Scott Staehnke set up an upland bird hunt for his friends, Russ Fischer and Troy Depew.  I set some pheasant, chukar and quail in the Clubhouse Field and Steve Sanders brought out Rose and Vince to find the birds.  After a successful morning hunt, we sat down for lunch and recharge before I restocked the field.  Then it was Mac and Sol’s turn to point the birds.  A nice afternoon in the field with a bunch of chukar doubles and quail covey rises  as well as chasing around some running, rooster pheasants.

John McIntosh came down with Jeff Marshall to run some pointer and setter pups on quail and a couple of spare pheasant and chukar.  Georgia and Jenny, the two pointer pups, did a nice job finding and pointing the birds I set out in the Clubhouse Field.

Jim Howard came out of a 50 year hiatus from upland bird hunting to come out for a pheasant hunt.  Greg Ireland and Daisy did the guiding and did a nice job finding the birds.  Although Jim got off to a slow start, after the second rise, the birds didn’t have a chance.  

Don Deters came out with his young English Setter, Odie for some quail training.  Odie did a nice job, always on the moving hunting for the birds.  When he found them he held until Don got there to flush.  Nice work on a tough warm day when the birds wanted to run under the foxtail more than fly.

Max Oertwig brought out his two German Wirehaired Pointers, Ava and Autumn to hunt some quail.  I placed some quail doubles in the milo strips at the northend of the Tinkerfarm and Max and his girls set out to point, flush and harvest them.  They did a good job, finding more than I set out and coming back with a chukar.

Karolynn Eilers came out with her 15 year old Springer Spaniel, Chipper and her friend Paul Willms for a chukar hunt.  I placed some single and double sets of chukar  in the milo strips in the Clubhouse Field for Chipper to find and flush.  He did a nice job flushing all the birds while the hunters knocked them down.

Dan Crunk and Cletus Roy brought out their pointers to get some work on quail in the Clubhouse Field.  Millie, Flirt and Grace were just some of the dogs finding and pointing the birds scattered around.  Some really nice points and good dog work all morning long.  

Adam Ledbetter set up an upland bird hunt with his friends, Logan Hamilton, Matthew Piescher, and Landon Owens.   I stocked the Clubhouse Field with a bunch of  pheasant, quail and chukar and got Mac and Sol out to find them.  A great round of wing shooting and after a bit of a snack and break, I placed another pile of birds and got Curly and Doo to do  the honors of pointing.  Tons of action in this video, even a pheasant that takes down a hunter before meeting it’s ultimate demise.

John McIntosh came down with Jeff Marshall and four of his pups for  their first quail hunt.  First I set out some quail doubles for his pair of pointers and then some more for Jack and Jill, a pair of English Setters.  Nothing more fun than watching pups having a blast finding, pointing and retrieving.  

Alan Harris and Butch Spelbring came out to run their dogs on some quail and chukar.  I set a couple mini-coveys of quail and some chukar in the Clubhouse Field and they brazed the heavy frozen dew to find them.  Apart from me getting in the way on a nice covey rise, they had a nice morning in the field.