It’s August and it’s hot! Nevertheless, fall bird season is right around the corner. (Just a reminder, if you want a Utah Sage-grouse permit, tomorrow is the day.) Dove season is less than 4 weeks away. Right now I am looking at a passel of doves on my training ground; I’m praying that we don’t get the usual rainy, cool weather about August 28th, which sends the doves packing. Another 15 days after the dove season and the forest grouse season will be underway. The grouse season is when I get really keyed up (it has begun!).
For most hunters in Utah, they are dreaming of antlers about now. Not me, I’m dreaming of a dog locked up on point and having the rush of two following pairs of chukars coming up at my feet. I also can hear the whistling wings of ducks zipping over head just as the gray light is forming.
It’s nice now, that the training birds are just getting old enough to start using them for dog training. Now’s the time to get the dog tuned up in the yard before you can hit a game preserve to really tune him up for the field.
