Often us bird hunters find ourself alone hunting for one reason or another.  Usually our day off doesn’t coincide with our hunting partner’s day off or something like that.  Wild pheasant hunting alone can be a bummer or it can be the most exciting hunt of your life!

Since I own several Brittany’s I can pick my favorite for whatever type hunt it will be.  For example, Nubbin’ or Peanut will hunt close when asked as they are very experienced and well trained.  My favorite pheasant hunting dog of all time was my now departed ‘Chief’.  I named him Chief when I was promoted to Chief Petty Officer in 1992 while serving in the Navy and hence the name “Chief’s Brittanys”.

I had read or been told over the course of my life, I can’t remember exactly where I heard it, to hunt pheasant … [Read more →]