11/12/10

  Another Hot and dry day up to 80 degrees and no breeze and the hunting is tough on me and the dogs and it is so dry the scenting conditions are very poor.  I went to a friend of mine, Jason Hedricks, house and hunted the farms around his house which is located in Alfordsville.  I hunted Gem and Birdie and it was really hard on Gem hunted him a little longer and further than I aimed to.  We moved on nice covey of birds and Jason got one bird on the rise and of course I missed both my shots.  Then we moved on to the singles Jason picked up one bird and I got a single.  Jason's dog, Duke, had a couple of nice points and Birdie and Gem did OK.  In the picture Duke and Birdie pointed at the same time and Gem with the back.

  I also took Patch with me.  Jason has a nice 2 acre training ground and birds in a Johnny box.  We turned about 6 or 8 birds out and I let patch go.  The training ground is really thick and it was so hot Patch never pointed but she flushed a bird and off she went.  I don't mind her chasing it helps build desire in a pup that age, she is 4 1/2 months now.  I then turned Gem loose to see if he could find the birds but he was just worn out but Patch had a good time got to run thru the cover and chase it was good for her.  I also continued to let her wear the beeper and she did just fine with it will probably get out some pigeons this week and let see how she does on the them.  I have also put in an order for some pen raised quail that should speed things up a little.  Here are a couple pictures of Patch.

11/11/10

  Happy veterans day to all who have served and make this country free.  And thanks to all the active duty personell who are seving away from thier family and freinds.
  Weather was hot and dry it got to around 80 degrees and that is almost unbelievable for the 11th of November but I went hunting anyway.  I went to my little piece of property in Martin County.  I own 66 acres and it is all farm ground but has nice thick fence rows and some really good cover.  I have been in birds there serveral times but not today.  I hunted Rosie and Ammo it was so hot and no available water all streams are dry so I had to carry extra water for the dogs.  The scenting conditions were poor at best but I had a great time I just love to watch the dogs and I love being outdoors.  Below are Lost River Rosie and Lost River Ammo

11/10/10 II

Well went fishing tonight and had a great time the weather was phenomenal 80 degrees light breeze just beautiful for the 10th day of November.  Fishing was slow caught about 8 fish but everything we caught was quality fish.  Nothing under 2 1/2 lbs Scott Williams caught 2 hogs one weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and the oth 5 lbs 13 oz and I have posted the pictures here but if you want to see the whole album follow the link to my facebook album.  This was probably it for the year I can't believe we will have any more days is the 70's.  Bird hunting Thursday and Friday and to the Old Ben Scout Reservation with my son, stepson and my grandson Saturday.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=33204&id=100001292875644&l=2a144c1211

11/10/10

Well I lied in a previous post and said that it was my last fishing trip and it was not, going again tonight after work.  We are in the middle of Indian Summer it is supposed to be 75 degrees and sunny.  So we decided to go one more time.  I'll post some pictures if we get any of decent size.  But it is back into the field tomorrow.  I am off due to the Veterans Day holiday and will hunt both tomorrow and Friday.  Saturday I am going to the Old Ben Scout Reservation with my son and grandson.  My grandson sold popcorn and won this trip for selling over a thousand dollars worth so I am looking forward to spending to time with my son and grandson.  I am hoping to get my grandson hunting soon as he loves the shooting part of these trips it is a BB gun but he is a pretty good shot and hopefully it is a step towards the hunting lifestyle with Pops, thats me.  I'll post any good pictures I get hunting and my trip to the scout reservation so stay tuned.

11/9/10

I wanted to post these pictures they are friends of mine Brian Huber and Kent Gingerich, they are avid deer hunters and it looks like all the time they have spent has paid off.  I designed and maintain thier webpage.  If you like deer hunting, turkey hunting and kids in the outdoors please visit thier website and send them an email and let them know you enjoyed it.  Thier web address is:  http://www.barebonesoutdoors.com/

Kent Gingerich

Brian Huber

11/8/10

Well opening weekend has come and gone and things were really slow.  I had a friend of mine and his daughter come down from Crawfordsville, IN and hunted with me Greg has a young Brit named Ben.  We started across the road from house and Gem pointed a pair of woodcock and no shots were offered.  Ben later bumped another woodcock again no shots.  We never did find the quail, after a great lunch from Tina Hillary took the afternoon off and Greg and I hunted another piece of property that held a large covey last year but when only found one small covey with 7 or 8 birds Greg took on bird and we decided to call it a day.  My dog Jet pointed the covey and I had a nice back from Ammo.  Didn't get to hunt Saturday as my son and his family came up from Evansville for a visit.  I went out Sunday with Kate, Morgan and Patch ran along for the experience.  I did not take a gun as Patch has never been properly been introduced to the guns yet.  I just wanted the other 2 dogs to get some time in the field in.  I put tape over the beeper collar and put it on Patch so I could start conditioning her to the beeper.  She did great after about half hour I put a slit in the tape to rasie the volume and she never even blinked by the end or the trip I had taken the tape off and it was running full volume and she never even noticed.  We never found any birds but the dogs had a great romp and Patch got some time in the briars and sticks and she did really well.  I have attached some pictures of Gem on point on the woodcock and Jet on the small covey of quail and one of Patch running in the field.
  If you want to see the full allbums click on the link below to my Facebook account.

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11/1/10

Went on a preserve hunt Saturday 10-30-10 with some buddies of mine from work, Scott Williams, Shawn Gilbert, Brian Huber and his son Drake and Kent Gingerich came along a video taped the whole.  I will post videos as soon as he gets me the files.  We hunted pheasant Chukar and Quail.  Everyone shot alot and had a great time.  the dogs I took are Jet, Gem, Maggie and Ammo all did well and pointed and honored all day long.  Drake is only 8 but his dad has had him hunting for a couple of years he kelled his first pheasant he was so excited he could hardly talk.  He said he liked bird hunting better than deer or turkey hunting I think I converted one young man.  I have posted a few pictures but if you want to see the whole album click on the link to my Facebook site.

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