Joe and Josh Lawson came out for a pheasant and quail hunt.  Josh brought along his friend Kristen Hamman to do some clay pigeon shooting and walk along for the bird hunt.  Steve Sanders brought his English pointers, Sue and Rose to do the guiding over in the milo strips at the Tinkerfarm.  The afternoon got warm and the pheasants got running but they still scored most of their birds.

Brien Guy came out with his buddy, John Perry and English Pointer, Rex for a quail hunt.   I placed some quail coveys over in the Cabin Field in the prairie strip around a wooded point and they spent the afternoon busting the coveys and chasing quail in and out of the timber.  Rex had some nice, stylish points.

Dan Crunk brought out two of his pointers, Millie and Flirt and Cleatus Roy brought out his two, Missy and his new pup, Grace.  I set some quail in the Clubhouse Field and Missy and Grace got a chance at the first batch.  Grace did a great job, getting some points, backs and a retrieve, no pressure on her, just a fun time chasing birds.  Millie and Flirt were on for the second batch and Dan and Cleatus came back with most of their birds.

Chris Lewis came out with his friend Tim Cincotta to work his German Shorthaired pointers  on some quail.  Chris brought the old veteran, Nitro and his new pup, Jetta to get some late season bird action.  I put a couple of quail mini-coveys in the Clubhouse Field and Nitro and Jetta found them and worked the singles.  Tim’s semi-auto turned into a single shot making for a lot of points and extra dog work.  Great job by Jetta for her first time in the big field. 

Gary McMillin set up a pheasant and chukar hunt for his two friends, Rob Prange and Joe Smith.  I set out their birds in the Cabin Field, and Gary’s two German Shorthaired Pointers, Gabby and Gizmo cruised the prairie lined timber edges for their quarry.  The group did well with only a couple of pheasant escaping into the warm, sunny woods. 

Bill and Tony Warix came out on a beautiful, spring afternoon for a pheasant hunt.  Not ideal conditions for pheasants but I hid some pheasants in the clubhouse field for their German Shorthaired Pointers, Whip and pup Lady, to find.  The birds were up and moving and gave only a few chances for harvest. 

Bob Touchette set up a pheasant and chukar hunt for his son, Nathan and buddies Dennis and Terry Asher.  Bob borrowed his friend’s German Shorthaired Pointer, Nate to find the birds.  I set out some birds and Nathan headed out on his first upland bird hunt.  Nate did a great job finding and pointing the birds and after a few rises the hunters got a bead on the birds with Nathan getting his first rooster pheasant.

Gary McMillin brought his friend Neysa Downs and his two German Shorthaired Pointers, Gabby and Gizmo for a pheasant and chukar hunt.  I filled the Clubhouse Field with birds and Gabby and Gizmo headed out to find them.  The warm sunny weather had the pheasants and some of the chukar up and running around.  Gabby and Gizmo were able to track down most of the scattered birds, leading to some interesting shooting situations.

Russ and Jared Houberg came out for a pheasant and chukar on a beautiful but muddy Saturday.  I found some dry spots to stash some pheasant and chukar in the Pasture Field and Mac and Curly set out to find them.   This was only Jared’s second time upland bird hunting and his first successful one.  He knocked down a pheasant and a couple of chukar as the father and son combo got almost all their birds.

Alan Feezel came out with his German Shorthair pup, Harley to get some work on some pheasants.   I set out a few in the Clubhouse Field and Harley found them all.  He even found a rooster that got away a second time, but couldn’t come up with it a third, Alan will have to take the blame for missing that bird.