2019 Sandhills Sharptail Shootout

[Garth Gustafson]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

A great time as usual. We fielded a Parker team. Beautiful scenery, found birds , our shooters had more opportunities than they connected but we managed to do well. Great to see old acquaintances who asked where I had been the last several years.

Our team members were me, Dick Dow, Russ Lindsay, Joe Weidle and Seth Irvin.

I put in a picture of a green leafy plant. There was lots of it. Maybe someone can identify it.

We had 15,000 acres to hunt and the ranch was saved for us to be the first on. We were second among new member teams and did better than many of the past shooter teams. All of our birds were prairie chickens, other teams were on sharptails . No matter, they count the same. Each team has 25 shots and a max of 15 birds. We were 9 for 20 and our members will work on their shooting for next year.

You mean that wacky tobacci?

[Double Lab]

Nice buds.

[mobirdhunter]

Bruce, Great photos! Someday I'll get a prairie chicken...

I'm not much on apps, but I did download one called Naturalist. You take a photo of a plant and the app sends it to experts who note your location and generally respond in a minute or two to identify.. When we were in the Blue Ridge mountains this past Spring, I used it to identify new-to-me trees and forbs. You should try it.