Finally got out for a little Bird Hunting yesterday morning ,we set out for Pheasant with my Buddy's new English Pointer ,he isn't a Pup about two or so , a rescued dog so to speak ! We hunted a couple of hours and the new Dog had a couple of points with those running Rascals tricking him a bit ,my Hunting Partner , the Dogs owner bought a couple of Pheasants this past summer and has been working him on them ,he is coming along but Pheasants in vast open areas are hard even for an Old Veteran Dog to hold ! Eventually I mentioned we should try and get Him into some Woodcock and we were hunting close to one of My and Chips old Woodcock Covers and since Chip has Passed On since last season I thought it might be nice to get my Buddies new Dog in their and give it a go ! We entered the cover and in just a few minutes " Bruno " struck a beautiful point and My Buddy moved in to hopefully shoot His First Woodcock over his new Dog sadly it didn't work out that way as the Bird flushed back over me ,he yelled to take him and the Little VH ,28 cracked and down came the First Woodcock of the season ! We celebrated the beautiful point and gave old Bruno a good petting and moved on , we found four more birds with Rich getting the next and me the one after for a total of three coming home to be made into a Fine Bowl of Woodcock Pate' !!!! Sorry no pictures attached as I forgot my camera ,hopefully next time we will again have something to take photos of and I won't be so darned forgetful ! Good Hunting ! Russ
