Alan Feezel came out with his buddies, Randy Gray and Todd Bohlman on a beautiful spring day for a pheasant and quail hunt.  We tried to hide from the wind on the Clubhouse Field, but the pheasants always seemed to have a head start, making the hunting tough for Sol and the shooters.  They found most of the pheasants and a couple of quail coveys, before retiring Sol for Curly, Doo and Mac.  The trio of dogs found the quail singles spread throughout the field and fencerows along with a couple of pheasants and the hunters took care of business and harvested nearly all their birds.

Dan Crunk came out with his seasoned English Pointer, Millie, and Richie Green brought his green English Setter, Ava, for some dog training and quail hunting.  First, Richie did some backing work with Ava as well as shooting over her and letting her retrieve.  She was excited about everything and loved carrying the bird.  Then I scattered some quail around the clubhouse field for Millie and Ava to find together.  Dan did most of the shooting with Richie working Ava on the lead .  I think Dan was a perfect 8 for 8 on the quail, check out the video footage.

Mark Reagan set up a pheasant and quail hunt for his brother, Rich and friends Andy Sugg, Tim Kern, and David Dintleman. David brought his son, Daniel, for his first bird hunt. The Clubhouse and Pasture fields were stocked with pheasants and coveys of quail. Curly got first crack at the birds and worked through the pheasants and some of the quail coveys. Mac and Doo got the remaining quail coveys and some clean up from the first half of the hunt. The pheasants were up and running around on a beautiful spring day making a challenge for the dogs and the hunters. The quail had some nice covey rises with some singles to continue the hunt. Daniel made a nice shot on a quail single to knock down his first bird. Great day in the field with only a few birds escaping into the spring cover.

Brad Bickhaus got some friends together for an upland bird hunt.  Terry Knebel and his German Shorthair, Sadie, got to guide Brad, Dave Gerber and Tom Hartman over at the Cabin Field.  They had a good time, finding an extra rooster pheasant and chasing a lot of quail in to the timber, making for some interesting shooting.  Greg Ireland brought his dog, Daisy, to guide Dave Mueggenburg, John Adcock, and Jim and Brady Cox for a hunt at the Tinkerfarm Field.  Daisy did her usual awesome job and they came back with all but a couple of birds.  Gary Marco and his English Pointer, Babe, got to hunt the Clubhouse Field with Tom Lavelle, Andy Tosh and Jason Govreau.  Babe did a nice job finding all the birds and hunters, especially Tom, showed surgical expertise with their shotguns.  After the hunt, they broke out the fish fryer and all shared crappie, hush puppies, cole slaw, ect.  Weather was a little too nice for hunting but awesome to enjoy the meal outside in the sun.

Gary McMillin came out with his friend Neysa Downs for some quail, pheasant and chukar hunting.   They picked an awesome day, high around 40, cloudy with a slight breeze.  Gary’s two German Shorthaired Pointers, Gabby and Gizmo, did a great job finding the birds throughout the Clubhouse Field.  Neysa was really on with her shooting and Gary didn’t have to back her up much.  They got most of their birds before taking a break to drop off birds and get some water.  They let some pheasant and chukar escape down to the creek, so we headed across the bottom field and the dogs found the chukar hidden along the creek bed, good dog work and a really nice hunt.

Aaron McManaway set up a hunt with his two best customers, Mike and Stan Kuhns.  They chose a mix of quail, pheasant and chukar to hunt in the Clubhouse Field.  The German Wirehaired pointer, Curly, got the call for the first round at the birds.  She found most of them and the shooters left just a few spread out to go out after next.  A pair of English Setters, Mac and Doo, had the task of finding the leftovers and the hunters came back with nearly all their birds.  Lots of action in this video, with some good dog work and nice shooting.

Bill Warix brought out his German Shorthaired Pointer pup, Whip, for a quail and pheasant hunt.  Alan Feezel and Randy Gray came along to help with the harvest.  They picked a windy, drizzly, spring day, so we hunted for pheasants first, before the wind scattered them throughout the Clubhouse Field.  Sol came out to help Whip on the first run through the field. The dogs found the birds, with the hunters getting all the pheasants and some nice rises on quail mini-coveys.  Mac and Doo came out to help Whip mop up the remaining quail, one nice day in the field.

Karen Quinlan switched from hunting photographer to huntress for her first quail hunt, trading her Canon SLR for a Browning A5 20 gauge shotgun.  Kevin Diekroeger and Karen, along with Ina and Penny, went after some mini-coveys of quail in the Clubhouse Field.  The coveys rose in the field  and headed for the pasture timber line.  Plenty of singles action in the woods, Karen had a lot of opportunities and had a great first hunt experience.

Aaron Burlingame set up a pheasant, chukar and quail hunt for his friends Bob and Brent Richars and Jim Gabriel.  They picked a beautiful, spring day with a nice breeze for Brent’s first upland hunt.  The wind and warm weather got the birds up and running around the Clubhouse Field.  Curly got first shot at finding the birds, then Mac and Sol to find the leftovers.  Curly and Doo did the final cleanup.  Some good shooting and the group got almost all their quail and chukar and the most of the pheasants that gave them a sporting chance.

Mike Beckett set up a quail hunt with Larry Jones and Burl Brumfield.  They both brought their English Pointers, Bill and Julie and Buck, Dot, Hank and Lucy, respectively.  A couple of covey of quail were stocked in the Clubhouse Field and Bill, Julie, Buck and Dot got the call for the first run.  After a short break, Hank and Lucy replaced, Buck and Dot and the four pointers had a chance to find a couple more quail coveys.  The last brace even found a bonus rooster that didn’t stand a chance.  Check out the dog work in this video.