At the snipe again...
Posted: February 13th, 2011, 10:36 pm
Got out this afternoon with a buddy Jodie and his dog, Timber.
Jodie and Timber worked the birds- but Timber was excited and had a hard time staying close early. I think she was as excited as we were.
The first bird always deserves a photo- and this one was nice enough to fall in the water
Jodie and I both laughed that we missed some easy shots and then hit some difficult ones.
Most of the birds jumped early today but several of those came back across to give us nice overhead shots and the beauty of a bird spiraling down from high.
As the afternoon went on the birds got sticky and we picked up most of them in the last hour of the hunt
We finished up with 14- one short each. We had our opportunities and if we did not have to get back to town we absolutely could have finished our limits.
But that was enough and we hiked back to the trucks to have a drink (water) and look at the birds.
Both guns today were 16gauge. Mine is the Browning A-5 above. It was my Grandfathers quail gun.
It shot true and I always get a bit nostalgic about shooting a gun my Granddad and Dad have both used to take game.
The SxS is Jodie's and was his Fathers as well... I'll have to ask him again what model. It is a beautiful gun with lots of engraving and scroll work
Timber performed well- finding birds quickly that would have taken us a lot longer to pick up.
We thought she deserved a portrait with the birds as well.
One last note- Can you guys believe tomorrow my wife is due to deliver our first child, a little girl, Marion Elizabeth.
What a sweet woman to let me hunt today. I picked a good one!
Jodie and Timber worked the birds- but Timber was excited and had a hard time staying close early. I think she was as excited as we were.
The first bird always deserves a photo- and this one was nice enough to fall in the water
Jodie and I both laughed that we missed some easy shots and then hit some difficult ones.
Most of the birds jumped early today but several of those came back across to give us nice overhead shots and the beauty of a bird spiraling down from high.
As the afternoon went on the birds got sticky and we picked up most of them in the last hour of the hunt
We finished up with 14- one short each. We had our opportunities and if we did not have to get back to town we absolutely could have finished our limits.
But that was enough and we hiked back to the trucks to have a drink (water) and look at the birds.
Both guns today were 16gauge. Mine is the Browning A-5 above. It was my Grandfathers quail gun.
It shot true and I always get a bit nostalgic about shooting a gun my Granddad and Dad have both used to take game.
The SxS is Jodie's and was his Fathers as well... I'll have to ask him again what model. It is a beautiful gun with lots of engraving and scroll work
Timber performed well- finding birds quickly that would have taken us a lot longer to pick up.
We thought she deserved a portrait with the birds as well.
One last note- Can you guys believe tomorrow my wife is due to deliver our first child, a little girl, Marion Elizabeth.
What a sweet woman to let me hunt today. I picked a good one!
