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New episode Monday: Visiting Duke’s home place
If you watched Cast & Blast and What the Dogs Taught Me on that other network back in the day, you might remember Duke. He is the shorthair that arrived one night, hunted with us the next day, and...
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Startup on NBC Sports, two different episodes now available
You want variety, you got it! With the conclusion of the Olympics, Wingshooting USA returns to NBC Sports Fridays, 10 a.m. Eastern time. Many of you can now watch two different episodes each week. This...
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Like our trip, like our Facebook page
Bill Zeromski, our TruckVault Cares Facebook contest winner, relived 25-year-old memories of pheasant hunting with his father at South Dakota’s Warne Ranch today. My crack production crew of Tad...
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Lock him up
I was again reminded of how working with our dogs, thinking like they think, can produce better shooting from us. In South Dakota, a companion got so nervous (or was he dazzled at Buddy’s performance?)...
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Season’s end: what are your memories?
It’s all over but the shouting. If one shouts at the end of bird season, that is. Several thousand road miles, a lot of new friends, some new country and a ton of birds … tired dogs and a bunch of oil...
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Grandpa and the kid, and us
The Grandfather and I conspired, I admit. Whose dog would best deliver a bird so that the Grandson had a controlled, safe shot at his first pheasant? He’d broken a ton of clay targets, but never a...
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Hunting = history lesson
In another life I must have been an historian. I love the past, reading about it, talking about it, and especially the dazzle of discovery. Besides being with dogs, the chance to span the decades (even...
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Sometimes, magic happens
The weather girl had it right for a change: winter was starting right on time. So did we. Here in South Dakota you can’t start hunting until 10 a.m., to me and my crew, a most civilized statute....
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Expand your vocabulary: V-W
Terms from the world of training, trials and hunt tests … Viszla: Shorthaired versatile breed from Hungary. Wachtelhund: German spaniel originally bred to hunt quail. Weimaraner: Shorthaired versatile...
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Does your dog know the difference?
Why do you hunt? “Being able to watch your young dog come into his own.” “My Springer Bonnie. It’s not a day in the field without her.” In my viewer surveys virtually all of you said something similar....
View ArticleRock steady: sight, sound, smell … it’s about the flank, not the neck.
I’m working pretty hard on steadiness with Flick. Here, that means hitting the scent cone and slamming on the brakes, holding through the flush, shot and fall. Maybe you are faced with some of the same...
View ArticleWhat do dogs want?
Whether this works for you, you’ll have to decide. If a more experienced trainer has an opinion, I’m sure I’ll hear via Facebook. But at least one of those, pro trainer George Hickox, thought enough to...
View ArticleWhy I don’t hunt public land on TV
Time to address the 800-pound gorilla once and for all. Please bear with me while I drill down on an issue important to all of us: where we hunt on Wingshooting USA. Thanks for reading the entire essay...
View ArticleFeeding for top performance – what, when, why, and how
By Scott Linden, Wingshooting USA TV You’re a dedicated hunter. Or field trialer. For all I know, you do agility too. Maybe, all of them … plus a bench show once every while. When you need a boost,...
View ArticleAn “R3” story anyone can tell
He walked, alone, in the cathedral stillness of the shelterbelt. We’d hung back, me and my camera operator, to let Ben gather his thoughts on this, his first bird hunt. We did it again as the trees...
View ArticleThe “rules” for sharing spots … got any more?
Okay, okay, I get it. Willy-nilly broadcasting of a bird-hunting honey hole is verboten. A few personal stories from podcast callers have convinced me there is a slight chance of finding a place...
View ArticleThat time of year: what are you thankful for? Share it on the special holiday...
Who can argue with giving thanks all year round? But this is the time of year when it comes to the fore. If you need motivation, consider that gratitude has direct, personal benefits including better...
View ArticleWalk-in hunting strategies save time and effort
Use it or lose it. A follower pointed this out recently, as yet another reason to spend time and effort exploring those private lands enrolled in states’ walk-in hunting access programs. But there are...
View Article“Just a tool” … or are they?
I have a confession to make. I am not a gun geek. To me, they are tools. I live for bird dogs, so if it’s history, heritage, performance or aesthetics, that’s where I make the emotional and financial...
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