BrownDogsCan2
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Any good hunting reports out there, I miss the old days when we came on here to talk about dogs and birds and good times, locations not necessary. I took my pup out yesterday on good ground for a couple of hours on her first solo. She's still a little under 8 months and I went in planning on taking one bird at a time and nothing that would be to difficult of a retrieve.
The first field we went into was a half mile weed patch chock full of ragweed, sunflowers and a few tumbleweeds. We got into a covey of quail almost immediately, I didn't take any shots. Continued working it for a ways until we came into another covey, I passed on the flush and took a shot on a couple of straglers, I got a face full of feathers but some how the bird didn't drop and sailed out into the milo. I didn't have a good mark so we let it go.. continued maybe ten more yards and another covey. Passed on these. Three quarters of the way to the end and we got into one of those flushes you dream about, a huge covey and pheasants galore. I dropped the first rooster and made a good mark and worked the puppy into it. Standing there waiting on her to sort it out, roosters kept getting up. Counting the initial flush there were at least 5 other roosters that would have been chip shots on another day. And I couldn't tell you how many other birds flushed out of there, but bunces.
The second hunt was another draw. A quarter mile of mostly sunflowers. . No birds until the end until a single hen. Worked the edge of some milo out to the road. Two coveys. Shot and a miss on the second.Hitched a ride to the other end of the same draw where we took second rooster.
Not a bad day, 6 coveys between 15 and 40 birds and the pup picked up her first 2 roosters. Right now quail are her thing, she didn't make any flushes but you can tell by her actions that she knows they are in there. We will see what the rest of the season brings.
The first field we went into was a half mile weed patch chock full of ragweed, sunflowers and a few tumbleweeds. We got into a covey of quail almost immediately, I didn't take any shots. Continued working it for a ways until we came into another covey, I passed on the flush and took a shot on a couple of straglers, I got a face full of feathers but some how the bird didn't drop and sailed out into the milo. I didn't have a good mark so we let it go.. continued maybe ten more yards and another covey. Passed on these. Three quarters of the way to the end and we got into one of those flushes you dream about, a huge covey and pheasants galore. I dropped the first rooster and made a good mark and worked the puppy into it. Standing there waiting on her to sort it out, roosters kept getting up. Counting the initial flush there were at least 5 other roosters that would have been chip shots on another day. And I couldn't tell you how many other birds flushed out of there, but bunces.
The second hunt was another draw. A quarter mile of mostly sunflowers. . No birds until the end until a single hen. Worked the edge of some milo out to the road. Two coveys. Shot and a miss on the second.Hitched a ride to the other end of the same draw where we took second rooster.
Not a bad day, 6 coveys between 15 and 40 birds and the pup picked up her first 2 roosters. Right now quail are her thing, she didn't make any flushes but you can tell by her actions that she knows they are in there. We will see what the rest of the season brings.
probably not the best advice but something my buddy kept telling me half joking - you hold the standards too high at the beginning gives no room for improvement - wife and i have had some fights over hunting but it's something I have to do...though with 4 kids it'd be tough - we only have one at the moment - I'm dog poor at this juncture so have only been out once so far for 3 days. Will be changing that situation next year.
