New People Introduced?????

Introducing a Friend to the Way of the Pheasant

Last season, as usual, I was too anxious for the Kansas opener and headed north for an October hunt. I talked a friend who had never hunted anything into going with me to ND. We had a great time. Still pictured clearly in my mind was his unhurried shouldering of my Browning o/u and dropping DOA his first pheasant ever on a going away right to left shot. As a young man he had been a Guard infantryman, so he knew the way of the gun and it showed. We had some great times out of the field too. We still laugh about where we had our Friday night dinner: the Angry Beaver Inn. The next night we stopped in a tiny one bar town where the waitress asked us where we were from. Just for fun, I asked "What makes you think we're not from around here?" "Your accents," she replied. My inner voice, incredulous, was "I have an accent??" "Where do you think we're from?" I asked. "Down south," she replied. "Where is 'down south'?" I politely asked. "Kansas and below." So we Kansans, from a ND perspective, are southerners. What fun that conversation was, one I've shared with friends who enjoyed it much.
 
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Add 4 more to list from this season:)

Also took a guy who hadn't been in almost 20 years. Not exactly introducing someone new to the sport, but he bought a license and is planning to take his daughter out soon.
 
Some new guys with pups every year it seems. I help train the dogs for free, and have fun. Couple new guys here right now training. One has a 1 year old dog and is doing it on wild birds. Two boys are getting the itch. So with the pups comes newb's every year. Love it.:thumbsup:
 
FCSpringer said:
Some new guys with pups every year it seems. I help train the dogs for free, and have fun. Couple new guys here right now training. One has a 1 year old dog and is doing it on wild birds. Two boys are getting the itch. So with the pups comes newb's every year. Love it.:thumbsup:
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So these are people that got a bird dog breed before they became hunters?

It's great seeing new people getting started. It's even better when you see 'em after a long day of less than stellar hunting and they still want more of it. You know they're hooked then.
 
kansasbrittany said:
So these are people that got a bird dog breed before they became hunters?

It's great seeing new people getting started. It's even better when you see 'em after a long day of less than stellar hunting and they still want more of it. You know they're hooked then.
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Well, all shapes and sizes. Some times it is a guy just getting in to pheasant hunting, maybe shot a few ducks. Some maybe just deer hunted. Some are kids dads are getting going. Some are dads with the first gundog. Constant reminder of gun saftey around here LOL. But we have the veteran group as well and all have fun and help out. Training is where the fun is, and hunting too. But training is year round, and the new folks learn a bunch before putting it to the test. And then they see their work pay off out in the real world, the smiles come out.:thumbsup: One guy who got a pup from Indiana, I helped on the net, and phone completely. He got it sorted out and just sent a video of his dog and some quail action. He is hooked. I love the photos and stories. Sent home a couple pups this weekend with new guys. They plan to come on out when they get bigger. I send home a pup guide to achieve first, and have them call when they think they are done with that.:thumbsup: Then they get the rest of the story as we go. Its there for them, they just have to do it is all.:)
 
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