Jake the Wonderpup, Gunner & Tache

Hunted the last few days out of Kingman AZ. I have hunted this area for 45 years and never seen the cover this bad. This is not over grazing, there isn’t enough grass for cows or quail!! It’s sad.

Wow, I received a response from the Flush.

Hi Greg-

Thank you for your years of viewership of “The Flush” - I truly appreciate it. I also thank you for your note- we do our very best to showcase the sport we love with highest level of photography, editing, storytelling and safety. We are not perfect, but, we can redouble our efforts to lose the images you have shared from the show going forward. Thank you for reaching out- again, I appreciate your continued patronage of our show and the concern you have for our sport. Happy New Year-

Scott Fransen
Ron Schara Productions
1000 Boone Ave N., Suite 1200
Scott,

I have been a fan of The Flush TV show since it began.

I only hunt Upland game, and I hunt over 50 days a year over three beautiful English Setters, in seven western states.

I am sending you these photos in the hopes that your show will become more safety conscious. We all know that hunting with loaded shotguns, over uneven terrain, with cdogs can be dangerous.

I took these screen grabs directly from your Indiana pheasant and quail show and Kansas pheasant show that you aired recently in the 2025 season. These hunters lack of muzzle awareness, with loaded guns, and the fact that your editors didn’t catch these dangerous actions is a bit astounding.

Everyone makes mistakes, that’s why I hunt with very few individuals. The individuals that I hunt with have a safety discussion every day before we leave the truck. Muzzle awareness is a basic principle of shotgun hunting.

Your show takes special care to be a positive influence regarding habitat, friendship, taking care of your bird dogs, I hope that you will be that same positive influence when it comes to gun safety?

Sincerely,

Greg Shay

Once again, The Flush, on the Outdoor Channel disapoints as a upland show good example. This was on their Indiana pheasant show that aired last week. A second picture was from a Kansas pheasant shoot that aired earlier. Those guns are loaded..

No muzzle awareness whatsoever, unsafe in the field. My dogs and I would turn around and go home.

Missing my sweet Jake everyday .

The finest set of Rules For A Gun Dog ever written.

- Peter Fragiskatls.

Rules For Owning a Gun Dog:

1. Spend time with them each day. You are their everything.

2. Don’t hide your excitement, let them see the kid in you.

3. Your expectations of a bird dog are high but their expectations of an owner are higher.

4. Don’t sleep on it take them to the vet.

5. Go hunting with them at least one time just the two of you.

6. Tell your new friends about your old dogs.

7. Their falses aren’t the only ones in the field.

8. Judge your hunting friends by how they treat their dogs.

9. Always stop to pet them.

10. Stop walking, sit down you will see how much they love you. Enjoy it.

11. Treat puppies like puppies and treat your 12 year old like he still is one.

12. Know when to retire them and give them everything they want. They gave you everything they had.

13. Have patience when they are hard of hearing...it’s the birds fault.

14. Show your boys that there’s reasons to be gentle in this world. Bird dogs are just one of them.

15. You helped her down the stairs when she was young now help her up them when she is old.

16. Take the picture every single damn time. It’s worth it.

17. Enjoy their determination even when it’s not after a bird.

18. When it’s time to say goodbye don’t leave his side. Hold him. He knows what’s happening and he’s happy you are with him.

19. Remember them, visit the places that made you both so happy. Think about her while you stop walking and sit down with her daughter on an October afternoon.

20. Understand that you can not fill the hole they left in your heart but remember them and they will be with you every step of the way.

We finally found some decent areas. Birds are skittish, but dogs help!

Its been a tough go so far in AZ, three trips, 12 days in the field. Cover is sparse, coveys are small and birds are very wary flushing long.

Good dog work, out to a new location tomorrow.

Three minutes of SD magic. There were some great points in this walk, but high milo and bad videographer missed them. Still a fun walk.

SD 2025 H Created with Movavi Video Editorhttps://www.movavi.com/video-editor-plus/?c=veplus25

Never spoil your hunting dog!!

Setter abuse hunting in SD.

Great morning, Tache made 2 excellent points, she is a peach.

A great memory from a few years ago with Jake and Gunner