Badlands Gundogs

08/22/2024

🚨 The 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) results are in!

Our team of experts weigh in on the data collected by the USFWS earlier this May and provide valuable insight into what duck hunters can expect in their flyways this fall.

Along with analyzing the year-to-year and long-term averages for several waterfowl species, our team reviews the May pond counts and Eastern Survey results and makes predictions about how the hunting season will unfold.

https://deltawaterfowl.org/annual-breeding-waterfowl-population-survey-estimates-33-99-million-ducks-up-5-from-2023/

06/02/2024

Sage got her first pass today.

01/08/2024

01/03/2024

https://projectupland.com/hunting-conservation/the-conservation-reserve-program-in-2023/

A Look at the Conservation Reserve Program as Part of the 2023 Farm Bill with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

12/27/2023

Paul Bunyan and his companion, Babe, account for the many lakes and ponds of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, created, as they were, by the massive footprints left behind by the pair. American Water Spaniels specialize in hunting in them.

12/18/2023

Sage with a nice ND rooster.

11/20/2023

We took advantage of the nice weather and had a little family reunion in North Dakota. Three generations of AWS.

11/12/2023

Sage and Ruby after a nice morning of waterfowling.

11/06/2023

We had a bizarre duck hunt this weekend. Zero ducks, but 2 sharp-tailed grouse decoyed perfectly!

11/04/2023

Pheasants Forever encourages people to take a "hunter mentor pledge." I took their pledge and brought my brother, Brock, and his AWS, Winston. It was the first time Brock has been hunting in over a decade, and Winston's first time!

10/30/2023

We had a good outing. Met up with Jesse Busenbarrick and his setter, Chef, to chase some birds in Western ND. It was cold, but worthwhile.

06/09/2023

Did you know that cyanobacteria (AKA blue-green algae) blooms have look-alikes? Learn the difference and when in doubt, stay out! Learn more about :https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p01888.pdf

06/08/2023

I swear Sage just gets sweeter and sweeter 🤎🤎🤎

06/04/2023

Ruby got a senior pass today at 🤎Good people and good weather!

06/02/2023

Nice walk with my curly babies!

05/30/2023

Mom and daughter love 🤎

05/20/2023

We find it ironic that there is a breed of dog bred to “pot hole hunt” when our car finds virtually every pot hole on the road without any help from us, but we digress. We refer not to the “pot hole” one finds on a street, but to very small bodies of water often […]

04/21/2023

It has been a long time on IG but I had to come on and say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sage and her litter mates this week. What a sweet and entertaining addition you have been to our family 🤎

04/20/2023

Happy 1st birthday pups! Good to see some of you have been celebrating today.

01/02/2023

Rang in the New Year with the end of the North Dakota hunting season. Ruby and Sage had a good 2022.

01/01/2023

A great way to spend New Years Eve.

12/21/2022

12/16/2022

Lots of fresh snow for the dogs to play in. Here is Sage after the blizzard.

12/12/2022

Clark loves is Ruby girl 🤎

12/11/2022

Cold weather birds, cold weather dog.

11/29/2022

Ruby from a couple weeks ago.

11/27/2022

Another day, another great hunt! The pups are getting some excellent exposure this season and doing awesome!

11/20/2022

Had to travel a little, but it paid off. We'll be waiting for the ducks to come back.

11/17/2022

Meet Smokey!

Be sure to check out this article on the amazing American Water Spaniel by Aaron Field too!

https://showsightmagazine.com/the-best-hunting-dog-companion-american-water-spaniel/

11/10/2022

Ruby and her daughter 6 months apart