What do you gain from a nice swirl of grain? #walnut #walnutgunstock #classic #mossbergrevere #patriotrevere #mossbergpatriot #ronspomeroutdoors https://ift.tt/2UByCL9
Stephen posted a video to Instagram: You know how the ash from wildfires fertilizes the soil? Thought we try ash from the fireplace instead. This old crop field in in CRP, but so nutrient depleted that even hardy brome grass barely grows. #livingwiththeland #fertilizing #dancingspringsranch #offgridliving #polarisranger900xp @fieldethosjournal @polarisrangerofficial #wildfowlerconcealment @wildfowlerconcealment #covey #englishsetters #beirlsetters @beirlsetters #ashestoashes #ronspomeroutdoors https://ift.tt/2WDUDf1
Covey and I got in on the bird box action, too. Have 16 up so far. They should attract tree swallows and mountain bluebirds. #dancingspringsranch #birdhomes #bluebirdtrail #birdnesting #birdboxes #birdhousesofinstagram #bluebirdhomes #bluebird #treeswallow #covey #englishsetters #fieldethos #livingwiththeland #wildlifehabitat #habitatimprovement #wildlifehabitatenhancement #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors https://ift.tt/33GaHOx
Stephen posted a video to Instagram: Betsy’s at it again with her T-post pounder. This time anchoring bluebird nesting boxes. If Coronavirus has your gym closed, find a farmer or rancher who’ll let you put up bird boxes. #bluebird #bluebirdbox #bluebirdtrail #habitatimprovement #wildlifehabitat #wildlifehabitatimprovement #pounding #exercisemotivation #postpounder #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #fieldethosjournal #fieldethos #livingwiththeland #offthegrid https://ift.tt/2UstMzR
I know I’m supposed to social distance, but I went to a Dance anyway. Everyone looked sharp! And there was no slow dancing. I got no closer than 20 feet, so should be ok. #sharptailgrouse #sharptailedgrouse #grouse #lek #lekdisplay #nuptialdisplay #courtship #courtshipritual #sharptail #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #birdphotography #wildlifephotos #canon100400ii https://ift.tt/2xRg6qe
Stephen posted a video to Instagram: Attack of the killer setter. #englishsetter #catsanddogslivingtogether #ranchlife #buddies #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch #beirlsetters https://ift.tt/2QwQN3q
Stephen posted a video to Instagram: No social distancing on spring sharptail lens. They’ll be out there every dawn through April, dancing, fighting, and match making. See more action on Ron Spomer Outdoors You Tube channel. #grouse #sharptail #sharptailedgrouse #dance #sharptailedgrousedance #lek #grouselek #sharptaillek #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch https://ift.tt/3b4hEvx
Exiting solitude on Dancing Springs Ranch already today. No Coronavirus has appeared, but pre-dawn clouds flew past crescent moon with Venus and Mars in attendance while resident pair of horned owls called. And then it started snowing. And then we had a small earthquake. Wonder what else the day will bring. #nature #spring #life #vicissitude #unpredictablelife #springsnow #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch #earthquake https://ift.tt/2IYvDa1
Video shows how 3 people over age 60 can control prescribed burn of tall grass CRP fields. https://www.youtube.com/watch? #grassfire #controlledburn #fire #crpfire #prescribedburn #ronspomeroutdoors #youtubevideos https://ift.tt/2UgcXrw
Got my partner a new D.T. Systems 1450 training collar with on-demand beeper locator. He says it’s already prevented Cricket from chasing a goose into a dangerous, flood stage river; stopped her from chasing a quail across busy highway; called her off a Kentucky skunk; and taught her proper HEAL etiquette in a week. #dtsystems #ecollartraining #ecollar #gspofinstagram #germanshorthairedpointer #dogtraining https://ift.tt/3b0StK6
Here’s a rig you don’t see often. BLR in 358 Winchester. It’s the beloved 308 Win. necked up to .35. A 200-gr. at 2,600 FPS will turn an elk into dinner. And yes, those are genuine Silvertips. #358winchester #leveraction #deerrifle #elkrifle #browning #browningfirearms #blr #winchester #winchesterammo #stainlesslaminate #huntingrifle #ronspomeroutdoors #silvertip https://ift.tt/2INxtul
Gloomy, rainy day here, so thought I’d brighten with this warm but Endangered I’iwe (pronounced “ee ee-vee”) endemic to Hawaii. Habitat destruction and invasive species are killing off this brilliant songbird. They probe flowers for nectar. #hawaii #birds #songbirds #iiwebird #redbird #endangeredspecies #ronspomeroutdoors https://ift.tt/3cYYybM
Covey and Betsy looking for sites for erecting bluebird boxes. Have another 15 to put up. We’re slum lords! #bluebirds #bluebirdboxes #habitatimprovement #helpingbirds #whywehunt #huntervationist #covey #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #nestsuccess #fieldethosjournal #boxit https://ift.tt/2wRj8KS
Montana Great Bear wilderness. Good place to avoid Coronavirus. #snowyspringsoutfitters #zeissoptics #zeissbinoculars #zeissscope #remington700 #elkhunting #bearhunting #natgearcamo #ronspomeroutdoors https://ift.tt/2QtE55B
Covey smelled a pheasant from the driveway and locked up for so long the bird walked away. #pointing #englishsetter #beirlsetters #birddogoftheday #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch #covey https://ift.tt/2TWK5oa
From the Dancing Springs Ranch dept. of Housing & Rural Development. Made in the USA. Affordable housing for bluebirds, tree swallows, chickadees, kestrels, screech owls, etc. 6 hrs work by 3 “veterans” — Carol, Ron and Ron —converted $60 in lumber and nails into 23 boxes plus 3 more cut and ready to assemble. And just in time. When I returned home our first two mountain bluebirds of spring we’re flitting along the snow fence. I got two houses up before dark. Lots more work ahead. #habitat #habitatforbirds #nestbox #birdbox #bluebird #kestrel #screechowl #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #woodworking #whywehunt #conservation #wildlifeconservation #hunterscare #huntervationist #makingadifference #ifyoubuildittheywillcome #homesweethome https://ift.tt/38N7L3X
Betsy confronts a thorny issue during a Namibian safari @immenhofhunting. She never did get the point, but she got a magnificent bull eland. #thorns #acacia #namibia #africa #safari #immenhofsafaris #blaserr8 #getthepoint #ronspomeroutdoors https://ift.tt/2IArd9g