Kevin Diekroeger hung up the Ithica Deer Slayer for a morning and came out with his dad’s Browning A5 for a quail hunt.  I set out some mini-coveys of quail at the South end of the Tinkerfarm Field and he, Karen, Ina and Penny searched them out.   Dogs did a nice job and Kevin and Karen came back with 12 out of 13 quail, plus a wayward pheasant.

Dan Crunk brought out his two pointers, Millie and Flirt for some quail action and John Cavaletto came to run his pointer Burl.  I set some quail out in the Clubhouse Field and the dogs did their job.  I think the high-powered dogs found much more than I scattered and they had a blast tracking them down.

Larry Kleiner set up a quail hunt for his friends, Stan, Stacey and Henry Huels.  I set out some quail mini-coveys in the prairie and milo strips in the south end of the Tinkerfarm Field and Larry brought out Holly and Trigger while Stan came with Molly, all german shorthaired pointers.  The hot, windy afternoon made scenting conditions tough and the birds eager to fly, but the dogs found them all.  They had a fun time on a quick bird hunt before climbing up in their deer stands for an afternoon set.

Wayne Ingram and Louis Carter climbed down out of their semis to do some pheasant and chukar hunting.  They picked a hot, dry fall afternoon so it was an adventure finding the running pheasants and ducking chukar in the Clubhouse Field.  Between Steve Sander’s pair and two pair from my kennels, we were able to find them all and come back with most.

Brad Wood came out with his Wirehair, Cooper, while his friend Brad Rodseth brought along his chocolate, pointing lab, Copper for a pheasant and chukar hunt. I stocked the food plots at the north end of the Tinkerfarm with birds and the dogs did a nice job together tracking down and pointing them. The day was a little too nice, getting the pheasant up and moving, but they still found and harvested most of their quarry.

Jay and Jordan Leskera  along with Paul Scherer and Jim Schwartz, got in a warm-up pheasant and quail hunt before the opening of waterfowl season Saturday.  I filled the Clubhouse Field with birds and Mac and Sol got the first crack at finding them.  The guys cleaned up nearly all the pheasants on the first trip, then Doo and Curly helped them hunt done the remaining quail.  

Eric Bratzler set up a pheasant and quail hunt with his buddies, Mick and Gary Gebhart and Jason Overby.  Eric brought along Quentin and  Mick, Brody, both Brittany Spaniels, to find the birds.  I  set the pheasants and quail coveys around the Tinkerfarm Field and the group had their work cut out for them on a sunny, hot afternoon.  The pheasants wanted to run but the quail stayed coveyed up and they had a fun hunt chasing the birds around the old Tinkerfarm pond.

John Cavaletto got his English Pointer, Burl out to do some warm up on some quail.  .  I stocked some quail mini-coveys in the Clubhouse Field and the east bottom for Burl to find.  Burl found them all and they had a great time hunting them around the bottom field foxtail.

Kevin Diekroeger brought out Ina and Penny for a quail hunt.   I set some quail coveys around the south end of the Tinkerfarm and then came along to help with the harvest.  Penny and Ina did a nice job finding and pointing the coveys  and then the singles that got spread throughout the timber around the old pond.  Fun hunt and I even hit a few.

Bob and Jason Dasenbrock came out for a quail and chukar hunt with his English Setter pup, Libby.  I set out some birds around the food plots in the cabin field and Libby did a great job, finding and pointing the birds.