Absolutely one of the best videos I've seen depicting grouse and woodcock hunting. I run a setter in northern MN and I loved every minute of this. From the wide open miss, the fantastic find by the swamp, and the reason you run a bell. I'm right there with you friend. Great dog work and thanks for bringing us along. Keep up the great work!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Patrick - thanks so much for following along and the comment, I really do appreciate that. I've been trying to give justice to some of the smaller details that go into Ruff hunting that make it so enjoyable, glad to hear you caught on to them and enjoyed it. Best of luck out there running the Northwoods with your setter rest of season!

@patrickhoolihan1015

2 жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle absolutely! If you ever make it to the Grand Rapids area, feel free to reach out anytime.

@qcarr

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly - amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing.

@mikewyd53

2 жыл бұрын

I train my dogs to be steady to wing and shot. Breaking at the flush is dangerous for the dog.

@patrickhoolihan1015

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikewyd53 good for you

For a man that grew up hunting Bob whites with his family this was great to see a different type of hunting 2-1-2024. 11:42 am.

I can appreciate that when he looked at the bird in his buddy's vest he picked up the single feather that dropped and put it back in the vest. Im leaving for Maine on Thurs. and sitting here at work now watching this video was exactly what I needed to get me pumped.

SUPER video! Thank you for the effort! Best grouse video I’ve seen on KZread. I especially appreciate the absence of loud obnoxious music and no narration over key scenes, so we can hear everything on the hunt! Super narration. GREAT video all-around!

@UplanderLifestyle

10 ай бұрын

Jeff! Thanks for the comment and following along 👍🏻 It's all about wherever the dogs and birds take us. Good luck this season!

Oh man, the sound of bells in the woods. Im ready for October brother! Your video is what we try to explain to people who don’t understand. Brush busting fun. So fun to watch.

Ember is just the cutest! ❤️ and the Grouse she got down by the swamp is beautiful!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

A good lookin dog and a good lookin bird, life doesn't get much better!

Enjoyed your hunt. Thank you. I’m, or was, a Michigander. Grew up hunting ruff grouse and woodcock, as well as pheasants. Watching I could but all smell that northern woods air and hear the crunch underneath my boot. I live in Baja Sur, MX, for several years, but I make it back to the USA for bird hunting season BEFORE COVID. I’m hoping to go back this this year; THANK YOU FOR THE MOTIVATION.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

From one Michigander to another - thanks for following along! Hope you can make it back to hunt sometime, you can always come home 👊 Best of luck and safe travels when you're able to make the trek back.

plus one on the bell telling a story. My Daisy is a golden retriever bernese mix. Not a hunting dog. i was deer hunting one day and busted 2 pheasant before i decided to go back to the truck and swap rifle for shotgun and the dog. she wasnt birdy at all, just chasing field mice and would stay wicked close to me. she was running scrub brush in a drainage when her bell picked up intensity and she started getting distant. she managed to push a bird to the end of the drainage where i was ready with a clear 120 degree shooting lane into a field. sure as shit, the bird busts out with daisy 20ft behind. took the second shot on a sweet panning sweep to get my first pheasant. tho my dog didnt retrieve birds yet, she did mark and sit at the bird. so many firsts. stoic.

Excellent video, enjoyed it very much.

@UplanderLifestyle

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for following along! good luck this season 👍🏻

Awesome good that's the way to get'r done... Thanks for sharing....

Very well done! Excellent!

by far the best grouse and woodcock content I have found on youtube. I love the format of these videos, just a man and his dogs working the north woods. Have yet to get a grouse yet, but have had my fair share of flushes with out a dog.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

It gets addicting fast! Especially when you can just hear birds flush, you wanna keep trying to get a shot! Thanks for following along, good luck out there!

Awesome footage and content!! Subscribed, can't wait to see more!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that Marc! Thanks for following along.

“ ….. BIRDS in Here ….. “ ✨ 🐶 💫

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Just follow the dog!

@brianfeeney9493

2 жыл бұрын

AMEN 🎉

Another great video really enjoy watching your dogs work and great shooting

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Any luck this season?

@andylafay324

2 жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle a few woodcock but no grouse yet going deer hunting next week then grouse after that

Great video. Love to see dogs work. I sometimes pay more attention to the dogs than the hunt. Keep up the good work.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! I think you speak for all of us Bird Dog lovers when you say you pay more attention to the dog. That's what its all about! Thanks for following along!

Brought back a lot of memories for me with my shorthair pointer. Thanks

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear, thanks for following along John.

Great video! Very hard creatures to get on film.

Awesome work by the dogs! I’m brand new to grouse hunting and have already fallen in love with it on my first trip to the U.P.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome man! It gets addicting fast. Before you know it you'll have three bird dogs running around your house causing chaos lol. Thanks for following along, and good luck out there!

@davidcudlip6587

7 ай бұрын

Heading up this weekend. I'm 63 and have been making that trip since I was 18. Lot's of memories of past hunters and great dogs no longer around.

Really enjoyed this video. I hunt with an American Water Spaniel. Not a common choice but they are excellent flushing dogs and love retrieving. If only I was a better wing shooter

Great Video. I love your channel and am very glad to see it growing. At 3:06 when you missed that bird that is when I knew you were working a young dog. An experienced dog gives you such a dirty look when you miss. They seem to say "I did my job and you screwed your part," with just their eyes.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason! We'll call it a two way street, I give my older dog the same look when he busts a bird ;)

Great video and great job

Absolutely the best video of ruffed grouse hunting I’ve seen. Fantastic dog work! My favorite upland bird by far. Need a hunting buddy, let me know.😇

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy! I truly do appreciate that, and thanks for following along. If you ever see a little brit running by with a bird don't be shy!

Enjoyed the video. I was in the U.P. last week of Oct and managed to get a few birds. Hope to get out for some December action

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you guys got on some birds, that’s awesome! Thanks for following along man, and good luck in December!

Nice video!! My brother and I went on our first grouse hunt in Northern Wisconsin back in October and it was a very humbling experience 😂. Our guides dogs flushed a lot of birds for us but we are pheasant hunters from Iowa and definitely were not adapted to this kind of hunting. We both got a grouse and I ended up with a woodcock. We are going to do it again next season with a little more experience.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And congrats on bagging a grouse! There is a learning curve that comes with it for sure. Working on the next video where I'm going to talk about the covers I'm in, why I'm there and what they look like. Good luck the rest of season! Thanks for following along.

Nothing excites me more than loading the shotgun for some upland wing shooting. Unfortunately, here in SC, we don’t have good bird hunting. Which is disappointing considering I have the shotgun bug BAD 😂😂 great vid, hope Ember does good in the future

Great video and excellent dog work!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton man!

LOVE your videos. I hunt with a Brittany as well. Just subscribed. Heading up to the Atlanta area next month myself.

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Great shooting and dog work. I miss grouse hunting.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom!

Nice work. It's tough to video woodies and roofies.

Love your SxS my budget isn't big but I'm saving towards a cz bobwhite 20g SxS can't wait to get my hands on it

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man it ain’t much lol I got it for $200 bucks from a coworker this summer. It’s a stoeger, fits me good and it goes bang. I’ve heard good things about the CZ bobwhite, Justin who I hunt with has his eye on one as well. Good luck the rest of the season, and thanks for following along!

@JohnQBrown-ns5hu

Жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle I know I am way late on this but I hunted with a Stoeger Uplander for 5 yrs shot skeet, five stand and sporting clay's as well. Now I have a 20 gauge g2 and a CZ sharptail as well. My G2 has become my favorite grouse gun . Hope your friend likes his

Great video. Nice hunting. Grouse hunting can be hard whenever I go out I only get one or two, but it's so much fun. I bet it would be easier if I had a dog and I would probably kick up more birds.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Very true! It's a love hunt relationship for sure. The dog makes it all worth it.

Excellent dog work AND shooting. What a pleasure to watch someone who trains and handled his dogs well. Could I ask if Yeti and Amber (Ember) share any of the same lines and/or are from the same breeder. Their working styles SEEM similar in this video, and it's obvious (at least to me) that both are excellent workers. Thanks for sharing, Chris (in Maine).

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris. Ember and Yeti are actually out of completely different lines, and they have different hunting styles as well. Sometimes its hard to do a single dog justice in how it works in a video, and they all kind of mesh together. They both excel at hunting, but the differences between them give me the ability to run each dog in different situations depending on what we're hunting.

Great video, really enjoyed it. I honestly don't know how you get a shot off in some of the cover you are walking through. Plus that cover must be hell on the wood finish of your guns.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

It's all part of the game and what makes it so fun to me! Ever situation is different and the cover ALWAYS plays a roll, not just in how you shoot, but how you approach the dog etc. My guns definitely take a beating and have some marks to show for it. I call it engraving by the Northwoods, lol. Thanks for watching and following along. Good luck the rest of the season!

Beautiful ❤

Some really steady pointing dogs there.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely something we strive towards! Thank you! Thanks for following along and good luck out there!

I am new to the channel. I love the content especially the grouse hunting in the Northwoods! I just the last of three special britanny grouse dogs. Irish was 15 and had a great sporting life full of birds and love. Now that I may be looking for another Brittany I was wondering if you obtained your brittany pack from the same breeder? My previous bird dogs have been out of Quail Hollow Kennels and all three were special on wild grouse!

@UplanderLifestyle

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for following along man! Two of our dogs are from the same place in IL, and a 3rd from ND. The 4th we bred our self. I personally don't have any experience with Quail Hollow.

Beautiful Britts!!!!!!!!! Amber is doing well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! She's had her ups and downs this season for sure, but for a young dog she's on the right track!

Hello guys in which state do you do this beautiful hunt?

Great video..

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for following along!

Great dog work out of all your dogs!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

PS, you fb ad brought me here. subbed

Great dog work and footage! Really enjoyed watching thanks! I would really like to know what camera you are you using?

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I use a DJI Osmo action cam and a GoPro 10

I seem to miss the birds flying down the open trail too😂

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Haha hey it happens, more seed for next time 😅

You didn’t mention the breed of Amber. A springer pointing is most undesirable in my books, they are flushing gun dogs. The cover you are in is definitely made for pointers. Both of my Springers were steady to gun, flushed well and were excellent retrieving dogs. On a wounded bird they always went to great lengths to retrieve the bird. At 75, I still miss upland bird hunting solely because of my dogs. That Brittany is well suited for that cover if it’s trained. Learn to use a whistle and stop flapping your gums. Less is more.

@UplanderLifestyle

6 ай бұрын

Ember is a Brittany.

You do a great job with your videos and training your dogs. I grew up in northern Wisconsin hunting grouse and woodcock. Good to see the work again. Any problems with ticks in hunting season?

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wade! We will run into ticks, but usually its only a few. Every once and a while we'll go through a section where the dogs pick up more. I try and look them over at the end of the day and get ride of any ticks crawling on them.

@oscarbauer1322

2 жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle I hunt Wi and Mn and always see a lot more ticks in Wi. Have you noticed the same? Which state was this hunt in? Good luck in 2022!

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

@@oscarbauer1322 I've just hunted here in Michigan for Ruffs. Some spots we don't find any ticks, other's we;ll find a few, and the occasional spot we'll come out with ticks crawling all over us. Thanks, good luck to you as well!

Thinking of bringing my springer for a hunt with me in Ontario. Going to buy a vest and orange collar and bells but is there anything else you suggest I acquire before I go/ areas to avoid for safety reasons etc. Any help is appreciated

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

A GPS or digital map. Good luck!

Fantastic video! Subscribed and saved. I grew up with Brittanys. Have been dog less for 35 years (job as a pilot doesn’t allow the time dedication the dog deserves, maybe in retirement?). I’ve been highlighting nuances of dog less Woodcock n Grouse hunting in southern NH,ME but really am wanting a liver n white Brit (had an orange but my wife likes the liver!). I’ve been getting some friend’s young dogs into wild birds but it’s not quite the same. Your dogs are amazing. Did you train from pups? If so well done. Love the cover you show, highlighting the wide variety of cover density these birds are found in. Love the classic bell! You’re tone and pace in the woods is something to emulate. I felt like I was with you guys. Thanks for bringing us along. If you ever come to New England… Great job, keep it up and enjoy the uplands.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that, it's all for the dogs and why we do it, for the most part. Brittanys, and especially livers hold a special place in my heart. I really enjoy their look. I have trained all of my dogs since they were pups. We raise birds for training as well. I work them year round. We've got some more videos coming up still. A couple more from the Northwoods here in MI and a couple more from our trip from Montana in September. Thanks for following along!

@darendth8594

2 жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle It is obvious that you spend a lot of training time with your dogs. I wish I had more time I could devote to training a pup. It is nice to see it being done right by a young hunter (I’m almost 60 so you’re a kid!). I’m missing having a dog as bird numbers are down in southern NH, ME and habitat loss is real. So, walking up birds (even though I love the challenge to all the senses) in tough cover is getting hard on this “old man”! Lol Thanks again for sharing your time afield.

@darendth8594

2 жыл бұрын

Can you recommend breeders for the livers? TIA.

What shotgun are you using ? Awesome video bud

The Bell can be a double Edge Sword 🗡️ if you hunt same areas more than a couple times it tips off 🦅 you’re coming! it’s not a natural sound a bird would hear 👂 a dog running could sound like a deer, coyote, natural! I ever run bell 🛎️ pheasant Hunting, try to get talking to a minimum. Maybe you should have an old timer on one of your bird talk sessions. By the way I’m very impressed with you & Justin’s Dogs 🐕 and knowledge of bird hunting ! What general area do you reside in , in Michigan?

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! I don't ever run a bell on pheasants. Grouse, I stopped this year. I'm worried about long term effects on the dogs hearing with a bell ringing next to it for hours every day, we spend a lot of time hunting. My dogs are also smaller, and I think the smaller frame can really sneak in on grouse in the woods without a bell. We are Northeast of Flint.

@wallacerose7499

Жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle lived in Burton Lippincott & Genesee reds , now in Linden Area ! I have a process. I expose young dogs 🐕 to so they keep track of me in the wild ! Do you ship merchandise out of your location? Not sure of sizing on performance T’s! Thanks

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

@@wallacerose7499 we do ship out of our location. The performance shirts have a pretty straight cut to them, I would order your normal size. Thank you!

what a fun hunt...great camera work. Are you both wearing go pro's????...that's my thing man

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Man it’s always a fun day in the woods. In this video I was filming with a DJI Osmo Action Cam. I also have a Go Pro 10 I use

Like your video. I used to hunt with Brittany’s but now have Setters and hunt every day during the season in the UP. I just purchased a GoPro9 to film my hunts. What mount and settings do you use to film?

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! I shoot in 2.7K 120FPS with a head mount. Good luck this season - hope you're not to buried in snow right now!

@joecarollo1636

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had changed to those settings last week and works better. It is jumpy watching them on my computer, but if I upload them to youtube they appear better. We go 10-12 inches up here but almost gone now. Started seeing birds in places that were dead earlier in the year though.

Really enjoyed this video! Great Dog work, and camera work! Truly felt like I was there with you! Are your dogs Brittanys? Fantastic working dogs! Were you hunting in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan? Just curious. Thank you for the video; I subscribed as I am really impressed with your footage! Good Hunting! ~Lou

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Lou - appreciate that and thanks for following along! Yes, they are all Brittanys. I have two Livers and an orange. I hunt in Northern MI. Thanks for following a long and good luck out there!

@loulentz3107

2 жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle Thanks for the info! I gather that you are in the U.P. when you say Northern Michigan...we watch a you tube channel called "906 Outdoors"....like the episodes they show, as my wife and I spend time up in Manistique, Munising, and the Porcupine Mt. area with our camper...plan to find more paces to stay while up there...love the Northwoods!!

Question - how did you change the names of your dogs on your garmin watch?

@UplanderLifestyle

Ай бұрын

From the GPS handheld unit, all info is relayed from that.

What kind of dogs are these?

I've always wondered whether the bells would spook the birds or not. Guess it doesn't really make a difference.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

I think the bell does add pressure on the bird for sure. I don't think the bell makes the bird get up and fly as soon as it hears it.. birds don't want to fly, its the last resort. I do believe they sometimes stand up and walk away from it, but the dog figures out how to work that bird eventually as it walks away and put it in a place you can shoot it. It takes some time and a lot of contacts, but eventually the dog works the bird based on what the bird is doing, and a bell plays a part in it. And I'll take that with the bell because I like the real time interaction with the dog to know exactly how its working.

What Kind of dogs are these?

Oh I figured it out! How long have you been running Brittany?

@UplanderLifestyle

9 ай бұрын

Grew up with brittanys, so most of my life 👍🏻

Hey man what bell do you run on your dogs?

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Ive got the Swiss Made Bells from Lion Country Supply

Only knock is you are both shooting junk doubles......you will figure it out eventually. LOL.... you have some nice dogs there....2nd day you were shooting a man's weapon. :)

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

The 12 semi is my Sunday gun lol. Thanks man 👊🏻

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I been meaning to ask you who are your dogs out of (pedigree.) I am a Brittany guy also and looking for a fourth one for my string

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Always good to hear from another Brit owner. My 3 dogs come from Nstra lines. They're a mix of Beeline, Little Pants, Blaze, Tequila and a few others. What's your timeframe for a dog? I believe we're looking at having a litter this Spring with my Liver female.

What gauge do u prefer for woodcock and grouse? Love these videos ! Some beautiful dog work and birds

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I really don't have a pref. I have a 12 and 20, enjoy shooting them both equally.

@Rdixon921

Жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle amen ! I just picked up a 20 gauge so I’ll be using both 20 and 12 all depends on conditions and all that

@Rdixon921

Жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle trying to get my first grouse and woodcock this year also got a GSP, I usually hunt quail and pheasants mainly so I wanna get those 2 off my list

@UplanderLifestyle

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Good luck this season.

@Rdixon921

Жыл бұрын

@@UplanderLifestyle thank u ! You also!

What breed are those dogs? Theyre really well trained

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron. They are Brittanys.

We use to have birds all over North Georgia on the forest lands. But the government stopped cutting timber . The activist kept them tied up in law suits . The birds need the young growth from cutting.

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

I hear ya man. It's a sad state of affairs in a lot of areas. Keep pushing and advocating for habitat with your local RGS or conservation chapter.

UP delta co ?

What breed dogs you have?

@UplanderLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

They are Brittanys!

Is woodcock a HALAL bird. It is in snowy area not in hot Asian regions/ hot Muslim countries. Reply please.

Loads his gun with the barrel pointed directly at his buddy 😅