Thursday October 6th
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| Mark With His First Bird Of The Season |
Our friend Mark arrived after lunch and we headed out for the afternoon. We hit the trail at around three. It was Mark’s first time out hunting this year. We were hunting the walking trail that I had hunted a few times earlier.
We had been going about 15 minutes when Tina gave me a solid point. I was able to connect on a nice crossing shot and put the bird in the bag. It was still very dry and I was happy to take the bird over a point.
We went down a branch of the trail that I hadn’t been down before and Tina started to get birdy again. We had a few non-productive points so I wasn’t too sure about the point but when her tail stopped wagging I got more confident. Mark moved in and was able to connect on his first bird of the season. A short time later she was on point again. I made a good sized loop to try to pin the bird. I kept moving closer and closer but no flush. I made it to within about five feet before the woodcock flushed. I took the bird on the flush. I don’t normally shot woodcock but I wanted to reward Tina for her hard work.
It was staying in the mid-70’s so we started back to the truck. Tina was still working hard as we made our way back and made a wide cast along a small area of blow down. As she hit the far side of the area she locked up solid. I wasn’t too excited about having to make my way through the area as the walking was tough. I went straight towards her as she appeared to be looking right at me. I kept waiting for her head to move or for her to break point but she stayed solid and the first thing to move was the grouse. It took two shots but I was able to bring it down.
We ended up taking three grouse and a woodcock in about 90 minutes hunting on a less than optimal day. I was very pleased with Tina’s work and happy that we were able to connect on all the birds that we shot at. It doesn’t always work that way but it did.
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