Category Archives: Bird hunting

Welcome the wind

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers Follow her summons when she calls again             from the song Windsong by John Denver (1943-97) Welcome the wind Wind provides a sweeping musical accompaniment to all my memories of pheasant … Continue reading →

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Anticipaton

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Anticipation is better than realization.             – Traditional Folk Saying The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that.             – Steve Toltz, from his novel A Fraction of the Whole   Anticipation The best part of pheasant … Continue reading →

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Thirty-seven reasons

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Reason No. 25 – Even when the day ends with just one bird in my vest, the dogs still think it is a really big deal. Thirty-seven reasons Last year I spent thirty-seven days bird hunting with my dogs, as … Continue reading →

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Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down!

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Ring-a-round the rosie, A pocket full of posies. Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down! Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down! The last thing I do is look for my hat. When I get up from a fall in the hunting … Continue reading →

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Doing penance

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Sasha, learned years ago that my “put it up” command meant she could release from point and cautiously flush the bird. Abbey and I have not yet established this bit of teamwork. She will not break her point, so I … Continue reading →

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The situation in Pierre

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“The prairie skies can always make you see more than what you believe.”              ― from the novel The Past Never Ends by Jackson Burnett The situation in Pierre Fort Pierre National Grassland, dead smack … Continue reading →

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Pernicious pump guns

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“…if I only had one gun to go ducking with, it would have to be a pump.” “I’d rather look good shooting than have what I’m shooting look good!”  – from Shotgunner’s Notebook, a collection of essays by Gene Hill … Continue reading →

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Last of the old timers

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers.”    – Jack Crabb, from the movie Little Big Man,based on the novel by Thomas Berger (1924-2014) Last of the old timers Bird hunting isn’t what it used to be. … Continue reading →

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Happiest moments

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.                       … Continue reading →

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If I had a hammer

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Be ready, and if’n a bird flies in front of you, just poke yer barrel at it and pull the trigger. That gun probly feels pretty big, but don’t worry. She don’t kick. Much.              – Advice from a well-meaning … Continue reading →

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