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Where will you be on the 2011 Pheasant Opener?
Opening Day 2010 with (left to right) me, Billy Hildebrand, Erik Hildebrand & Chad Hildebrand. In addition to a limit of roosters, the Hildebrand boys bagged a few ducks early that morning. Are you...
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Girl Hunter
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, women’s participation in hunting has increased by 36.6 percent over the last decade. That percentage represents 660,000 new female hunters...
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Hunt, Gather, Cook Pheasant Pasta
One of my absolute favorite new books of the last year is Hank Shaw’s Hunt, Gather, Cook. Shaw skillfully blends his personal narrative with unique recipes in this creative exploration of foraging,...
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Puppies Mimic Older Bird Dogs
Yzerman (Izzy) mimics Trammell's every move, while the older pup ignores her shadow As I embarked on the adventure of adding a second bird dog to my family, an age-old question hung in my mind: “Do...
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Boarding your Bird Dog While on Vacation
When you have to take a trip without your bird dog, who takes care of your hunting partner? PHOTO BY WILLOW CREEK KENNELS Every Saturday morning, I wake up to a 4:30AM alarm clock to voluntarily...
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How to Approach a Dog on Point
John Edstrom, PF & QF’s Merchandise Supervisor, approaches a Brittany on point I learned to bird hunt behind a Brittany. I don’t remember my dad ever teaching me how to “approach” a pointed bird,...
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Wild Game, It’s what’s For Dinner
“Hunters are increasingly motivated by meat,” that’s the headline of a report released on Wednesday by Responsive Management, an international survey research firm. According to their findings, the...
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Our Busy Izzy Rests
The St.Pierre Family (Izzy, Bob, Trammell & Meredith) By Meredith St.Pierre (Editor’s Note – Meredith is the wife of Bob St.Pierre, the regular author of this Blog) It may come as a surprise for...
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BOOK REVIEW: Hank Shaw’s “Duck, Duck, Goose”
The author, Hank Shaw, will also appear at National Pheasant Fest 2014 in Milwaukee Over my careers working for Pheasants Forever, in the front office of a minor league baseball team, and co-hosting on...
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UPDATES: Izzy, Trammell and a Thank You
Izzy found this brace of bobwhites during a Rooster Road Trip hunt last year in Nebraska I love to write. However, as my wife, Meredith, so adeptly penned in her blog post, I was overcome with emotion...
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