Your strong suit

Guns are my specialty and Indian summer days in the fields and slews is my love
 
When I had my old lab it was the partnership with the dog.

Right cover+Right time of day+teamwork+trust dogs nose & determination=good times.

My new Cocker and I are trying to get there but we have a ways to go.

DB
 
Remaining optimistic in the face of adversity.
I'm easily satisfied and amused.
No need to hit the early bird at a restaurant.
I bring a bunch of dog/hunting stuff one only needs every 10 years or so...yet I bring it.
In my mind, I am as agile as a mountain gazelle.
 
OldDublin said:
Remaining optimistic in the face of adversity.
I'm easily satisfied and amused.
No need to hit the early bird at a restaurant.
I bring a bunch of dog/hunting stuff one only needs every 10 years or so...yet I bring it.
In my mind, I am as agile as a mountain gazelle.
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Mountain Gazelle! I hope your bringing that persona to Pheasant Fest, we'd love to see it.
 
Patience is my strong suit. I used to rush all my shots but I now realize that only leads to bad shots. And when I did rush my shots and manage to hit one, the bird was usually so torn up it was almost unedible. Now I shoulder the gun smoothly and let them get a little distance before I pull the trigger.
 
Endurance! All my hunting buddies are older than me and they all want to block so I'm the designated flusher. Plus I brigng the beer, liquor and usually pay for lunch.
 
Realizing that getting shots and birds is not what its about, but the dogs, comradery and memories is what it is about.
 
Mine would be willingness to try just about anything once. Take a flyer on a spot near home after dropping the kids off at school midweek? Why not. It doesn't always pay off but when it does, those moments are so much sweeter. One of my best days last year was whiffing at a big old rooster just outside the Twin Cities suburbs.

I can't claim my dogs' talent, they seem to have been born to do what they do. I can claim the sense of awe I experience when they make push those birds into the air. I'd rather have those pups than my shotgun. :)
 
I'd say solo hunting over my flushing lab. My success rate goes way up when it's just her and I focused on the task at hand. Some of that has to do with endurance and willingness to push it that extra bit in terms of pace or nasty cover etc..., but I think it's mostly because there is nothing to break my focus from the dog, the birds, the cover and my "readiness". Sure, it's a bit antisocial, but you know what they say - you never hunt alone when you've got a dog!
-Croc
 
Hat in Hand

I am the permission guy.

and as a strong 2nd....I kind of think like a bird.....have a 2nd sense as to what the birds like to do when the all the noise and confusion enters one end of the cover.
 
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