Bob Dasenbrock brought out his English Setter pup, Flame for a quail and pheasant hunt.  It was opening morning of firearm deer season, so we kept them close and hunted the Clubhouse Field.  Flame did a good job tracking down the pheasants and quail on a cold morning that kept the birds sticking to the cover. 

Craig Scholz and Alan McRoberts decided to take a break from deer hunting to get in some chuakar and pheasant hunting.  They brought along their deer guide, Steve Jones, and Craig’s lab, Colton.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field with chukar for the first round and then a mix of chukar and pheasant for the next.  Colton did a great job finding all the birds as well as an extra rooster and quail.  Steve and Alan did most of the shooting, with Craig stepping up to down the last chukar

Brad and Trevor Bickhaus came out for an upland bird hunt, with a mix of pheasant, quail and chukar.  I stocked the Clubhouse Field with birds and roused Curly, German Wirehair, and Mac, English Setter, to do their part finding the birds.  Brad picked the morning after the first snow of the season and the conditions were ideal, light breeze around 30F, and about 1/2″ of snow cover.  The birds cooperated and the pair shared an enjoyable morning in the field.

Bobby and Cole Halberstadt came out with their friend Mike Bush for a chukar hunt. They brought their three pointing labs, Toby, Cooper and Rocky to find, point and flush the birds scattered throughout the Clubhouse Field. First up was Rocky with Cole doing most of the shooting on this round. Cooper and Toby got to out next, finding all the birds and coming back with most.

Larry Kleiner set up a quail hunt for a bunch of friends on Veterans Day. Mark Meyer, Joe Mioux, Dennis Neuhaus, Stan Huels, Doug Hays and Dave Schumacher came out with their dogs, Holly, Molly, Daisy, Trigger and Dan. I set out some quail coveys in the Clubhouse field and the throng of hunters and dogs set forth. The birds didn’t have much of a chance even on a blustery day, the group even found a couple of stray pheasants to sweeten the pot.

Kevin Diekroeger brought out his new bride Karen and their dogs, Ina and Penny for an afternoon quail hunt.  I stocked the Tinkerfarm Field with some mini-coveys of quail and grabbed my shotgun to help in the harvest.  Since I was shooting, Karen got filming duties and was even able to get one of my few hits caught on camera.  After some nice finds and rises, the birds headed into the fencerows making for some frustrating but fun shooting.  We ended up with most and the dogs had a nice Sunday afternoon run.

Keith, Tyler and JW woke up ready to hunt, after a relaxing evening in the clubhouse filled with amber liquids and storytelling.  The day was cloudy with gusty winds topping 25mph, so we headed to the north end of the Tinkerfarm Field to hunt quail, pheasant and chukar in the prairie and milo strips.  Mac and Sol got the call and did their job finding birds scattered and running around the field.  Lots of great action and shooting in this video, check out the passing shots at quail with a gusty tailwind, nice shooting.

Keith Criner, Tyler Ginn and JW Catt stopped by on their way to their annual duck hunting trip in central Illinois.  They left home a day earlier to enjoy some upland bird hunting and a night’s lodging at Sandy Run.  I stocked a mixture of pheasant, chukar and quail in the Clubhouse field and headed out with Curly to hunt them up.   They picked a beautiful warm and sunny day, so the birds were up and on the move.  Curly along with Mac and Sol found them all and a couple extra pheasant, some good shooting and the boys had a benchful of birds at the end of the hunt.