Highlight of your year..so far.

[mustistuff]

Seeing my 11yo take his first wild quail on the opener. He decided to take the dogs back after we'd already exited the field. I sat with dad and watched him as he walked and talked to the dogs, then they locked up. He chose his approach and moved in. He took his time on the shot and made the kill. "His" dog Duke retrived it to his hand.

The next morning he shot the first rooster that busted. If I would've had to forfeit the rest of the season after that moment, these memories would've got me through till next season.

My low-light of the season was this weekend. A wrestling tourney kept me from getting out Saturday. I woke up early Sunday to go bird hunting, but the wife got up while I was getting dressed and was sick She needed me to finish up some Christmas shopping for her.....that's the first time I've missed the first snow of a season without being at work The good news is, the wife is happy and I did her a "favor" right before taking 11 days of vacation. I'll be making up for the missed days. With any luck, I'll get to see one or both of the boys take a doe after the first of the year:cheers:

the kid doing that is a pretty big deal, at that age i shot most of my stuff on the water or on the ground

cheers

 

[reddog]

Seeing my 11yo take his first wild quail on the opener. He decided to take the dogs back after we'd already exited the field. I sat with dad and watched him as he walked and talked to the dogs, then they locked up. He chose his approach and moved in. He took his time on the shot and made the kill. "His" dog Duke retrived it to his hand.

The next morning he shot the first rooster that busted. If I would've had to forfeit the rest of the season after that moment, these memories would've got me through till next season.

My low-light of the season was this weekend. A wrestling tourney kept me from getting out Saturday. I woke up early Sunday to go bird hunting, but the wife got up while I was getting dressed and was sick She needed me to finish up some Christmas shopping for her.....that's the first time I've missed the first snow of a season without being at work The good news is, the wife is happy and I did her a "favor" right before taking 11 days of vacation. I'll be making up for the missed days. With any luck, I'll get to see one or both of the boys take a doe after the first of the year:cheers:

Great memories, right there.. and hes a wrestler? Cool! Thanks for sharing

 

[carptom1]

Seeing my 11yo take his first wild quail on the opener. He decided to take the dogs back after we'd already exited the field. I sat with dad and watched him as he walked and talked to the dogs, then they locked up. He chose his approach and moved in. He took his time on the shot and made the kill. "His" dog Duke retrived it to his hand.

The next morning he shot the first rooster that busted. If I would've had to forfeit the rest of the season after that moment, these memories would've got me through till next season.

My low-light of the season was this weekend. A wrestling tourney kept me from getting out Saturday. I woke up early Sunday to go bird hunting, but the wife got up while I was getting dressed and was sick She needed me to finish up some Christmas shopping for her.....that's the first time I've missed the first snow of a season without being at work The good news is, the wife is happy and I did her a "favor" right before taking 11 days of vacation. I'll be making up for the missed days. With any luck, I'll get to see one or both of the boys take a doe after the first of the year:cheers:

Cool story. I would agree the time with my sons has always been the highlight of my years. We take a 4 day bird hunting trip up north every year and it is most enjoyable. Part of it is the hunting, but much of it is the drive up and time spent just goofing on each other. I am very lucky. I wish I would have had more time with my father.

 

[Calder]

My setter has had a learning incline instead of of a curve.
Her mom was capable at six months. Not this one, she just never put it together.
No, it's not that she has had a fraction of the exposure that her mom had.
No, it's not that I don't have access to the same amount of ground.
No, it's not that a"job" interferes with my hunting.
No, it's not that family health problems have reduced my away time.
No, it has been all her fault.

This season highlight is that I have a dog that does not know what a false point is. A dog that has proved that that if you think she is trailing then she is.
A dog that has shown that a whistle was all that was needed.

Been so long in coming that I called shotgun for her against my son.

 

[BrownDogsCan2]

Seeing my 11yo take his first wild quail on the opener. He decided to take the dogs back after we'd already exited the field. I sat with dad and watched him as he walked and talked to the dogs, then they locked up. He chose his approach and moved in. He took his time on the shot and made the kill. "His" dog Duke retrived it to his hand.

The next morning he shot the first rooster that busted. If I would've had to forfeit the rest of the season after that moment, these memories would've got me through till next season.

My low-light of the season was this weekend. A wrestling tourney kept me from getting out Saturday. I woke up early Sunday to go bird hunting, but the wife got up while I was getting dressed and was sick She needed me to finish up some Christmas shopping for her.....that's the first time I've missed the first snow of a season without being at work The good news is, the wife is happy and I did her a "favor" right before taking 11 days of vacation. I'll be making up for the missed days. With any luck, I'll get to see one or both of the boys take a doe after the first of the year:cheers:

Wrestling a demanding sport, KB I think it's great that you still make the time to get your son's out!

 

[ROCK]

My friend and I were hunting a 60 acre field here in Illinois.As soon as we entered the field,about 10 pheasants flushed wild with some staying in our field and others heading for greener pastures.As we continued hunting his pointer and my vizsla pointed a few hens.As we worked the last corner of the field I heard my dog's beeping collar going off aways away.As we approached the dogs,my vizsla was on point and my buddy's pointer was backing.A rooster and a hen flushed but were out of gun range.The pointer gave chase as my vizsla stayed on point.My friend called his pointer back and reset him back to where he was originally backing(he still trains even when we are hunting,sure taught me how to be a better dog trainer)and says kick around alittle more and see if there are any more birds.I thought it was a waste of time but went ahead and did it anyways.A hen flushed,then another flushed and then a third all while my dog stayed on point.Then two roosters flushed and I was lucky enough to get the double.I treated the retrieves as if it was a NSTRA trial and stood where I originally shot as the dog made the first retrieve and sent her for the second(blind retrieve)which she made.After the second bird was in hand my friend and I laughed our butts off at what happened.It wasn't shooting two birds that was special but seeing our dogs do what we trained them for and having an unselfish friend collaring his dog and watch the events unfold.

 

[BritChaser]

I thought it was a waste of time but went ahead and did it anyways. Then two roosters flushed and I was lucky enough to get the double.

Another honest dog. They never lie and are rarely mistaken.

 

[mustistuff]

Another honest dog. They never lie and are rarely mistaken.

you may know enough to control the dog but you will never know enough about what the dogs knows about what's going on in the field. ya just think ya do. give the dog a break and you will come out ahead

cheers