Larry Kleiner and his friends, Doug Hays, Dave Schumacher and Bob Dasenbrock came back after a week off for another quail hunt. Lots of good covey rises on this hunt from the birds in the Clubhouse Field. Doug may have had trouble knocking a bird down on the first rise, but he makes up for it snagging a cripple out of the air. Nice shooting, good dog work and a remarkable catch in this video.
Jason Runde set up a pheasant and quail hunt for his buds, Jay Nottingham, Keith and Travis Mcclellan, Rich Borries and Nick Dunaway. They split into a couple of groups, which was a good idea to have only three hunters shooting at quail coveys. Steve Sanders guided at the Cabin Field, while Travis Devall got the honors down on the South Tinkerfarm Field. Some nices rises and good shootng in this video.
Ed and Todd Thoman came back out for another quail hunt. This time it was my turn to guide them. I set out some coveys in the Clubhouse Field for Mac and Hildy to find. A couple of nice rises and a bonus pheasant on the first round. Then Ava and Sol came out to help clean up the singles and find a few more pheasants.
Brad Diecker set up a hunt for his buds, Soap Chan and Chad Welch. I set out some pheasant and chukar in the Clubhouse Field and Sam took Mac and Sol out to find and point them. They had a nice hunt coming back with most of their birds and an extra quail Soap knocked down.
Shane Stahvlak set up a hunt for his buddies, Reece Waddington, Seth Votava and Forrest Tardiff. Jeff Powell did the guiding in the Cabin Field. They had a nice hunt coming back with almost all their birds plus a couple extra quail.
Kevin Diekroeger came out with his old friend Todd Thoman to hunt some quail. I set some coveys around the Tinkerfarm pond for Kevin’s prize setter, Penny, to find. They had some nice rises and some good shooting, fun hunt.
John Cavaletto brought out his sharp pointer, Burl to hunt some quail. I filled the Clubhouse with quail, but by the time I got to see how the pair were doing, Burl was pointing birds in the bottom around the wells and briary thicket. They chased some quail from the point and down the ditch, knocking down a few in some nasty cover.
Dan Crunk came out with his buddies, Cletus Roy and Jackie Johnson to work his and Cletus’ dogs on quail. I set a couple of mini-coveys of quail for Dan and got to stick around for some of the action in the Cabin Field.
Brett Richson and his brittany pup, Buck, travel down from Wisconsin every week to hunt some pheasant (and do a little work in Effingham). Buck does a nice job finding the pheasant in the Clubhouse Field and the two even came back with some spare pheasant and a quail on their latest outing.
Ray and Andy Haarmann came out with their two black labs to hunt some chukar. I set some chukar around the Cabin Field and the labs found and flushed them all. They got to chase a few and wound up with some extra quail and a rooster pheasant.