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[Dean Romig]

Gracie on rigid point. She did her job but the woodcock chickened out exiting behind the trees. I saw him for the flush and he was gone...





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[Andy]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Gracie on rigid point. She did her job but the woodcock chickened out exiting behind the trees. I saw him for the flush and he was gone...
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Dean, when my dog of a lifetime "Duck" was alive and in his final year, he would hunt and not hear me, being totally deaf. One time I tried to "head him off at the pass" to prevent him from getting totally lost. The wind was in his face from where I was in a muddy creek bottom. As I worked my way downhill I flushed a mudbat up towards him about 15 yards, he was still ~30 yards by his bell. I remained silent and as he worked his way towards me he became very birdy scenting this bird. That damn bird RAN through that underbrush down towards me, past me, and cut to my left and held about 15 yards away until he flushed him. I missed. If anyone tell you Timberdoodles don't RUN, call bull on it. That was an easy 35 yards that bird walked/ran right past me like a penguin. It's my story and I'm sticking by it. Sorry you missed, I know how it feels all too well.