Kermit and Nick Doelling brought out their Weimaraner, Jacob for a quail hunt.  I put out some singles and doubles in the Cabin Field and the trio made the trek around to find them.    Jacob got a late start hunting and was not quite sure about the shooting, but loved the walk around the field on a nice day.

Dwayne Ritchey set up an upland bird hunt for his buddies, Amos Boggs, Jon Washburn and Dave Stokes.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field with pheasant, chukar doubles and quail coveys and we all headed out with Curly and Mac to hunt.  They picked a nice day and the birds and dogs cooperated to have good hunt.  Dave Stokes earned his new name, “The Cock Killer”, as rooster pheasants kept trying to escape his direction with no success.   Dwayne took out Doo and Yadi to hunt some more and came back with a few more pheasants and quail.

Alan Mettler brought out his sons, Jared and Jacob, and friend Jim Boehm for a pheasant and chukar hunt.  Jim brought his Brittany, Ledo, and pointer, Bob to do the guiding.  The day called for rain early, so we started out with pheasants stocked in the Clubhouse Field.  The hunters and dogs found nearly all while the rain held off, so I added some chukar sets.  Once the chukar were out the rain started and we headed back out to finish up.  The group was able to find and harvest all the chukars, an extra quail and almost all their pheasant.

Joe Lawson set up a pheasant and quail hunt for his sons, Josh and Tim and son in law, Doug Forbes.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field with pheasants and some quail coveys and took Curly along to find the birds.  She did the job and the group got some pheasants and few quail.  We reloaded and traded in Curly for Mac and Doo to find the rest of the quail and the wayward pheasants.   Good job by the setters and the hunters as we brought back most of the birds.

Gene Perkins set up a quail hunt for his friend Jim McCasland and Jim’s English Pointer, Spec.  They picked a wet morning, after an all day rain, but the mini-coveys of quail I stocked in the Clubhouse Field still flew well.  We chased quail around the field, across the bottoms, through the pasture and back to the clubhouse and came back with almost all.

Butch Spelbring brought out his pointer, Bree, and good friend, Wayne McMorris for a quail and chukar hunt.  I set out some mini-coveys of quail and chukars in the Clubhouse Field and the three set out to find them.  Bree did the job, found the birds and Butch and Wayne knocked them down. 

Phil Hocher set up an upland bird hunt for his friends.  He brought along his Springer, Mike and Clinten Rybak brought his lab, Jax to handle the birds at the Tinkerfarm Field.  Greg Ireland and Daisy helped clean up all the birds plus some at the Cabin Field.  Travis Devall brought out Sally and Patches to guide the hunt on the Clubhouse Field.  Phil put on a nice hunt and showed all the guys a great time out in the field.

John Cavaletto brought out his pointer, Burl for a quail hunt.  I placed some mini-coveys of quail around the Cabin Field and John and Burl hunted them up.  Burl shined with many stylish points and John made some nice shots, even knocking down a few quail that snuck into the timber.

Max Oertwig brought out his new German Wirehaired Pointer, Ava, for some training on quail.   Autumn, Max’s older German Wirehair, came along to show the pup the ropes.  Ava found some birds and had some nice points and even got to carry around a few birds.

Charlie Diecker reserved the Clubhouse Field for his brother and nephew the morning after the Continental Pheasant Shoot.  Unfortunately, his Brittany was sidelined after a heart attack, so his pointer Lincoln got some help from Mac and Doo, two of my English Setters.  I set out some pheasants and chukar, but we didn’t get too far before running into some of the leftovers from the day before.  Great morning to be in the field and plenty of action for the dogs and hunters.