My Dog Hunts - Upland Birds
Where-to, how-to and when-to bird hunting advice on pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, sharptails, prairie chickens and quail, Host Randy Shepard has bird hunted from Oregon to Wisconsin to New Mexico and Arizona. He's taken 15 different combination limits and four different double limits of upland birds across the mid-west. He's never hired a guide, leased land, hunted as a guest or engaged in a swap hunt, while in pursuit of dual limits. All self-made, self-planned hunts, on public (and a little bit of private) land. My Dog Hunts, isn’t your typical upland bird hunting podcast. You won’t find 20, or even one minute of advertising in my episodes. I’m not trying to convince you that if you buy this gun and that ammunition you’ll become a better shot. That if your dog comes from this line and travels in that crate, he’ll be a better hunter. And if you “Friend” me, you’ll be hunting all these wonderful covers and shooting birds in numbers you’ve only dreamed of. Nope, that ain’t My Dog Hunts. My goal in presenting the My Dog Hunts podcast, is to encourage each of you to hunt - more birds - in more states – more often. And to buy more hunting licenses! I believe that the most important investment that each of us can make for the future of bird hunting, is in the purchase of multiple, bird hunting licenses. Lots and lots of licenses. Hopefully, my stories will convince you to do just that. After listening to my successes, you’ll realize that taking a daily bag limit of birds, even as a non-resident, can be a realistic goal for you. I’m as close to a trophy hunter as an upland bird hunter can be. I’ve been pursuing combination and double limits of upland birds for more than 40 years. My hunts have never been about amassing large numbers of birds in a season. I believe that season numbers are more a reflection of time, access and money. Enablers that I’ve never had in abundance. In the beginning, my interest in taking dual limits was a private matter. Dual limits have never been a recognized activity, and there’s no one out there keeping score. In fact, I don’t even have pictures of many of the dual limits I’ve taken. Those hunts were always between myself and my dogs. Then my intent changed. I continued in protest of the commercialization of upland bird hunting. All of the attempts to convince recreational hunters, that they have to spend thousands of dollars on gear, guns, dogs and access, to be successful. My stories will convince you that you don’t need to buy expensive crap to be successful. Dollars don’t make you a better hunter. Planning and practice are what it takes to be successful. You’ll find that I adhere to very strict rules in pursuing dual limits. All of my bird hunts are self-made, self-planned hunts on public and a little bit of private land. Every trip and hunt that I share is available to any of you willing to travel and walk the miles I have. Give My Dog Hunts a listen, and start planning for your best bird season ever.
Episodes
Chaos & Mayhem Opening week of South Dakota's pheasant season.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland BirdsThe personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Chaos & Mayhem in South Dakota. Lots of grouse, huns, pheasants and hunters too! Several day hunts from five weeks spent in South Dakota last season.
"One morning I left the truck at 11:00 with Mayhem and was back before noon with the three bird limit. A clean triple of sharptails. A couple hunter...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Spent 8 days chasing chukar, Huns and valley quail in Oregon and Nevada. Lots of birds but not so great dog work. Still had a good time and can't wait to return next year. The quail saved the trip. Lots and lots of quail. No dual limits in this episode, but still a lot of fun.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland BirdsMY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
This was in the "good ol' days" of ruffed grouse hunting in southeast Minnesota. Back when the daily bag limit for woodcock was 5 birds. Hunting with a buddy Russ and his lab Char, we shot 19 ruffs and 14 woodcock in two days of hunting.
I had tried for several years for this combina...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Several 2023 pheasant hunts in Iowa. Chaos and Maybe both got limits. Lots of birds! We even shot a few sharptails in Montana.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Seven days hunting pheasants and sharptails in South Dakota with Maybe and Chaos. The dogs were too clownish to compliment, but with my expectations, they did just fine. We even took a couple of combo limits of grouse and pheasants.
I threw in a short story about a ruffed grouse hunting mishap that I ho...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Chaos & Maybe Exploring Idaho for next trip from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Took a couple of newbies on sharp tail hunts (lots of birds!) and looked for better partridge hills than I've hunted in the past.
Both dogs earned Story Bands for 1st Idaho Sharptail and 1st Daily Bag Limit of Idaho Sha...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
I can't say too much good about "Critter". She hunted the tail end of the southern Minnesota/Iowa ruffed grouse years, the best Kansas and Nebraska pheasant years, and a half dozen Dakota years.
This hunt was a seat of my pants exploration into northern South Dakota. I was looking for a n...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Miss Bodet, took 3-roosters in Iowa & 2 in Minnesota in the same day on public land. Then on another trip I knocked on doors in South Dakota and shot limits of pheasants for 6 days, without paying a fee.
Bo was only a couple years old on these hunts.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Yeah, I was a whole lot younger back then, and those two pups were pretty special dogs.
Critter & Woogs as pups, hunting ruffed grouse in southeast Minnesota and pheasants in southcentral Minnesota. This was the first time that I tried to take this combination limit, instead of just hoping it would ...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
I was fortunate to have hunted Kansas and Nebraska when both states had a lot of pheasants. At that time, and for decades to come, I believed this hunt was the epitome of pheasant hunting. I only surpassed this day one time, on a hunt most of you have listened to in an earlier episode.
Back in 1981, wit...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Follow along on a dogless prairie chicken hunt in Nebraska. This was early in a 5 day prairie chicken hunt in Nebraska and South Dakota. It was my first attempt at a combo of 3 chickens and a fall turkey. The previous "Double Limit of Prairie Chickens" episode, was two days after this hunt. If these tw...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Had a solid few days hunting quail in Idaho with Chaos and Maybe.
I tell you about my 2021 season and maybe you'll understand why I didn't have much to talk about.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Mostly chukar hunting with Chaos and my new pup Mayhem.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
This episode has the best coyote calling advice anyone could give. The two most important factors for setting up your best opportunity for a successful shot. Stopping a coyote exactly where you want him and how to select the best stand location. These two practices will greatly increase your odds of killing the c...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
More calling how-to and gear suggestions. There's some important information here mixed in with hunt stories. I could have saved a lot of money and shot a lot more coyotes if I knew this stuff 30 years ago!
I have two more coyote calling episodes in the works. I'll discuss stand locations, ho...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
I've been calling coyotes for more than 30 years from Arizona to Montana and love coyote calling only second to upland bird hunting. If you've ever thought about calling coyotes or are looking for new information, you'll want to give this a listen! This is the first of a series of coyote calling ...
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Unexpected late season pheasant and sharptail "fun" hunt in South Dakota. Me and Chaos hoping to average 2 birds a day on a 4 day mid-December public land hunt. We just hunted a few hours each day and still averaged 3 birds. 10 roosters and 2 grouse.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
Hunting pheasants and sharptails in the tall grass of western South Dakota. Chaos and I take the combo limit of Sharps & Phez on two of five days and still have a day for North Dakota.
MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.
A buddy and I hunt opening day in Iowa, I finish the day hunting Nebraska. Then we head to South Dakota for 5 days of pheasants and sharptails. Lots of birds!
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