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Unread 02-06-2018, 05:31 PM   #1
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Ok, this is totally unfairWe are getting 12" of snow tomorrow, an spring is still a distant thoughtYou guys are sooooooooooooooooooo lucky
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What a great time. Jim Hall and I hunted together and ran our dogs together all day. What a difference the temperature makes. In Georgia the weekend before where it was 70 degrees, the dogs were spent after walking off one covey. On Saturday in the cold they went for hours on end, and all the hunting I've been doing with them has paid off. Couldn't be happier with my boys and the work they did. I can't decide what was better, Sam holding a point for 10 minutes by himself while we took care of a separate bird that Diamond had pointed, or watching him stop and point another Quail on the way back from a retrieve with one in his mouth. Diamond went from earning some time on the check cord down in Georgia to a near flawless performance on Saturday. Jim ran Caroline for only her second ever bird hunt and she got some experience flushing and even pointing some birds. It was great to see her point, flush and retrieve her very first bird all on her own. Our guide said the only time you can brag on a dog without them making a liar out of you is to wait until they are dead. I'm going to settle for after the hunt.

Drake Landing was awesome as usual, the birds flew well, and the company couldn't have been better. Great happy hours with some fine bourbon at the hotel discussing the days hunts, followed by some excellent meals. Hopefully we turn this into an annual event. Posting the only pic I have from the day, Jim and I with our excellent guide Ryan in the middle.

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Ok, this is totally unfairWe are getting 12" of snow tomorrow, an spring is still a distant thoughtYou guys are sooooooooooooooooooo lucky
Hey you guys wanna live up there in Yankee Land then deal with the weather !

All my BS aside I feel for ya !

Its cold here in VA but no snow . And I'm still jumping ship next week for a whole lot warmer climates
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Hey you guys wanna live up there in Yankee Land then deal with the weather !

All my BS aside I feel for ya !

Its cold here in VA but no snow . And I'm still jumping ship next week for a whole lot warmer climates
Thirty five degrees is cold for you Southern folks..... try high temps in the single digits.....

Come on Mike that's the only picture, that's really hard to believe ! I know you have some more pics of Sam and Diamond ! Glad to hear the dogs worked so well that weekend. Congrats
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Thirty five degrees is cold for you Southern folks..... try high temps in the single digits.....
Funny you should say that ! In 1991 I went to Montana in early November most of the time it was 2-8 degrees and to be honest it felt no where near that cold . The Monday after I returned was the first day of deer season it was 35 degrees that morning and I thought I was gonna freeze to death . Humidity in VA vs MT is a big difference .
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