Frank Tellefsen set up an upland bird hunt for his family, Bradden, Justin and Josh and friend Alan Guehne.   They all decided to give eachother a bird hunt for Christmas and everyone got a nice present.  This was Bradden’s and Alan’s first time hunting for upland birds and they both scored.  Frank’s Brittany pup, Annie started out the hunt with Sol from my kennel.  They did a good job on the first half of the birds.  Curly and Mac got to hunt the next wave of birds, but the pheasants were being elusive and the quail coveys were scattering before the rise.  So we finished up with Doo and Yadi and found most of the wayward pheasants and some more of the quail. 

Ken and Jon Torbeck came out for an upland bird hunt.  They picked a great day to be in the field, so we hunted the Clubhouse Field for a mix of pheasant, quail and chukar.  Curly got to start the hunt and we picked up most of the pheasant and chukar.  The quail covey got scattered across the bottom side of the field so we went back to get Mac and Doo to clean up.  They did the job, found the birds, even an extra pheasant.  Jonathon had some nice shots on quail in the timber to finish up.

Chuck Johnson set up a hunt for his his buddy Jason Arnold and his boys, Lane, Jackson and and Kyle. Chuck’s friend Beau Parrish came along with his son Kegan for a pheasant and chukar.  They picked a windy day and had a lot of birds to hunt so we headed to the north end of the Tinkerfarm Field to hunt in the milo strips with Chuck’s German Shorthair, Shed.  The milo strips worked out well and kept the birds contained ’til Shed could find and point them and the boys would kick them up.  Everybody, including the newcomer Lane, got their share of pheasants and chukar.  The dads and Chuck even got a few spare quail.

Dave Diecker brought out his grandson, Connor for pheasant and chukar hunt on New Year’s Day.  Greg Ireland came with Daisy to do the guiding while I placed some pheasants and chukar in the Clubhouse Field.  Connor did a great job, knocking down a couple pheasants and chukar on his own.  They were able to pick up a few leftover quail and came back with almost all their other birds.

Bob and Ricky Alverez came out for their first upland bird hunt.  We headed out to the Clubhouse Field with Sol and Mac to find the birds.  Ricky looked like a pro on the first pheasants that got up, but both hunters were a little shocked by the first quail covey rise.  The two hunters did well, so we put out some more birds and switched dogs to Curly and Doo.   We chased birds all over the field, through the pasture and across the bottoms to Sandy Run.  First time hunt was excellent, getting most of their birds, and already scheduled their next outing.

Steve Henna came out for an upland bird hunt with his son Nathan and son-in-law, Mitch Ashbaugh.  The Clubhouse Field was available so I loaded the field with pheasant, quail and chukar and got Curly out to start the hunt.  We had some nice pheasant rises and chukar doubles, not sure if they were all ready for the quail coveys, but they got most of their birds.  Dwayne Ritchey finished guiding the hunt with Mac and Doo and they were able to get six pheasants by the end, pretty good for only putting out three.

John Cavaletto and his Pointer, Burl brought out his friend Larry Ackerman, who brought his German Shorthair, McCallister for a quail hunt.  I put out some mini-coveys of quail in the Clubhouse Field and Burl and McCallister set out to find them.  The birds did their job with some nice rises and the hunters knocked them down.  They got plenty of points and both dogs hunted well together honoring each other and sharing retrieves.

Mike and Drake Dokey came out for a pheasant and chukar hunt.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field and roused Curly for the hunt.  Mike and Drake made no waste of the shells knocking down the first eight birds with eight shots.  It wasn’t and until we went searching for a wayward chukar with the Setters, Yadi and Doo that Drake finally missed with a shot on a hen that got up wild.

Ron Gibbons hosted a couple of quail hunts for his brother Ray over the holiday week.  Ron’s young English Setter, Max, got to hunt quail in the Clubhouse Field on Saturday and then over to the Cabin Field for a Quail Hunt on Monday, lucky dog.  And he and the hunters did a great job coming back with more birds than I put out Monday.

Randy Perkins came out to run his English Setter, Jesse, one more time over his holiday break.   I set out some small coveys of quail in the Clubhouse Field and the pair went to hunt.  Jesse had some nice points and Randy had a least one double on the rise.  They eventually came back with all their quail and a chukar to spare.