I am going to start with a disclaimer. This post is going to be all over the place. I try not to be a controversial person, and getting ideas out of my mind and across to others can often be a challenge. This post might touch on things that can be controversial but I am not here to convince anyone of anything. The manner of this is more in the style that if my kids and grandkids, and even great grandkids ever get ahold of this someday, it will explain to them why Kristin and

When Kristin and I got married one of the first things we did was start searching for a dog. For both of us growing up, a dog really wasn’t in the equation and it was something we had both been dreaming of for a long time. It is not a secret that since about the age of 15 my favorite hobby is waterfowl hunting. For many years I had always wanted a duck dog. Now when you first get married the budget for things like this are not huge, but I was determined to find a dog that had

We got off to a late start this duck season, starting out the season on the trip in the previous post. The following Sunday afternoon, Caleb and I set out on a local scouting trip to find some ducks. We left in plenty of time and I even brought a truck gun just in case we saw a pheasant, as it was opening pheasant hunting weekend as well. We started in an area we knew pretty well. Checking a new spot we drove past in the spring and a few other spots we have hunted in the pas