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Category Archives: Upland Hunting Videos
Greg and Mike w/ Daisy and Jake, Pheasant Hunt
Greg Ireland brought out his dog, Daisy and friend, Mike Yociss to kick off Sandy Run’s season with a pheasant hunt. Conditions were not ideal, hot and humid, but Daisy still found the pheasant in the prairie strips in the South Tinkerfarm Field. She got a little heated so I brought over, Jake, a Boykin Spaniel, I am training to help with the hunt. Jake did a great job covering the strips, flushing and retrieving a pheasant. Great start to the season.
Farewell to Doo and Tigger
This off-season at Sandy Run saw the loss of my English Setter Doo and Hannah’s yellow kitty, Tigger. Check out some pics and videos in tribute.
Sandy Run’s Best Quail Covey Rises 2016 17
Hard to beat a nice quail covey rise for excitement in the field. Everybody gets to shoot at a bird or three and then you get the fun of hunting up the singles. It’s as close to the quail hunting I used to enjoy in these same fields growing up. Fun shooting and lots of dog work.
QUGA Banquet Puppies
There will be a couple of English Setter pups for auction at the QUGA Annual Banquet on September 23rd. Last year 2 really nice pointer pups were almost given away. One of the pups from last year has done some guided hunts at Sandy Run and the other is doing awesome in the field. These 2 look like they are going to be some nice dogs. Come make your bid.
QUGA Annual Banquet Coming up Sept. 23rd.
The Cumberland Chapter of the Quail and Upland Game Alliance will be holding its annual banquet on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the Vandalia Moose Lodge. The doors open at 5pm and dinner is served at 6pm. Tickets are $15/each at the door. We have a ton of stuff we will be auctioning off, live and silent as well as bucket raffles. I think we have at least a dozen firearms that can be won at the banquet, including some really nice shotguns. The chapter puts on the youth pheasant hunt out here at Sandy Run and does a lot of habitat around Fayette County. Lots of fun and great chance to get some nice prizes.
Prairie Biological Diversity
Every year when I mow paths in the Clubhouse Field I set the tractor bucket to catch seeds, leaves and critters. This video clip and picture doesn’t come close to showing the diversity of insects, larvae, spiders, worms and ticks that get collected. The bucket is just a moving mass of insects like the massive praying mantis to spiders so small you can barely identify them without magnification. Lots of bird feed crawling around out there.
Worst Blow-Ups 2016-1017
Too much gun, too close or too often or all three, these birds didn’t have a chance. Check out some of the worst bird blow-ups I caught on camera last season at Sandy Run.
Photo Review of the ’16-’17 Sandy Run Season
Some of my favorite pictures from the 2016-2017 upland bird season at Sandy Run Hunt Co. Happy hunters, flushing labs, pointing setters, flying pheasant, they are all here. Enjoy.
Jeremy, Anthony, Bret and Barry, Last Hunt of the Season
Jeremy Manier brought out his nephew Anthony Samuel from Trescleoux, France along with his buddies, Bret Giaudrone and Barry Ownens to hunt some pheasant and chukar on the last afternoon of this hunting season. Jeremy brought along his lab, Darma to flush the first batch of birds and then Barry’s lab got the second batch. I got out a few setters to help Darma on one last cleanup trip around the Clubhouse Field. Great end to another awesome season.