WESTERN WISDOM

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE HEADING TO HUNT THE PRAIRIE COUNTRY THIS FALL.

JIM MCLENNAN

YOU DON’T have to wear a Stetson hat when you’re hunting Huns and sharptail on the prairies of Montana or Saskatchewan, but you won’t look out of place if you do. In fact, you might be unknowingly emulating the late Charley Waterman, one of the first and best to write extensively about chasing bird dogs across the western plains. If you don’t live near this prairie country, what should you expect when you start to consider packing the truck and hauling the dogs out here to hunt? While the premise of all upland hunting is much the same—follow the dogs until the dogs find the birds—there are some things to be aware of. GEOGRAPHY It ain’t called the Great Plains for nothing. I’m talking about the states from Idaho east through the Dakotas,…

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