Scoelki
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So I decided to go out Friday morning with my brother hitting the WIA's. The weather was good with a nice breeze and I am also learning to not get in the field at the crack of daylight. So we stopped at the first walk in field around 8:30am to let the dogs get out the initial burst of energy, also to do their deeds. As I pulled up to stop, we seen about 15-20 roosters come out of the ditch and fly into the field. So we let the dogs out and started to work that field. Maximus, my pointing lab locked up some really nice points and my brother ended up with two out of that field in about 20 mins.
I told him that I was going to start at the top of the field and just work my GSP pup (Leonidas aka Leo), since I wanted him to get into birds all on his own, for some wild bird training cause he is just over a year and has not been exposed to too many wild pheasants. He dropped me and the pup off up top. About the first 30 yards into the field Leo gets really birdy and two Roosters flushed, one left, one right. I picked the one on my right and missed the first shot but did get him on the second. Leo retrieved it perfect and brought it back to me. I was a proud Dad at that moment
. That right there, would have been all I needed out of the day. But, I was glad I had got one, since my brother had already gotten two and was close to his limit . After Leo got that bird, it was like the light came on and he worked hard all day, like a machine after birds. It was awesome. Here is the pic of Leo and his first official bird all on his own. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics but it was all I had.
So we ended up hitting another field, I kept Max in the kennel and was using Leo only in the next field. I ended up with one more out of the next field. So my brother and I had two each by noon. We decided to head back to the field we started at in the morning. We came back their around 3:30pm, as we had not seen much else in the other spots we were walking.
We jumped in the field. I brought both dogs this time with us. About 40 yards into it, I get a point from my Lab Max and Leo backing him on it...which was awesome by the way. A rooster flushed between my brother and I and my bro hit it on his first shot....woohoo we were excited he had just got his limit. All we needed was one more from me. to be done. We walk another 15 yards and there is my pointing lab Max, on point to my left. I circle around to get in front of him, as I get about 5 yards from him a big rooster flushes up in the sunset and bang ...dead. Max retrieved him to me and I put him in my bag and walked out of the field smiling all the way back to the truck. My brother and I had just both limited, it could not have come from a better day in CO, as it was my Brothers birthday the next day. The dog work was simply incredible.
Sorry about the long post, but I wanted to share a successful day in the field. It was truly one of my best hunting days to date. A couple more pics to tell the story.
I told him that I was going to start at the top of the field and just work my GSP pup (Leonidas aka Leo), since I wanted him to get into birds all on his own, for some wild bird training cause he is just over a year and has not been exposed to too many wild pheasants. He dropped me and the pup off up top. About the first 30 yards into the field Leo gets really birdy and two Roosters flushed, one left, one right. I picked the one on my right and missed the first shot but did get him on the second. Leo retrieved it perfect and brought it back to me. I was a proud Dad at that moment
. That right there, would have been all I needed out of the day. But, I was glad I had got one, since my brother had already gotten two and was close to his limit . After Leo got that bird, it was like the light came on and he worked hard all day, like a machine after birds. It was awesome. Here is the pic of Leo and his first official bird all on his own. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics but it was all I had.
So we ended up hitting another field, I kept Max in the kennel and was using Leo only in the next field. I ended up with one more out of the next field. So my brother and I had two each by noon. We decided to head back to the field we started at in the morning. We came back their around 3:30pm, as we had not seen much else in the other spots we were walking.
We jumped in the field. I brought both dogs this time with us. About 40 yards into it, I get a point from my Lab Max and Leo backing him on it...which was awesome by the way. A rooster flushed between my brother and I and my bro hit it on his first shot....woohoo we were excited he had just got his limit. All we needed was one more from me. to be done. We walk another 15 yards and there is my pointing lab Max, on point to my left. I circle around to get in front of him, as I get about 5 yards from him a big rooster flushes up in the sunset and bang ...dead. Max retrieved him to me and I put him in my bag and walked out of the field smiling all the way back to the truck. My brother and I had just both limited, it could not have come from a better day in CO, as it was my Brothers birthday the next day. The dog work was simply incredible.
Sorry about the long post, but I wanted to share a successful day in the field. It was truly one of my best hunting days to date. A couple more pics to tell the story.
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