here are a few pics from my weekend grouse hunt

Yea, I have them on my phone. I will try and post them later today to the forum. Looking forward to going again this coming weekend. Thinking of trying a different spot, or a morning hunt for some huns, if I can find a public area somewhat close. Just hunt while its cool and get out before the...

I started out down low for Ruffs, dogs got birdy a few times, even found plenty of feather under some bushes along a wet draw where you could tell they had been hanging out...but no Ruffs found. Worked our way up high, saw one blue flush out of range down a draw. We hunted down the draw from the...

definitely! ive checked out one spot near Bozeman here and found some grouse, and have gotten a few pointers on where to chase some huns. shoot me a PM or email me at [email protected] and we can meet up sometime

Hello everyone. Recently moved to Bozeman and have been loving it. Such a beautiful area with a lot to do. I know pheasants aren't great around Bozeman but I have heard that grouse can be good. Anything from ruffed grouse to blue grouse, maybe even huns. I wanted to see if I could possibly get...

It's always hard to give up a pet, especially in this situation. I had a girlfriend who hated my GSP, and my GSP is extremely well behaved and loving. If any dog or item took attention away from her or her shelti, she hated it.....so one day she made a comment " You'd choose your dog over me!"...

Well i figured this time of year this forum runs kind of slow...thought i'd throw it out there....just sent in my deposit for a new puppy, a german wirehair from smoke creek kennels in Bennet, CO. Should get the little guy by the end of summer! Although he will be too young to hunt this fall, i...

i was pheasant hunting this past week out around holyoke and i ran into a few coveys of quail around the area. A few of the walk-ins that had some tree/brush cover held some bobwhites! always fun to see these birds in the wild!