Manitoba Upland Hunt Photos

I packed up my 9 month old puppy, hopped a Westjet flight to Winnipeg and found myself in bird paradise!

Belle and I were hosted by Craig Koshyk, who some of you might know as the author of the book Pointing Dogs - Volume One: The Continentals. He's also an amazing photographer and captured a few shots of our adventure that I thought I would share.

LA BELLE SAISON by Craig Koshyk

The photos from my trip start under the heading "Smiles, Miles and Poutine". I'm the one with the perma-grin. :D My pup, Belle is featured further down, in a green collar, retrieving a woodcock.

In all, we hunted woodcock, a lot of snipe, a few sharp tailed grouse and ruffed grouse.

We hunted with Weimaraners, including one longhair, Zeiss, who is Belle's dad. The first photo is me, thrilled that I shot a woodcock over 16 year old Souris. The brown dog with the 80's hairdo, that's a 12 year old Pont Audemer spaniel named Uma. I'm sure not many can say they've hunted snipe over a Ponto!

Hope you enjoy the pics!

Very cool, Great way to showcase a hunt... my Old Weim..going into her tenth year; slower due to arthritis issues but then again so am I, this is a pic of an early October pheasant hunt. Attachment 31252

Awesome! Love to see folks hunting with Weimaraners! Looking to start a new pup next year? ;-)

really great pictures!
...and dogs of course!!

Rog that, yes we are matter of fact ;)

What a privilege to be able to hunt with a photographer like Craig. Great post! Thanks.

April, Lucky you :)

Great pictures

Beautiful pictures and dogs. Thank you for sharing.

Craig has dovetailed his artisitc photographic skills with his passion for upland hunting. What a treat to see his work.