3 Devils Dilemma at the Vanderbilt Marsh

[MARK KIRCHER]

My 2 year old Drathaar with My 16 Ga PHE and some late season flight ducks including a banded Mallard. How much longer until duck hunting starts?

[charlie cleveland]

beautiful scene....watched 7 wood ducks get off a pond as i rode by on 4 wheeler this afternoon...wish i would have my parker 10 instead of that old 270 rem...thanks for letting us deer hunters see yourhunt..nice dog looks like hes ready to get another duck... charlie

[E Robert Fabian]

Mark, I made a deposit on my first Deutsch Drahthaar can't wait till April.
Where did you get yours ?
Bob

[MARK KIRCHER]

Bob -
3 Devils Kennel in Idaho
Good People - Great dog - I am lucky to have her. We call her Emma.
Where is your pup coming from?

[E Robert Fabian]

Vom Wildflugel kennel in Nebraska, I made a trip out to the sand hills this Dec. for a Mulley hunt and stopped in to Jill's kennel.
Recommend your picture for Parker of the month.
Bob

[MARK KIRCHER]

Thanks Bob. It is a beautiful picture - Taken with a droid 2 cell phone - hard to believe. My wife had it blown up and framed for my Christmas gift this year. Looks great in my gun room.
I miss the Marsh.

[Fred Lowe]

Nice pic Mark. I got my first Drathaar in 1980 when I got out of the service. By the time I was done I had 11 of them, great dogs. These days I have 4 Setters. Your photo takes me back, the marsh looks nice. You,re a good photographer. Are you in Idaho?

[MARK KIRCHER]

Fred - Thanks for the kind words. 11 Drats - You are a lucky man! I am fortunate to have this one. She is coming into her own now. I think she will be a great retriever soon. She is already a great companion to myself and (more importantly) my wife and daughter.

This picture is not set up at all. It is just a shot of a moment during a duck hunt at the Vanderbilt Marsh - located about 1 mile north of Montezuma National Wildlife refuge in Upstate New York - The shot was taken with my cell phone. I saw her sitting at attention watching ducks in the distance and I just laid down my Parker and took 4 pictures of the scene. I like the one I posted the best.
Glad you enjoyed it. My avatar is a shot of us coming in from the hunt on the same day. I like that one almost as much.

[E Robert Fabian]

Mark I hunted deer in the Pulaski area for a few years, Tug Hill area, we saw thousands of geese every year and have always wanted to hunt them.

[Bill Murphy]

My Wirehair, Eva, enjoyed the picture very much.

[Fred Lowe]

3 Devils is a respected program out here.

In 1980 when I got my first one, even the vet didn't know what it was. On one of the puppy checks he looked at it and said, "that thing got mixed up in a bunch of places".:eek: Sure made me a believer in pointing dogs.

[E Robert Fabian]

Mark, was looking at the Dam and Sire of my not born yet pup and checking out the Sire which is out of von den drei Teufeln... aka 3 devils kennels.
This waiting in anticipation for this pup is like waiting for a new Parker to arrive in the mail.

[MARK KIRCHER]

Bob - Nice to know Emma will have a new cousin soon. Please send us some pictures when the new pup arrives.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

More and more duck hunters joining the forum, always good to see.

Destry

[E Robert Fabian]

How about Marks picture for POTM !

[E Robert Fabian]

My pup was born about a week ago, the wait continues.

[MARK KIRCHER]

Wont be long now! great looking pups. the Dam looks to have very similar marking to Emma.

[E Robert Fabian]

Well Otto finally arrived.
Jessica my daughter holding him at a puppy break on the ride home.

[william faulk]

Beautifull and the puppy looks good also !:)

[MARK KIRCHER]

BOB - Good for you!

Pup looks great!

Your daughters smile brings back thoughts of the night I presented Emma to my little girl! One of those times I will always remember like it was yesterday.

[E Robert Fabian]

Thanks Mark and Bill.
Mark are you using a Garmin DC-30 or 40 on Emma?
I'm strongly considering the purchase of one. Nothing worse than running around a swamp in the middle of the night looking for a dog.

[Dave Suponski]

Bob, Great looking pup! Congratulations there my friend....:bowdown:

[scott kittredge]

hide your slippers :rotf: and who is going to tell "brown dog" about the new hunting toy. can't wait to see him! scott

[MARK KIRCHER]

Bob
I have the astro 220
a bit more complicated than I wish it was - But all in all a good product

[E Robert Fabian]

Well, Otto and I finally got out on some birds, it's been one thing after another this fall, he's gotten into two Porcupines one at the hunt area we where about to hunt but the picture shows it didn't slow him down any after the three of us held him down and plucked them out. He's looking at my DH like how could a fine looking gun like that miss so much? I hope my shooting comes around so he doesn't disown me. He made his first duck retrieve without any encouragement so I couldn't be happier.

[MARK KIRCHER]

Bob -

Otto is a very handsome young dog. Good for you! That is a great photo to remember his first hunt with. Congradulations on a fine start. I hope you have many more together.