Bryce Currie came out with his young Duck Toller, Cooper and buddy, Ryan Karcher to hunt some pheasant.  The nice weather and high winds got the pheasants up and moving in the East Bottom milo and prairie strips.  Cooper hunted hard and flushed the birds into a strong west  wind that blasted a few of the birds to safety.

Rich Viera and Ray Takmajian brought out their spaniels to do some training on chukar.  Some really nice dog work and some good shooting, even came up with an extra pheasant.  Rich clipped the last chukar that flew about 200 yards up and away giving Sage a really long retrieve.

Charlie Spenner came out for his birthday with his buddy Colton Shoemaker to hunt some pheasant and chukar.  Chuck Johnson brought out his german shorthair, Shed to find the birds I placed in the Clubhouse Field.  Shed did a great job and the boys followed up and came back with all the birds in the field.

Bill and John Segelhorst along with Bruce Hill came out for a pheasant hunt.   I set some pheasant out in the Clubhouse Field on a warm and windy afternoon, and I think as soon as I set them, they were up and running.  They hunted hard, took some long shots and had a fun hunt and came back with some birds on a tough day to hunt pheasant.

Kevin Diekroeger and Bob Rainey came down for an overnight quail hunt. Kevin brought out his wirehair, Ina, to do the hunting all by herself, because his setter, Penny was recovering from surgery.   I set out some quail coveys around the old Tinkerfarm pond and Ina found them all.  Some nice rises and then some decent timber shooting only left a few for the next day.  After some fried chicken, a little sleep, and some egg sandwiches for breakfast, the trio headed back to the Tinkerfarm after more quail.  Overall on the hunt they got to take 51 of their 60 birds home, fun times.

Mark and Chris Perkowski found the last snowy day of the season to come out for a quail and chukar hunt.  I set some birds out in the Clubhouse field and they got their two labs, Di and Roy out to find them.  Lots of action, they had a lot of  fun chasing the birds around the field and only left a couple of quail for seed.

Dr. Dan and Colton Weimer came down from northern Indiana to do some snow goose hunting on Carlyle Lake.  They stayed the night, harvested some geese and then went out for an afternoon pheasant hunt.  Travis Devall brought out his two setters, Zip and Patches to hunt the Cabin Field.  Great hunt, they got all their pheasant and picked up a couple chukar.

I only had a few hunters for the President’s Day Continental Pheasant Shoot, so we did some experimenting.  We placed the shooter about 25 yards away from the tower and had them shooting at the pheasants coming over the back of their heads.  It worked well with a bunch of shooting and about the same percentage of birds shot as the regular Continental Pheasant Shoot.  Ray Takmajian and Rich Viera brought out their spaniels to pick up the downed birds.  I got Sol, Ava and Doo out to for a clean up hunt, that came up with a few pheasants and a few quail.

Larry Jones brought out his pair of pointing dogs, Ike and King to find the quail coveys I set out in the Clubhouse Field.  Jimmy Robinson and Brian Lewis came along to help with the dog work and bird harvest.  Check it out you have to be fast, if you are gonna get a shot with Larry in the field.

Charlie Durbin set up an upland bird hunt for his friends, Mike Kuhns and Clint and Clayton Green.  I set out a couple pheasant, some chukar and quail coveys in the Clubhouse Field on a warm, breezy morning.  The pheasant were on the run from the start, Sol and Mac were able to find the chukar and the quail, but could not nail down the pheasant.  Later on Doo and Ava were able to find the pheasant.  No matter what we tried we just couldn’t get Clayton a shot at a pheasant, but he was able to harvest some quail and chukar.