If its a small field, yes. This one is big, and its right in the middle of the property. The problem is that you can't really hunt standing corn unless you have a bunch of drivers and posters, just like for pheasant hunting. We have two people. And as soon as you start walking through it, the deer squirt out, and likely do not come back for days, especially a mature buck.
Ouch that doesn’t sound like a fun deal. Glad you got the dog patched up right away tho !
I don't mean to hijack the thread but a few years ago in K.S. My buddy's setter ran into a sharp snag. I saw it happen. It really laid her open but no damage that I could see to any meat just a big gash in the skin. It looked pretty bad, so we loaded her up and found the nearest vet. He said that if he sewed her up, she couldn't hunt for a couple weeks but if we wanted to keep hunting her apply Epson salt water every evening for 10 minutes. I was skeptical but after three days it started healing up nicely. It healed up and now you can't even see where it was. Disclaimer don't do it without a vets advise!!
I actually considered the idea just wrapping it quick and continuing to hunt. But I thought better of that since we had to walk out back to the truck from where it happened, and I was worried about it getting infected, which would obviously make things much worse. 10-14 days of rest isn't the end of the world. Our season runs through Jan 1 so I will have most of December to hunt.
December is the best time to hunt too. A little snow and less crowds! I carry a stapler in my truck for emergency situations but haven’t needed it yet.
What a nice morning to hunt! I was out walking the fields as well, the fresh snow was perfect. They birds were holding tight. My buddy and I managed three birds, should have easily had our limit but we missed a few easy shots.
Sorry to hear about your dog. I have had a few incidents that put dogs on a week or two break over the past 30 years or so. Never easy for many reasons. Let’s hope for a solid recovery and for a decent December!
That's the reason I bought a pup. I'm adding a trip or two from now on. Got to thinking about what a bummer it would be if I got 700 miles away and something like that happened. If it was a very bad I would head it home, but a cut pad or a couple stitches I can stay.
I was out in SD for our first trip a couple weeks ago, first day my lab got sprayed by a skunk and decided to fight with a barbed wire fence and lost. She put a nice gash in her upper back leg, no blood just a big gash. I put EMT gel on it every morning and night, took her in for stitches when I got home. Needless to say it took her all of 36hrs to have those pulled out, so she went back in for staples and the cone of shame. She will be hunting 9 days after the staples went in. I will just keep watch on it to make sure it doesn't open back up but she should be fine. It would take something really major for me to call off a trip, especially if it is not affecting the dog. Mine didn't favor it or limp at all, acted like nothing happened.
Ya it was definitely a bummer, but my dog's overall health is far more important than any rooster. She's healing nicely already and I think its likely we'll be hunting again in a little over a week.
I’m getting ready to head out now, windy and cold but the dog doesn’t mind
Its nasty out today. The wind is raw.I’m getting ready to head out now, windy and cold but the dog doesn’t mind
Your TV is pretty accurate. We went for an hr and flushed a few hens and managed 1 rooster. The rooster was nestled in so tight my dog caught it. Needless to say the heat in the truck felt good when we got done.
