Another outing with the bird dog
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This is getting to be pretty routine, and I love that! I still need to work on my shooting but we had enough quail to serve a nice dinner for four yesterday. My two big problems right now are dealing with multiple birds and dealing with just the bulkiness of clothing on a 25 degree day in making sure I get a consistent mounting point for my gun. I am pretty sure most of my misses were due to the butt of the gun being out of place.
Gretchen did pretty well but chased two birds that I didn’t bring down, thereby flushing two more that we otherwise would have had chances at. She still pointed more than a dozen, including several that she had to travel a ways to locate.
Thanks to Tracy for coming along as photographer!
Zach
Awesome pics. I know some guys measure the length of pull on their shotguns when getting a new recoil pad or a gun fitted with their typical hunting garb fo ensure a good mount. I use most of my shotguns throughout the year so that wouldn’t work all that well for me.
Have you tried any whoa breaking on your dog? It will help steady her up and takes the chase out on the singles you miss, or more importantly, keeps them from chasing a big covey after they rise.
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