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Unread 02-19-2016, 07:27 PM   #1
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While reading about the exploits of our friends at Morrison Pines, I got a surprising call and invitation to go quail hunting in South Carolina by a local gent who is one of the part owners of the Lifeland plantation. I have known the man socially for years, and knew he always had GSP's. My son and his played together on the state championship tennis team back in 2006. We were to fly into Georgetown, SC in his companies Piper Navahoe. I decided to go and was able to take my setter Betty. We had a great time. The accomodations were good and the food was great. A bushel of steamed oysters followed by thick steaks after hunting. The other owners Bill and Bob were true southern gentlemen and treated this Yankee like one of their own.
Betty, who is one of the best grouse dogs I've ever hunted over, wowed the dog handlers, and all wanted to see her work. The weather was the only detraction, as we were rained out for our Sunday hunt, and the floods that ravaged SC this winter had some of the hunting grounds still under water.
Oh yeah, I did shoot a double over Betty with my DHE 16 .
Curses, having trouble loading pictures--damn Windows 10 has screwed up my laptop--may have to wait until I get back to work to post them
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must have taken a whole glass of bourbon to figure out how to upload pictures after the IT guy at the hospital "upgraded" my computer, whew
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You are my hero Harold. Quail hunting is great on it's own but being flown there in a private jet.
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Is my envy showing...





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Actually Daryl, its a turbo prop. I rode in the co-pilot seat and the pilot was a real character that I got along great with. A Brit, who has traveled the world, he had a lot of interesting stories. Quail hunting is great, but not sure I'd trade a day in the grouse woods for a week quail hunting. We did get into a few wild coveys, but of course most were released birds. The walking is very easy( not a bad thing), and it seemed like there was rarely 5 minutes without a dog on point and shooting.
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