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Unread 01-02-2023, 10:13 AM   #1
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Default No New Year's Parade in North Missouri...BUT
...we had some fireworks in the form of burnt powder in pursuit of wild Missouri Bobs. After a week of long, bird-less hunts, our spirits were dragging. So, we were desperate to find a covey or two on our traditional New Year's Eve and New Year's Day hunts. On both occasions we hunted hard and thought to again go home without a chance when each dog "pulled a covey out of their hats" that gave us our chance. My Christmas present from Elaine -- an AHE 12 -- made me a better shooter, and we came home with the gifts that are wild birds taken from home covers.

Here's to the new year!
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Beautiful and inspiring country! Looks relatively mild as well. Enjoy the rest of the season
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Beautiful and inspiring country! Looks relatively mild as well. Enjoy the rest of the season
Thanks, Aaron. New Year’s Eve was 55 degrees. A week earlier on Christmas Eve, it was minus 12. Gather ye hunts while ye may.
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Beautiful country, dogs and Parker! Thanks again for sharing your hunts with us! Bittersweet for me as I recall hunts from my past.
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Beautiful country, dogs and Parker! Thanks again for sharing your hunts with us! Bittersweet for me as I recall hunts from my past.
Reggie, I still recall your poignant piece in our Parker Pages from a few years back. It seems we all lose our treasured places as the years go by. The place may still be there, but without the birds, the treasure is lost.
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Garry, It just doesn't get any better than to be able to enjoy the beautiful country side with your dogs, a beautiful Parker and your best friend by your side... Thanks Elaine for the great pics
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Beautiful birds, country and Parker AH! Nice to see it out in the field. Your a blessed man lovely wife, guns and pups. Enjoy 2023
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nothing like takeing wild birds on your home fields...its been many years since I ve shot a bird on our fields....charlie
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nothing like takeing wild birds on your home fields...its been many years since I ve shot a bird on our fields....charlie
Charlie it’s obvious you are a Southern gentleman. When us Southerners talk about “birds” we know that means bobwhite quail!
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Gary,

I am envious because as you well know, the Old Dominion was once like those photos, but it is "Gone With the Wind."
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