C.J. Spener put together a family pheasant and quail hunt with Dave and Logan Holder and Brian and Chris Favier.  C.J. came with his faithful, 14 year old, German Shorthair, Gunther, and Steve Sanders helped guide the hunt with his two pointers, Sue and Rose.  I filled the Clubhouse Field with pheasants and three coveys of quail.  Gunther and the pointers hunted hard and the group came back with a pile of birds to replace turkey leftovers as their table fare.

Dwayne Ritchey wanted to chase some quail and chukar around the Clubhouse Field, so I put out a couple chukar doubles on the corners and nice sized quail covey in the center.  Yadi and Sol got the honors to start the hunt and found all the birds.  I tried to help Dwayne with the harvest, but did not add many to the pot.  Ty even got in on the action, with some nice video of one birdy Labrador and yours truly hitting a chukar that disappeared in the afternoon sun.

Marc Ing came out for a hunt with his boys, Joe and Jordan and friend Tyler Martin.  The group chose to hunt pheasants so I filled the Clubhouse Field with quarry and gave Mac and Sol a chance to find the birds.  The cool but windy morning got the birds moving, but staying in the heavy cover.  The hunters had a lot of action with the dogs finding all the birds.  Curly and Doo and called on to go out and find the scattered remnants, They found a few a second time as well as an extra pair that came up together in a nice pheasant double opportunity.

Bob Dasenbrock brought out his English Setter pup, Flame for a quail and pheasant hunt.  It was opening morning of firearm deer season, so we kept them close and hunted the Clubhouse Field.  Flame did a good job tracking down the pheasants and quail on a cold morning that kept the birds sticking to the cover. 

Craig Scholz and Alan McRoberts decided to take a break from deer hunting to get in some chuakar and pheasant hunting.  They brought along their deer guide, Steve Jones, and Craig’s lab, Colton.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field with chukar for the first round and then a mix of chukar and pheasant for the next.  Colton did a great job finding all the birds as well as an extra rooster and quail.  Steve and Alan did most of the shooting, with Craig stepping up to down the last chukar

Brad and Trevor Bickhaus came out for an upland bird hunt, with a mix of pheasant, quail and chukar.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field with birds and roused Curly, German Wirehair, and Mac, English Setter, to do their part finding the birds.  Brad picked the morning after the first snow of the season and the conditions were ideal, light breeze around 30F, and about 1/2″ of snow cover.  The birds cooperated and the pair shared an enjoyable morning in the field.

Bobby and Cole Halberstadt came out with their friend Mike Bush for a chukar hunt. They brought their three pointing labs, Toby, Cooper and Rocky to find, point and flush the birds scattered throughout the Clubhouse Field. First up was Rocky with Cole doing most of the shooting on this round. Cooper and Toby got to out next, finding all the birds and coming back with most.

Larry Kleiner set up a quail hunt for a bunch of friends on Veterans Day. Mark Meyer, Joe Mioux, Dennis Neuhaus, Stan Huels, Doug Hays and Dave Schumacher came out with their dogs, Holly, Molly, Daisy, Trigger and Dan. I set out some quail coveys in the Clubhouse field and the throng of hunters and dogs set forth. The birds didn’t have much of a chance even on a blustery day, the group even found a couple of stray pheasants to sweeten the pot.

Kevin Diekroeger brought out his new bride Karen and their dogs, Ina and Penny for an afternoon quail hunt.  I stocked the Tinkerfarm Field with some mini-coveys of quail and grabbed my shotgun to help in the harvest.  Since I was shooting, Karen got filming duties and was even able to get one of my few hits caught on camera.  After some nice finds and rises, the birds headed into the fencerows making for some frustrating but fun shooting.  We ended up with most and the dogs had a nice Sunday afternoon run.

Keith, Tyler and JW woke up ready to hunt, after a relaxing evening in the clubhouse filled with amber liquids and storytelling.  The day was cloudy with gusty winds topping 25mph, so we headed to the north end of the Tinkerfarm Field to hunt quail, pheasant and chukar in the prairie and milo strips.  Mac and Sol got the call and did their job finding birds scattered and running around the field.  Lots of great action and shooting in this video, check out the passing shots at quail with a gusty tailwind, nice shooting.