Birds, Dogs, Outdoor life.
Everyone faces the urge to get that new puppy into the field as quickly as possible. While it is true that early and repeated exposure to birds and the various stimuli that a dog experiences while afield is almost always a net positive for a young dog gun fire is one instance where slow is […]
As most of the public upland hunting seasons begin to wrap up and we progress through the end of the preserve hunting season we all tend to start to get cabin fever waiting for warmer weather. Our dogs get lazy and fat, the gear gets packed away until next year. This year I’d like to […]
Ingredients: Pheasant & stock ingredients: 2 pheasants (about 2 ½ pounds each 1 carrot 1 celery stalk 1 medium onion, halved 2 teaspoons salt 2-3 cloves of garlic pressed or minced Filling ingredients: 6 Tbsp butter 1 large onion, diced (about 1 ¼ cups) 3 carrots, thinly sliced on the diagonal 3 celery stalks, thinly […]
These grilled pheasant skewers are a quick and easy Asian twist on what to do with pheasant breast! We normally serve these lightly sprinkled with sesame seeds on top of a bed of vegetable fried rice. You might want to double what you think you’ll need; these go fast! Serves four. Ingredients: 4 pheasant breasts […]
What you need: 1 pheasant; breasts are easiest, but a whole bird would work too if you want to deal with the bones. 1 quart buttermilk 2 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons of your favorite orange marmalade 2 oranges (4 tablespoons of juice and zest) 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons teryaki sauce 2 cloves garlic […]
This year’s convention has closed up and we’ve made it back home. Attendance this year appeared to be in the 20,000 ballpark which was similar if not slightly larger than last year. We spent the weekend talking to dog people of all sorts as well as getting a number of wonderful shots of the dogs […]
Saturday was even busier than Friday at Pheasant Fest 2012! There were A LOT more dogs and even more people! We even spent some time talking to the man, the legend Delmar Smith! More photos are streaming in as I write this so don’t forget to check back frequently as we continue to add photos […]
That’s right… BirdDogLife has moved to a new server in a new data center! We’re mostly back online now but please pardon our dust as we work on adding thumbnails to posts that didn’t previously have them and while we clean up some other small bugs. At any rate: Please have a look around and […]
