Weimdogman
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3 guys 7 pointing dogs 
Hunted some of the same private ground i and 1 other guy limited out in on Friday afternoon. Today never hardly saw a bird for the first 45 minutes. Crp grass field and cattails.
We got a little split up because the other 2 guys aren't that familiar with the property and didn't listen to me when I told them to only go 100 yards then cut across. 1 guy went 125 yards then cut across cussing the whole way as he was on a slough where the the water level comes up and then drops after the ice has formed. You break thru a thin layer of ice and hope to land on ice not open water.The other guy had to walk a quarter mile around as he found the open water under the ice.
Anyways after that we started to have a few hens sit and Roosters flush wild. As the one guy approached the 7 acre food plots he flushed about 20 roosters and knocked 1 down. I knocked 1 down pass shooting and should have at least 2 more but my gun can only hold so many shells.
We got to the area where some wild flushing birds had landed and we scratched out 2 more. The one guys drat made a hell of a 175 yard retrieve in the cattails. We finished walked out thru about 10 acres of brome/sedge and picked up 2 more birds. We had all 7 dogs pointing/backing on the first bird. It was a hen that would hold then move 5 yards , then hold again . Covered about 20 yards and had 4 dogs locked on her when she flushed at my buddies feet. The 2 roosters weren't quite as exciting but we're pointed and tracked by 2 or more dogs each. I dropped 1 of the roosters and there was some commotion at the retrieve. My buddy has a young drat who likes to steal retrieves and my 2 males can get a little "possesive". The other buddies male drat also thinks every bird is his. Both decided it wasn't worth it as they have tested those waters before. So now I had my 2 male dogs holding a bird . After the drats left, Willie can be told to give from a distance so he let Delio get his retrieve. Something I need to work on.
Hunted some of the same private ground i and 1 other guy limited out in on Friday afternoon. Today never hardly saw a bird for the first 45 minutes. Crp grass field and cattails.
We got a little split up because the other 2 guys aren't that familiar with the property and didn't listen to me when I told them to only go 100 yards then cut across. 1 guy went 125 yards then cut across cussing the whole way as he was on a slough where the the water level comes up and then drops after the ice has formed. You break thru a thin layer of ice and hope to land on ice not open water.The other guy had to walk a quarter mile around as he found the open water under the ice.
Anyways after that we started to have a few hens sit and Roosters flush wild. As the one guy approached the 7 acre food plots he flushed about 20 roosters and knocked 1 down. I knocked 1 down pass shooting and should have at least 2 more but my gun can only hold so many shells.
We got to the area where some wild flushing birds had landed and we scratched out 2 more. The one guys drat made a hell of a 175 yard retrieve in the cattails. We finished walked out thru about 10 acres of brome/sedge and picked up 2 more birds. We had all 7 dogs pointing/backing on the first bird. It was a hen that would hold then move 5 yards , then hold again . Covered about 20 yards and had 4 dogs locked on her when she flushed at my buddies feet. The 2 roosters weren't quite as exciting but we're pointed and tracked by 2 or more dogs each. I dropped 1 of the roosters and there was some commotion at the retrieve. My buddy has a young drat who likes to steal retrieves and my 2 males can get a little "possesive". The other buddies male drat also thinks every bird is his. Both decided it wasn't worth it as they have tested those waters before. So now I had my 2 male dogs holding a bird . After the drats left, Willie can be told to give from a distance so he let Delio get his retrieve. Something I need to work on.
