About Chad
Where are you from?
Millerton PA
How long have you been hunting/guiding?
Hunting 35 years / guiding for 3 years
What do you enjoy most about guiding at Pineridge?
making new friends and sharing the woods with them
Q&A
How did you get started hunting grouse?
Always had beagles as a kid with my dad / loved dogs and went bird hunting once and knew I had to have bird dogs
What keeps you coming back to the Northwoods each season?
Its just a very special place to see and walk in the woods behind dogs
Early season or late season—and why?
Early cause I’m back in the woods behind dogs
What’s one mistake you see hunters make in grouse cover?
Not being quick enough when the dogs go on point
Describe a perfect day at Pineridge.
chilly morning / great people and the dogs are running
Favorite gun to carry in the grouse woods?
my 28-gauge Upland Gun Company Venus SxS
Coffee at dawn or bourbon by the fire?
Both!!!!!
A hunt you’ll never forget?
1st woodcock my 1st bird Dolly ever pointed
One piece of advice for someone new to grouse hunting?
Buy that dog buy that gun and go!!!
Best bird dog name you’ve heard?
Weller
What makes Pineridge different?
Its like the best family reunion you ever go to with all the great family you want to be with