Gene Perkins put together a hunt with his son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Jody Perkins. Randy brought out his young Llewellin Setter, Jesse, to get some work on quail. I placed some mini-coveys of quail in the Clubhouse Field and Jesse found them all. She did a great job working the big, thick field by herself and the hunters only let a few quail get away.
Evan, Kara, Bobby and Adam w/ Nate Upland Bird Hunt
Evan Shearer came out with his friend Bobby Touchette, daughter Kara, and her friend Adam Mitchell and his German Shorthair, Nate for a upland bird hunt. Nate was a little rusty, hadn’t smelled a bird for quite a while, so I set out some quail singles to get him back on track. Then I stocked some chukar doubles in the Clubhouse Field, and we chased them around the field, fencerows, and pasture. A pheasant and chukar set was next on the agenda and Sol came out to help. The warm, wet and windy day had the pheasants up and running but we eventually found them all as well as the chukar. To top off the hunt I put out three mini-coveys of quail and Mac and Doo got to hunt with Nate and the shooters were on and made easy work to finish the hunt.
Wayne and Louis Pheasant and Chukar Hunt
Wayne Ingram and Louis Carter came out for pheasant and chukar hunt. Travis Devall brought out his English Setter Patches and Lab to do the guiding. I stocked the north end of the Tinkerfarm Field with pheasant and chukar, spread throughout the prairie edges and milo strips. The dogs did their job and Wayne and Louis had a nice morning in the field with some birds to take home for dinner.
Greg, Gene, Robert, Michael and Anthony Upland Bird Hunt
Greg, Gene, Michael and Anthony Ireland along with Robert Scholes came out for a upland bird hunt. Greg brought along Daisy and I brought out Mac to find the birds scattered throughout the Clubhouse Field. Daisy and Mac hunted for pheasant, quail and chukar and found nearly all the birds. The group shot well on the pheasants and quail, but the chukar were tough targets on a windy morning.
Stan, Avery, Jeff, Brandon and James Pheasant and Quail Hunt
Stan Kuhns set up a pheasant and quail hunt for his son Avery and friends Jeff and Brandon Baker and James Cleary. Jeff brought along his young Lab to work the birds, I brought out Mac to help in the hunt and together the dogs found the birds in the Cabin Field. The group tracked down the running pheasants and shot the quail in and out of the prairie and timber. Check out the shooting by Avery and Brandon, showing up their pops.
Larry, Chris, AJ, Terry and Ray Pheasant Hunt
Larry Sprinkle set up a pheasant hunt with his buddies, Chris and AJ Buxton, Terry Franz and Ray Sherrell. They set off into the Clubhouse Field to walk off some of the Thanksgiving turkey and dressing. Greg Ireland and Daisy helped out with guiding on a windy afternoon that got the birds up and running. Daisy did an awesome job as usual and found nearly all the pheasants as well as some leftover quail, let’s just say they came back with more than I put for them.
CJ, Dave, Logan, Michael and Brian Pheasnat and Quail Hunt
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 and Bill Quail and Chukar Hunt
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.
Mark, Joe, Jordan and Tyler Pheasant Hunt
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.
Bobby, Dick, Mike and Cole w/Pointing Labs Chukar Hunt
Bobby Halberstadt came out with his son, Cole and brother, Dick, along with Mike Bush for a chukar hunt. They grabbed their pointing labs and headed over the north end of the Tinkerfarm Field to hunt the chukar out of the milo strips. They spent a warm, windy morning chasing the chukar through the strips and into the prairie-lined fencerows and came back with nearly all. The pups even found a wild covey of quail in the west treeline which escaped without injury.
