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Hildy’s Puppies at Six Weeks

Three males are still available, and are ready to go home Saturday, March 4th.

Tres: The big guy of the litter and seems the most laid back.

Pepper: The Liver ticked and fuzzy pup.

Dos: Hardest one to capture with camera, always running, solid liver roan, gonna look a lot like Aldo, his pop.

Sandy Run Field Report: March 1, 2023

Tough Double

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinExcellent4812413
ClubhouseNice7612
East BottomNice2838
North TinkerOK9147
PastureGood0221
South TinkerNice335513
West BottomGood251
West CabinNice1180
WoodsFun0130

Hildy’s Pups at 5 Weeks

The male I call Yadi, has a nice Y on his forehead. Also looks like a deer head, could be a shed hunter as well as birds.

This is Pepper, is the lone pup in the litter that is going to be more liver ticked than liver roan. Also, looks like he’s going to be rather fuzzy.

Tres, has three liver spots and the biggest of all the pups.

Dos, was the second pup born. He is solid liver roan on the body.

Uno has one liver dot, along with a nice, symmetrical white stripe on his forehead.

Heavy Snow on Prairie Cover

There is a lot of cover that will not hold up to ice and heavy snow, after the first blast they are down and out. Not prairie grass and some of the legumes.

Here is a patch in the Clubhouse Field the morning after last weeks heavy snow.

The same spot the next afternoon, most of it is back up and still excellent cover.

Partridge Pea patches are a savior for birds on snowy and icy days. Check out how it is still standing up, holding all the snow leaving a nice hiding spot for birds along with plenty of seeds to gobble up.