Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums Hunting with Parkers

Notices

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
Unscathed
Unread 12-19-2009, 07:00 PM   #1
Member
C.O.B.
Forum Associate
 
Rich Anderson's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 6,072
Thanks: 2,217
Thanked 6,320 Times in 2,082 Posts

Talking Unscathed

A friend who has a young pup and I went out for a morning of Pheasant hunting. He was wanting to get the pup some field experience and I,.. well it was bird hunting so I was easy and got both Gunner and Daisy out for some excercise.

Last night, early this am we got about an inch of fresh snow so tracks would be fresh. Kevin got the pup Duce out an I let Gunner down first. We traipsed over 80 acers of Reed Canary grass, Willow patches, Cattails, marsh edges (including floating my boots...again without ever finding a fresh track.

Gunner was feeling the effects of the tough cover and at 13 he has a right to. We headed for the truck to put Gunner up and get out Crazy Daisy when we cut fresh tracks on some edge cover. We put up a hen on our way to the truck.

Daisy hit the ground running and we managed to find, point,and flush seven hens but no roosters. Daisy was working a fresh track with Duce right on her tail. We worked this track for over 100 yards playing a cat and mouse game as Daisy would creep along ever so slowly. Duce was doing his best and he shows promise as he kept up and was sniffing the track also. He even honored a point Daisy had made but the bird was a crafty one and was using his legs not his wings, but Daisy perservered and we kept on "our "track.

The track was leading to a cut hay field so we knew the moment of truth would soon appear. About ten yards from the cover ending hay field with Daisy and Duce hot on the scent I spied the quarry, a rooster was tucked up tight agains some weeds trying to stay hidden.

We let the dogs work out the track and Daisy locked in on him. I went in for the flush and he rocketed straight up. The bird fulushed between Kevin and myself so neither on of us could shoot. When he cleared Kevin I soiled my right barrel, Kevin shot, I soiled the left tube, Kevin shot again. We stood there and watched as the only rooster of the day sailed away to land in the Willow thicket where we started almost three hours previously. Dumbfounded all we could do was laugh at ourselves and compliment on the excellent dog work that got us so close yet so far.

We decided that he had played fair and he won and we didn't go after him but turned to look for another opportunity.

Merry Christmass Mr. Pheasant....perhaps we will meet again
Rich Anderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-19-2009, 07:13 PM   #2
Member
Autumn Daze
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
Dave Suponski's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 5,888
Thanks: 4,375
Thanked 4,047 Times in 1,727 Posts

Default

Great story Rich and very well written.. Thanks... I am sittin here awaiting the first big snow of the year....
__________________
"Much care is bestowed to make it what the Sportsman needs-a good gun"-Charles Parker

Last edited by Dave Suponski; 12-19-2009 at 08:55 PM..
Dave Suponski is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-19-2009, 08:24 PM   #3
Member
C.O.B.
Forum Associate
 
Rich Anderson's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 6,072
Thanks: 2,217
Thanked 6,320 Times in 2,082 Posts

Default

Thanks Dave. The white stuff is comeing your way big time
Rich Anderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-19-2009, 10:26 PM   #4
Member
Dean Romig
PGCA Invincible
Life Member
 
Dean Romig's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 31,562
Thanks: 35,442
Thanked 33,042 Times in 12,322 Posts

Default

Hey Rich, sounds like 'mixed emotions' for the hunters. What fun that must have been for the dogs! Those crafty old cock-birds close to the end of the season deserve their hard-fought freedom. Good choice to let him savor his freedom . . . until next you meet
Dean Romig is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-19-2009, 11:44 PM   #5
Member
Ben Yarian
Forum Associate

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 48
Thanks: 6
Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts

Default

Rich. great story. I love the stories of pups learning and coming along. One of my favorite parts of dog handling.

Ben
Ben Yarian is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:05 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.