Tag Archives: pointers

Mia, Doc, and the junior hunters

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Twin Buttes Spinone

Doc and Mia did a great job at this year’s Family Outdoor Festival as they welcomed junior hunters to the joy of hunting. I was told by one of the organizers that several people asked to hunt with the “dogs … Continue reading →

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Doc and Mia brace on Pheasants

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Twin Buttes Spinone

I braced Doc and Mia for the first time this year. I waited until after lunch to go hunting, after the morning rush of hunters had left and before the late afternoon crowd arrived. We came onto a rooster just … Continue reading →

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Doc inaugurates hunting season

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Twin Buttes Spinone

Doc went out on this year’s first bird hunt with an afternoon trip up Wolverine Canyon. My strategy was hunt the Ruffed Grouse as they came down for their mid-day watering, which worked out just as planned. We hadn’t hunted … Continue reading →

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Pasture pointing

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Twin Buttes Spinone

The guys remind me of the stampede from the movie Jumanji when I let them run in the pasture, with 13 year-old Sophie trailing behind like the rhinoceros. While running in the pasture this last Friday, they kicked up a … Continue reading →

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Picture perfect bird hunt

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Twin Buttes Spinone

Rarely have I enjoyed a hunt more than Friday’s grouse hunt with Mia and she was at her best: pointing, tracking, retrieving, and hunting the impossibly thick brush as only a Spinoni can. As a team we were of one mind, … Continue reading →

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Birds in the field

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Twin Buttes Spinone

  I noticed several rooster Pheasants spending the afternoon in our pasture, so when I let the dogs out to run, they were all over the scent. Elvis and Sophie had a long day of therapy work on Friday, and … Continue reading →

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Opening day bird hunt

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Twin Buttes Spinone

Saturday was the opening day of both partridge and sage grouse season, so I invited a friend to join me, Doc and Mia on a bird hunt. This year sage grouse season opened with partridge season and since we had … Continue reading →

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Spinone on grouse

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Twin Buttes Spinone

I was halfway through my second cup of coffee before realizing that I had planned on taking Doc and Mia grouse hunting, so I loaded my gear and dogs, and headed for Inman Creek. The only mistake I made was … Continue reading →

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My bird dog blog returns

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Twin Buttes Spinone

The month-long experiment of blogging on Facebook is over and I’ve returned to WordPress for my bird dog blog. It’s a new streamlined blog but with the same content as my previous one. My blog posts are shared to LinkedIn, … Continue reading →

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Training on my birthday

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Twin Buttes Spinone

The following is a guest blog article by Mia. Wednesday was my 21st birthday – that’s 3 in people-years – and as a present, we went looking for birds. It was a little birthday party, just me, my cousin Elettra … Continue reading →

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