Rod Carlson came down for a couple hunts. The first day he picked was a frog-strangler, lots of rain. I have successfully hunted pheasants in the rain, but not this day, just too wet. After an enjoyable evening, nights sleep and breakfast, Rod woke to dryer day and a better pheasant and chukar hunt.

Brad Diecker came out to hunt some chukar. Travis Devall brought his pointer, Sadie and setter, Zip out to the south Tinkerfarm Field to find the partridge scattered around the prairie edges. Brad had a good hunt and came back with all his birds.

Joe and Josh Lawson came out with Doug Forbes for an upland bird hunt in late March. Jeff Powell brought out his dogs to do the guiding in the Clubhouse Field. They about cleared the field of all the birds and even had a couple extra chances at stray pheasants.

Todd Thoman invited his buddy Jason Runde out for one last quail hunt of the season. Steve Sanders brought out his pointers to find the coveys hidden around the Cabin Field timber point. Some nice rises on the prairie edges and then into the woods to clean up the singles. Nice way to finish off a great season.

Brock Murray set up an upland bird hunt for some of his customers and suppliers for Effingham Equity. Jeff Powell took out half the group to the Clubhouse Field, after the quail coveys, pheasant and chukar. Colton Wilkins took his group and pair of dogs over to the Cabin Field. Three nice covey rises on Colton’s portion of this video.

Joe Lawson brought out his son Tim for a pheasant and quail hunt on a beautiful spring afternoon. I got Hildy and Ava out of the kennel to find, point and retrieve the birds around the Clubhouse Field. The dogs did a good job on the pheasant finding more than were released. The quail were tough, especially around the corn crib, but Tim caught up with one, check it out toward the end.

Richard Lane and Bob Lescher came out to hunt some pheasant. Steve Sanders brought out his pointers to find and point the big birds in the North Tinkerfarm Field. The birds were on the run through the milo and into the prairie and timber fencerows. Made for a fun, challenging hunt.

Steve Dieckmann brought out his shorthair, Remmy for another Sunday afternoon hunt. I set out some pheasant and chukar in the Cabin Field. Remmy found those birds and then they set off to find stragglers from the weekend. Like most Sunday afternoons the duo came back with some bonus birds.

The Central Prairie Field Trial Club held their spring trial March 31st on the Cabin Field at Sandy Run Hunt Co. They picked a miserable day, although most of the rain held off until the afternoon. Still some excellent dog work, a pretty good lunch and lots of fun dog stories.