09-23-12
Just like any good team sport it is always nice to get in a couple scrimmages before the season starts.
Today Cory and I teamed up to do just that. By 0830 Field #4 was stocked with a dozen pheasants while a pointing dog and a flushing dog took the field. Our hunt today was a repeat of a couple weeks ago…..good wing shooting.
Cory’s GSP, Rose, is a star. She works very close. It was cool watching Rose hold point while Bay moved in for the flush. We flushed twelve pheasants and brought home eleven. Yours truly missed the only bird.
The highlight of the day was a rooster who surprised us all. He got up and Cory fired then I fired. It looked like a clean miss but I saw that bird flinch. We visualized the line and went in search. About a hundred yards later in that general direction Rose goes on point. No flush? We looked in the brush and there is the bird stone dead. From the evidence at the scene it looked like he just fell out of the sky. It pays to follow up.
Last night I cooked some clams and lobsters. Drained the water out of the pan, put them in the fridge and after our hunt today we feasted on Great Bay Bounties.
Thanks Cory, Rose and Bay for the memories.
Field 4 parking. Can you see Bay in the front seat? She wasn’t happy. I made her stay in there while they stocked the field.
Some of the shots were classics.
Our shellfish feed was better than any fine wine. Cheers to the upcoming bird season.