Brian Gray set up a hunt for his dad, Jim and brother, Jeff.  They planned on hunting quail, but the snow cover was more suited to pheasant and chukar, so that is what I set out for them in the Clubhouse Field.  Curly and Mac got the call for the first run.  The birds held close in the snowy cover and gave some nice shooting opportunities.  Only a couple of chukar slipped through on the initial hunt, so Sol, Doo and Yadi got the chance to find them, but to no avail.

Don Cooper came out with his sons, Tyler and Lucas and friends Troy Hites and Christian Dick for a pheasant and chukar hunt.  Don brought his chocolate lab, Ruby to find the pile of birds I set out in the snowy Clubhouse Field.   She did a great job finding the birds and the hunters followed suit knocking down the flushed quarry.   They even got to track a few birds that wandered off, leaving their escape path for us to follow.

Travis Devall brought out his English Setter puppy, Zip, to put him on some more birds. I set out some single quail and Zip did a great job finding the quail. Then mother Patches got to join in on the fun with more quail. Patches did a great job finding the birds for Zip to help out. Good time in the field for the trio.

Wally Good set up a pheasant and quail hunt for his dad, Wally, brother, Jarrod and friend Nick Hegel.  Ted McGee brought out his pair of dogs, Ace and Jenny, to do the bird finding.  They started off with a bang, knocking up a spare pheasant rooster at the front edge of the Clubhouse Field.  They hit all the quail coveys and found the other pheasants spread out around the field and only left a few quail singles to go after with Mac, Doo and Jenny after a warm-up break.

Kevin and Tom Diekroeger came out for two day hunt.  The first morning we started out in the woods with a Southern Illinois Grouse Hunt.  Ina and Penny found the birds and Kevin and Tom got most of them.  The chukar action ended a little early with a big covey of quail in the hidden field south of the Cabin road.  We chased them around the south side and then headed back for lunch.  That afternoon I put some quail coveys around the Cabin Field and the four of them found them and came back with most.

John McIntosh and Brad Wood came down for a bird hunt on a cold, windy day.  Brad brought along his German Wirehair puppy, Cooper, to get some new experiences and a little bird scent in his nose.  John brought two of his English Setters, Lil and Mickey, and I set out some pheasant, chukar, and quail in the Clubhouse Field.  The wind and sunny day got the pheasant up and moving, but we eventually tracked them all down.  The quail and chukar were more cooperative, giving us some nice points and rises.

Larry Kleiner came out with his buddies, Doug Hayes and Denny Kirkham for a quail hunt.  They chose to hunt around the old pond bed at the Tinkerfarm so I set out some coveys in the prairie and milo strips.  Larry brought his German Shorthair, Trigger, Doug his Setter, Daisy and Denny hunted with his Drahthaar, Jake.  They worked the coveys through the fields and fencerows, finding all but one and coming back with almost all of those.

 Terry Knebel brought out his hunting buddy Roger Well and his German Shorthair Sadie for a quail hunt.  Nice weather but a little muddy in the open fields, so I put some quail coveys near the edges of the Clubhouse Field.  The quail were not cooperating and ended up scattered throughout the field and fencerows.  After some fun hunting we ended up a pile of quail and a couple of spare pheasants.

We held our second Continental Pheasant Shoot  on 2 7 2015.  Great attendance and incredible weather, sunny and warm, ideal for sitting out in the field.  Little on the windy side, keeping the birds flying one direction and then the next, until finally going with the wind most the later rounds.  I saw many birds get enough air that they were tough to shoot.   Some nice dog work and good shooting and the group brought in a bunch of pheasant, before getting to munch on chili and smoked chicken.

Dan Crunk brought out his pointer, Millie for a quail hunt on a chilly, breezy day.  I set out some quail in the Clubhouse Field and Millie went to work searching, pointing and retrieving the birds.  Dan lost his handkerchief on one point and while waving the white flag the bird flew away in a act of extreme cowardice.