Below is a picture of Winnie's first point of the day. It was even prettier a moment before I snapped the picture, with her having one front paw in the air. The second picture will show you what Gunner and Maggie were up to in the hotel while we were hunting...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
Sunday lack of pheasant shooting
We hunted from 8:15 AM until 11:45 AM today at Wolf Creek WMA. We flushed a total of 17 pheasants and one Sharptail grouse. However, we never fired a shot. Winnie hunted the first and last hour and Jackson hunted the middle hour. Both of them did a very good job. Winnie pointed three or four birds that ran on her, with her trailing them until they flushed in front of her. She also pointed four birds that held tight until we flushed them. The problem was, they were all hens. There is a possibility that one was a juvenile rooster, but we were not sure so we held our fire. Jackson flushed for birds during his hour. Two were flushed together, with one being a rooster. We were in a woody area and were not able to shoot though. The other two flushed at the end of significant trailing opportunities and I had made the decision not to keep him within range while he trailed, to give him the learning experience of trailing wild birds. The remaining pheasants that were flushed were all hens and flushed at various intervals, some in front of the dogs and some by us as we walked. The Sharptail flushed in front of Winnie after she had established point, but before we were able to get close enough to shoot.
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Oh my baby girl! I wish I could be there taking pictures for you guys!!!! Looks like you haven't been feeding the big dogs enough so they helped themselves! Also, about notifications, I think the only way it would work is if I used a gmail account. The way I have been posting comments I don't put in an email account.
ReplyDeleteWe'd love to have you taking pictures, Lori. I try to snap one here and there with my phone, but it's no comparison...
DeleteJust catching up on your blog posts after a weekend of field trialing. Looks like you guys are doing better with the ditch parrots than last year! Keep hunting them hard.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lance. Hope you guys did well at the trial. We are doing ok, considering what others around here are telling us. We've networked with a couple local PF chapter Presidents who have been helpful, but we've heard from them and others (including the ND G&F Commission) that pheasant numbers are WAY down this year. 4 days down, 4 to go...
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